- Branche: Archaeology
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Refers to a plane through the body parallel to the sagittal plane.
Industry:Archaeology
The cranial bone forming the forehead and the top of the orbits and nose.
Industry:Archaeology
The stage in meiosis (mid-prophase I) during which the homologous pairs of chromosomes exchange chromosome regions.
Industry:Archaeology
A cast made of the mold formed by the impression the brain makes on the inside of the neurocranium, providing a replica of the brain with the grosser details of its outer surface. Also called endocranial cast.
Industry:Archaeology
A muscle of the nuchal region travelling down the back where it attaches to cervical and thoracic vertebrae, important in extending and stabilizing the head (for instance in conjunction with anterior tooth loading).
Industry:Archaeology
A unit of measurement used for the distance between two gene pairs on a genetic map. A crossover frequency of 1 percent between two genes equals 1 map unit. See also centi-Morgan.
Industry:Archaeology
Front part of the palate and subnasal maxilla, anterior to the middle of the canine roots and housing the incisors.
Industry:Archaeology
The degree of curvature in the mesial-distal direction of the labial surface of an incisor.
Industry:Archaeology
The stage in mitosis or meiosis during which the sister chromatids (mitosis) or homologous chromosomes (meiosis) separate and migrate toward the opposite poles of the cell.
Industry:Archaeology
