What's the difference between cephalization and organ?

Cephalization


Definition:

  • (n.) Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
  • (2) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
  • (3) In embryos examined 2 days after CP administration, fetal weight and brain weight were less than controls, but cephalic AChE was higher (p less than 0.001).
  • (4) The use of this approach is associated with a lower reoperation rate than the cephalic vein way.
  • (5) This is a case controlled study of 385 women with breech presentation and 357 with cephalic presentation.
  • (6) Sympathetic activity was altered by temporarily lowering cephalic perfusion pressure (CPP) from 90 to 20 mmHg while aortic pressure was held constant.
  • (7) Seven peripheral vein sites were successfully venipunctured in unanaesthetized chinchillas: the femoral, cephalic, auricular, saphenous, dorsalis penis, lateral abdominal and tail veins.
  • (8) "Half-way", Secalon-Seldy, soft venous catheters, 40 cm long, were inserted by basilic (n = 90) and cephalic (n = 31) veins at the fossa cubiti in 121 patients (71 men and 50 women) aged between 19 and 88 years whose heights varied from 152-197 cm.
  • (9) is a benign disease of the pancreas, limited to its cephalic portion, without demonstrated pathogenesis.
  • (10) Three patients with unstable fractures got cranial perforation of the cephalic screw after mobilisation.
  • (11) Conventional Roentgenographic Cephalometric Methods (RCM) have certain conceptual and geometric constraints that ensure that their descriptions of cephalic growth and comparisons of cephalic form are reference-frame-dependent; and it is impossible to determine which, if any, RCM reference frame provides a biologically more correct description or comparison.
  • (12) To better understand the mechanism of cerebral blood flow during CPR in humans, we determined the aortic-carotid artery pressure difference, the cephalic perfusion pressure (the carotid artery-jugular vein pressure difference), and thoracic inlet venous "valving" (the central venous-jugular vein pressure difference), while administering standard doses of epinephrine.
  • (13) For cephalic lesions, if excision surgery seems difficult, it may be conceivable, using modern techniques of investigation, to adopt a conservative attitude when there are no features suggestive of potential malignant change.
  • (14) We have compared IOP elevations induced by water-loading and by increased cephalic venous pressure in normal and denervated pigmented rabbits.
  • (15) A technique of cephalic perforation and fetal bone screw application is described in 9 cases of severe abruptio placentae complicated by intra-uterine fetal death and uterine inertia.
  • (16) A diagnosis of benign cephalic histiocytosis was made on the basis of these clinical, histological, and ultrastructural findings.
  • (17) The following clinical factors tend to be associated with an increased number of respirator brains: A. Cerebral trauma B. Subnormal body timperature C. Low systolic blood pressure D. Dilated pupils E. Pupils unresponsive to light F. Absence of cephalic reflexes G. Electrocerebral Silence (ECS) 6.
  • (18) On the contrary, the SEPs obtained with a cephalic reference on stimulating the posterior tibial nerves were of small amplitude and disorganized.
  • (19) The cephalic signal can be superseded by juvenile hormone, whose presence is necessary for each follicle to become vitellogenic.
  • (20) The cells contained spherical granules with variable densities and diameters ranging between 40 and 280 nm in the rostral (=cephalic) lobe, and between 60 and 260 nm in the caudal lobe.

Organ


Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.
  • (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.
  • (n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
  • (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.
  • (n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
  • (v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
  • (2) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (3) The main clinical features pertaining to the concept of the "psycho-organic syndrome" (POS) were investigated in a sample of children who suffered from severe craniocerebral trauma.
  • (4) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
  • (5) Addition of phospholipase A2 from Vipera russelli venom led to a significant increase in the activity of guanylate cyclase in various rat organs.
  • (6) For the first time it was organized on the basis of population.
  • (7) Acceptance of less than ideal donors is ill-advised even though rejection of such donors conflicts with the current shortage of organs.
  • (8) There is no evidence that health-maintenance organizations reduce admissions in discretionary or "unnecessary" categories; instead, the data suggest lower admission rates across the board.
  • (9) We conclude that chloramphenicol resistance encoded by Tn1696 is due to a permeability barrier and hypothesize that the gene from P. aeruginosa may share a common ancestral origin with these genes from other gram-negative organisms.
  • (10) Recovery of CV-3988 from plasma averaged 81.7% for the column procedure and 40% for the organic extraction.
  • (11) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
  • (12) Infection with opportunistic organisms, either singly or in combination, is known to occur in immunocompromised patients.
  • (13) The causative organisms included viruses, fungi, and bacteria of both high and low pathogenicity.
  • (14) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
  • (15) Neither Brucella organisms, nor increased numbers of neutrophils could be found in semen samples collected from the experimental animals.
  • (16) The lineage and clonality of Hodgkin's disease (HD) were investigated by analyzing the organization of the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor beta-chain (T beta) gene loci in 18 cases of HD, and for comparison, in a panel of 103 cases of B- and T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and lymphoid leukemias (LLs).
  • (17) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (18) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
  • (19) Data is available to support the early influences of enamel organ epithelium upon a responding mesenchyme in the determination of dental morphogenetic fields (Dryburg, 1967; Miller, 1969).
  • (20) The four deaths were not related to the injuries of parenchymatous organs.

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