What's the difference between cercus and circus?

Cercus


Definition:

  • (n.) See Cercopod.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If a cercus is rotated and grafted back into its own socket, it back-rotates towards its original orientation in succeeding molts.
  • (2) (2) It was also observed that the projection of cercal sensory fibers in specimens reared with a single cercus differed from normal in that scattered fibers cross the midline in regions of the ganglion where none usually exist.
  • (3) Both of these interneurons receive excitatory synaptic input from the sensory cells of the nine most prominent columns (a, d, g, f, h, i, k, l, and m) of filiform hairs of the ipsilateral cercus.
  • (4) The interneurons of three groups of animals were examined; control specimens which were not treated surgically, unilaterally treated specimens which had a single cercus removed and bilaterally treated specimens which had both cerci removed.
  • (5) The principal afferent input to two identified interneurons was removed by surgically ablating an abdominal sensory appendage, the cercus.
  • (6) This is due in part to faciliation of an inhibitory synaptic input which is activated by the control cercus.
  • (7) The most obvious correlate of arbor type is the circumferential position of the hair on the cercus.
  • (8) It was found that 3 neurons from this system receive the main bulk of excitatory impulsation from the ipsilateral cercus, and only 1 of them--from the contralateral one.
  • (9) This continuing flexibility of the axonal arbor could also be demonstrated by allowing the amputated cercus to regenerate (Figs.
  • (10) Passive movements of a cercus, monitored with a position transducer, show that the PAD unit fires discrete bursts during cercal displacement.
  • (11) The wild-type cercus has two hairs, one lateral (L) and the other medial (M), each with an underlying sensory neuron.
  • (12) The cercus of the first instar cockroach, Periplaneta americana, bears two filiform hairs, lateral (L) and medial (M), each of which is innervated by a single sensory neuron.
  • (13) Signal processing in the proposed neural circuit is equivalent to the signal direction estimation by projecting the vector of velocity on the two stable basic directions whose orientations do not change when symmetrical changes in cercus positions occur.
  • (14) When axons of the sensory neurons were transected during larval development, the cell bodies and the soma-bearing portion of axons, which are located within the cercus, survived but lost their excitability for 9-10 days.
  • (15) Column "h" afferents were chosen because they make a large contribution to the receptive fields of GIs 1 and 2 after ablation of the contralateral cercus.
  • (16) The major input to these GIs is from the cercus on the axon side; when this cercus is ablated in the last instar before the adult stage, input from the other cercus becomes more effective within 30 days (Vardi and Camhi, 1982b).
  • (17) Neural activity in the cercal-to-giant interneurone system was lowered by blocking the movement of the mechanosensitive hairs, located on each cercus, with a facial cleansing cream.3.
  • (18) First, they had directional sensitivities which were appropriate to their location on the cercus; receptors of this directionality would never be made by the donor tissue if left in its original position.
  • (19) We have discovered mutant animals that have more hairs on the cercus; the most typical phenotype, called "Space Invader" (SI), has an extra filiform hair in a proximo-lateral position on one of the cerci.
  • (20) An attempt is made to relate the distribution of filiform hairs on the cercus of the second instar cockroach, Periplaneta americana, to the morphology and patterns of synaptic connectivity of their afferents.

Circus


Definition:

  • (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
  • (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.
  • (n.) Circuit; space; inclosure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although she's been performing since 2000 – in the punk-cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls , in a controversial conjoined-twin mime act called Evelyn Evelyn (they wear a specially constructed two-person dress and have been castigated by disability groups for presenting conjoined twins as circus freaks, an accusation she denies) – in her new band, Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra , she's suddenly become a kind of phenomenon.
  • (2) Working in tandem with Westminster city council, Transport for London and the Greater London Authority, the crown estate has pedestrianised several side streets, widened pavements, and introduced a diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus and new traffic islands at Piccadilly Circus, along with two-way traffic on Piccadilly, Pall Mall and St James's Street.
  • (3) Four subjects had electrocardiographic evidence of the WPW syndrome and episodes of circus movement tachycardia.
  • (4) Circus-movement tachycardias were induced in eight patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and conversion to sinus rhythm was achieved in seven.
  • (5) Celebrities from Justin Bieber to Spike Lee were on hand for the opening of a spectacle that mixes circus tricks with the music of the late King of Pop – a pairing that has already proved lucrative for Cirque on the road with the arena show, Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour .
  • (6) Danziger, who flatly refused to go on an official trip to the circus, said gaining access was a daily battle, but in some cases their minders were more baffled than obstructive and couldn't understand why they wanted to meet hairdressers or fishermen.
  • (7) The balloons may have wilted and Nicholas Witchell's episiotomy stitches begun to heal, but the circus shows few signs of moving on.
  • (8) • simpsonstavern.co.uk Argyll Arms, Oxford Circus Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy The Spirit of Christmas Presents walks abroad.
  • (9) A scramble is on to find suitable empty properties, from rooms in private homes, to sports halls and disused school buildings to derelict soldiers’ barracks, even inflatable circus tents.
  • (10) The leader of the RMT rail union, Bob Crow, said: "The whole sorry and expensive shambles of rail privatisation has been dragged into the spotlight this morning and instead of re-running this expensive circus, the west coast route should be renationalised on a permanent basis."
  • (11) Certainly it has the feeling of a circus act - riding two galloping horses in front of everyone.
  • (12) A person who's that out of it deserves both an owl and chocolate, so I got off the train at Piccadilly Circus and picked him up a box.
  • (13) Police officers had been unfairly targeted by lawyers in the inquest and “subjected to what can only be described as a media circus”.
  • (14) Monti has faced a bruising time as prime minister: battling with unions at home to reform the labour laws, and tussling with Angela Merkel on the euro summit circus.
  • (15) So while Labrinth, Heaven 17, The Proclaimers and Billy Bragg are playing on stage, kids will probably be more interested in the freesports park, Mr Tumble, the new Dance Space, junior football tournament, Insect Circus and kids' comedy club, to name but a few of the dozens of attractions.
  • (16) Beginning at 8pm with a sit-down dinner it had become, by 11pm, a circus starring supermodels.
  • (17) The two cases suggest the following conclusions: (1) dual A-V nodal pathways may allow the occurrence of double antegrade conduction of one P; (2) the atria are not necessary for A-V nodal circus movements in "dual pathway" A-V nodal reentrant PSVT.
  • (18) The performance of published electrocardiographic criteria to differentiate AV nodal reciprocating tachycardia from circus movement AV tachycardia was evaluated.
  • (19) He is part of a travelling circus, certainly, but the laughter stopped a little while ago.
  • (20) Six circus lions (Panthera leo) showed neurological and gastrointestinal signs after consuming casualty broiler chickens.

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