What's the difference between concha and shell?

Concha


Definition:

  • (n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.
  • (n.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The cartilage of the concha is a valuable substitute of the bridge and the posterior wall of the external auditory conduct.
  • (2) Statistical analysis has shown the following: a) the growth inhibition, which is especially distinct in autumn-spring generation, takes place in the Ist instar larvae 1.76-2.20 mm long inhabiting the walls of the nasal cavity and concha (their average body length at hatching is 1.08 plus or minus 0.004 mm); the inhibition is associated with interpopulation relations and apparently does not depend on the date of its beginning and can last from 6 to 7 months; c) after the growth resumption the development continues uninterruptedly up to the moulting; the inhibition is also possible at the beginning of the 2nd instar and then the development proceeds without any intervals up to the complete maturation of larvae.
  • (3) This article presents the author's preferred technique for reconstructing the auricle, simultaneously using Mustarde's mattress sutures, Cochrane's anterior scoring of the antihelix, and the approximating of the concha to the mastoid.
  • (4) This paper describes the external ear anomalies found in this syndrome: short wide pinnae, often cupped and asymmetrical; distinctive triangular concha; discontinuity between the antihelix and antitragus; and 'snipped-off' portions of the helical folds.
  • (5) Tissue was taken from a defined site on the inferior concha to minimise individual variation and was studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
  • (6) Conchae atrophy and brachygnathia superior are indicators for suspicion of AR but do not prove the diagnosis of AR.
  • (7) Examinations of 4481 skeletons revealed 70 cases of chronic osteomyelitis, 9 cases of osteotuberculosis and 10 cases of concha bullosa of the concha media nasalis in bronze age.
  • (8) The removal of ear cartilage is performed via a posterior approach for the concha cartilage associated with a septum or an alar cartilage removal.
  • (9) Both cholinergic nerve fibres and adrenergic nerve fibres were noted around the arterioles, arteries and glands in the mucosa of the inferior concha.
  • (10) On the nasal maxillary concha of chickens, the number of acinar gland cells containing glycoproteins was significantly reduced on the 1st, 7th and 14th days of exposure to 11.8 ppm of SO2, but not on the 5th day of exposure.
  • (11) A small quantity of Saccharin (R) is deposited on the inferior nasal concha; the chemical agent will be transported by the respiratory epithelium (kinocilia) from the nasopharynx to the oropharynx and can be tasted here as "sweet".
  • (12) Our two cases of trisomy 12p (ter leads to 12.1) were compared with eight cases of trisomy 12p described earlier, and the following common characteristics were found: severe mental and physical retardation; flat and round, broad face with prominent cheeks; flat and broad nasal bridge with short nose; anteverted nostrils and large philtrum; broad and prominent lower lip; low-set or slanting ears, poorly formed with folded helix, prominent antihelix and deep concha; short neck; short sternum; "spade"-shaped fingers, the fifth being short; bilateral genu valgum; bilateral pes planus and talus valgus; increased space between the first and second toes; generalized hypotonia; and certain dermatoglyphic characteristics.
  • (13) In various respiratory areas of the mucosa of the nasal conchae of the zebu (Bos indicus) there is a quantitative variation of goblet cells.
  • (14) Auricular concha cartilage is an almost ideal transplant material for corrective rhinoplasty because: 1.
  • (15) Another minor deformity is an extension of the crus of the helix, wherein it runs as a crest across the concha.
  • (16) In Nd:YAG laser therapy of hyperplastic lower nasal conchae (approx.
  • (17) After determination of an individual allergen concentration for every subject the INT was repeated five times under standardised conditions (allergen lyophilised and standardised in biological units, application of the allergen solution to the inferior concha, rhinomanometrical measurement of the nasal flow before and 15 min.
  • (18) A correlation between the distribution of the different mineralized tissues of the nasal ventral conchae and the distribution of the lesions of atrophic rhinitis in the nasal ventral conchae as well as the receptivity period of piglets to the disease as observed in the literature have been discussed.
  • (19) Such cases may be successfully treated with the use of a composite graft taken from the concha of the ear with skin lining preserved on both sides.
  • (20) Aeration of the middle turbinate, termed "concha bullosa," is a common anatomical variant of intranasal anatomy.

Shell


Definition:

  • (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
  • (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
  • (n.) A pod.
  • (n.) The hard covering of an egg.
  • (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
  • (n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
  • (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
  • (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  • (n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
  • (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
  • (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
  • (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  • (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  • (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
  • (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  • (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
  • (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
  • (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
  • (v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
  • (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
  • (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, empty shells can also form independently of intact virions.
  • (2) The spikes likely correspond to VP3, a hemagglutinin, while the rest of the mass density in the outer shell represents 780 molecules of VP7, a neutralization antigen.
  • (3) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
  • (4) We recommend the shell vial technique for isolation of C. burnetii.
  • (5) A significant proportion of the soluble protein of the organic matrix of mollusk shells is composed of a repeating sequence of aspartic acid separated by either glycine or serine.
  • (6) Viral particles in the cultures and the brain were of various sizes and shapes; particles ranged from 70 to over 160 nm in diameter, with a variable position of dense nucleoids and less dense core shells.
  • (7) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
  • (8) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
  • (9) Serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase were considerably elevated in shell-less embryos.
  • (10) The cultivation of embryos in shell-less culture did not affect the normal macroscopic or histological appearance of the membrane, or the rate of proliferation of its constituent cells, as assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation.
  • (11) Another friend’s sisters told me that the government building where all the students’ records are stored is in an area where there is frequent shelling and air strikes.
  • (12) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
  • (13) Carmon Creek is wholly owned by Shell, which said it expected the decision to cost $2bn in its third-quarter results due to impairment, contract provision, redundancy and restructuring charges.
  • (14) A technique for efficient cytochalasin-induced enucleation was used to prepare "karyoplasts"--nuclei surrounded by a thin shell of cytoplasm and an outer cell membrane.
  • (15) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
  • (16) We developed a shell vial cell culture assay (SVA) using a cross-reactive monoclonal antibody to the T antigen of simian virus 40 to detect BKV rapidly by indirect immunofluorescence.
  • (17) On second impacts, the GSI rose considerably because the shell and liner of the DH-151 cracked and the suspension of the "141" stretched during the first blow.
  • (18) This coincided with increases in shell thickness and shell porosity as power functions of uterine time.
  • (19) The apoferritin shell is known to assemble spontaneously from its subunits obtained at acid pH upon neutralization.
  • (20) Whereas psammomatous bodies are located within tubules in compressed residual testicular tissue arranged in a shell-like zone around the tumor mass, dystrophic calcifications and bone and cartilage tissues are identified inside the tumor.

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