What's the difference between furcula and mucro?

Furcula


Definition:

  • (n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This generates the characteristic pattern of bone marrow distribution in adult pigeons, which shows hemopoietic bone marrow in ulna, radius, femur, tibiotarsus, scapula, furcula, and the caudal vertebrae.
  • (2) With the inhibition of the replicative furcula growth and total protein synthesis (imbalance state), the SSB protein function associated with the third domain and responsible for certain modifications in DNA polymerase II activity is realized.
  • (3) In four cases the sternum and in two at a time the furcula and the scapula were affected.

Mucro


Definition:

  • (n.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Toxicity to Candida albicans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Mucro mucedo was determined in the same medium at pH 5.6 and 7.0 in the absence and presence of 10% beef serum.

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