(a.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
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Skate
Definition:
(n.) A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
(v. i.) To move on skates.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
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(1) Renal micropuncture and microdissection techniques with ultramicro fluid analysis have been applied to evaluate single nephron function in the skate, Raja erinacea.
(2) The present study examined whether an uptake system for GABA could be detected in isolated skate horizontal cells by means of electrophysiological methods.
(3) Sodium azide, a classical inhibitor of cytochrome oxidase, is an effective inhibitor of gastric acid secretion in bullfrog and skate gastric mucosae at low concentrations.
(4) The greatest proportion of injuries in children occur in gymnastics, figure skating and modern gymnastics.
(5) Biomechanical analysis of the crosscountry techniques has developed from rather simple 2-dimensional kinematic descriptions of diagonal stride to complex measurement of skating forces and 3-dimensional motion.
(6) Speed skating exercise can be better understood by taking account of physiological and biomechanical considerations.
(7) The potential cardiovascular adaptations from cross-country ski training appear to be similar for the classical and skating techniques, yet training specificity is important for optimal performance.
(8) The athletes were training in gymnastics, figure skating, synchronized swimming, volleyball, or track.
(9) Two morphologically distinct types of horizontal cell have been identified in the all-rod skate retina by light- and electron-microscopy as well as after isolation by enzymatic dissociation.
(10) The function of this enzyme is, in part, to modify membrane lipid composition and fluidity in response to temperature variations; therefore, this finding suggests that in situ lipid metabolizing enzymes may play a central role in the adaptation of skate basolateral liver plasma membranes to changes in the ambient temperature.
(11) The last time I visited they were rollerblading and after plenty of assistance managing the straps and buckles on the hefty skates, I took to the floor.
(12) The spiracular organ is a tube (skate) or pouch (shark) with a single pore opening into the spiracle.
(13) When it emerged that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had gone missing, he tweeted: "It occurs to me: All our good news on the economy is currently as submerged and lost as the Malaysian Airlines flight recorder..." The MP, whose Twitter avatar is a character from figure-skating comedy Blades Of Glory, also joked about having a relationship with a llama.
(14) The skate retina contains only one type of photoreceptor which has rod-like properties in the dark-adapted state.
(15) Princess Anne is also in evidence, currently watching the ice skating clad in a Team GB Russian-style fur hat, but I have no picture to show you.
(16) Both the skate and star techniques of nipple and areolar reconstruction in the hyperexpanded patient yield very acceptable results despite thinned skin and minimal subcutaneous tissue.
(17) "That should send out a message to my rivals I am able to skate from the back as well as from the front."
(18) According to a paper published in the journal Science on Thursday, large and bottom-dwelling species carry most risk, which means cod, flounder, halibut, pollock, skate and sole from the waters in question could be off limits for years, .
(19) The spiracular sense organs of the little skate, Raja erinacea, and the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, respond to movements of the hyomandibula-cranial joint.
(20) Intracellular fluids of marine elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays), holocephalans and the coelacanth contain urea at concentrations averaging 0.4m, high enough to significantly affect the structural and functional properties of many proteins.