What's the difference between homunculus and human?

Homunculus


Definition:

  • (n.) A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here he clarifies the nature of these internal images, during on concrete examples from the image of infection and the image of self, the immunological homunculus.
  • (2) By assuming that people do perceive directly the behavioral properties of an event, the direct approach avoids the danger of putting too much emphasis on intelligence in perception and at the same time avoids the homunculus trap.
  • (3) In this regard, Coutinho's new network theory or Cohen and Young's theory of immunological homunculus nicely reconciles these aspects.
  • (4) The Hobbit is the tale of a hairy footed homunculus named Bilbo Baggins who sets out with 13 dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf, to wrest a priceless treasure from a sly old dragon.
  • (5) The thumb was larger than the middle finger, as in the homunculus.
  • (6) It is also hypothesized that the thalamic neurons are organized according to a master scheme representing a homunculus in the fetal position.
  • (7) Somatotopic maps produced with this technique showed slight differences to the 'classic' homunculus obtained from studies using direct cortical stimulation.
  • (8) PV represented the contralateral body surface in a somatotopic manner that can be roughly characterized as an inverted "homunculus" with the limbs directed medially, the trunk located ventrally, and the face congruent with the representations of the upper lip and nose in S-I.
  • (9) To our knowledge, this is the first instance of an ovarian homunculus occurring simultaneously with an intrauterine pregnancy.
  • (10) The experiences obtained during 30 years work with the deep electrodes gave the possibility to formulate some psychophysiological concepts of 1) memory, 2) vertical homunculus and 3) cooperation between limbic system and hypothalamus.
  • (11) Cortical representation was larger for the index finger than for the little finger and for the middle finger than for the ring finger, which are similar to findings in the monkey but different from Penfield's classic sensory homunculus.
  • (12) Taken together, the computed tomographic correlations with the syndromes of hemiparesis showed only slight support for the classical view of a homunculus in the internal capsule.
  • (13) Stimulation of the motor cortex transcranially has shown a rough somatotopy of stimulation sites on the scalp corresponding to the homunculus and preferential activation of contralateral hand muscles, as well as very short latencies of signals in the cervical spinal cord.
  • (14) The pathologic and radiographic findings of a homunculus originating in a mature ovarian teratoma are described and compared with those of 22 cases reported in the literature.
  • (15) The undersurface of the tongue starting from the tip of the tongue in the mid-line and going towards the root of the tongue along the frenulum in the mouth represents one kind of homunculus consisting of the neck, face, head, ears, upper & lower extremities and back of the body.
  • (16) January 27, 2014 According to Merriam-Webster , Homunculus means "a little man" and "a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size."
  • (17) Those variations that occur do so mainly by confusion within the motor homunculus, rather than by its movement as a whole across the cortex.
  • (18) This interpretation is free of homunculus, as well as from the criticism raised against the cognitive model of symbol manipulation.
  • (19) The Hobbit is based on the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hairy-footed homunculus who lives in a land, Middle-earth, which is filled with wizards, elves, goblins and trolls.
  • (20) The theory of the immunological homunculus is presented here as a unifying principle.

Human


Definition:

  • (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.
  • (n.) A human being.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The absolute recoveries of diazepam, nordazepam and flurazepam in human milk were 84, 86 and 92% and in human plasma 97, 89 and 94%, respectively.
  • (2) Stimulation of human leukocytes with various chemical mediators such as TPA, f-Met-Leu-Phe, LTB4, etc.
  • (3) It was tested for recovery and separation from other selenium moieties present in urine using both in vivo-labeled rat urine and human urine spiked with unlabeled TMSe.
  • (4) The distribution and configuration of the experimental ruptures were similar to those usually noted as complications of human myocardial infarction.
  • (5) By electrophoresis and scanning densitometry, actin was found to constitute about 4% to 6% of the total cellular protein in the human corneal epithelium.
  • (6) A series of human cDNA clones of various sizes and relative localizations to the mRNA molecule were isolated by using the human p53-H14 (2.35-kilobase) cDNA probe which we previously cloned.
  • (7) Assessment of the likelihood of replication in humans has included in vitro exposure of human cells to the potential pesticidal agent.
  • (8) Herpesviruses such as EBV, HSV, and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) have a marked tropism for cells of the immune system and therefore infection by these viruses may result in alterations of immune functions, leading at times to a state of immunosuppression.
  • (9) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
  • (10) Phospholipid methylation in human EGMs is distinctly different from that in rat EGMs (Hirata and Axelrod 1980) in that the human activity is not Mg++-dependent, and apparent methyltransferase I activity is located in the external membrane surface.
  • (11) This bone could not be degraded by human monocytes in vitro as well as control bone (only 54% of control; P less than 0.003).
  • (12) On the other hand, human IL-9, which is a homologue to murine P40, was cloned from a cDNA library prepared with mRNA isolated from PHA-induced T-cell line (C5MJ2).
  • (13) These results suggest the presence of a new antigen-antibody system for another human type C retrovirus related antigens(s) and a participation of retrovirus in autoimmune diseases.
  • (14) The promoters of the adenovirus 2 major late gene, the mouse beta-globin gene, the mouse immunoglobulin VH gene and the LTR of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus type I were tested for their transcription activities in cell-free extracts of four cell lines; HeLa, CESS (Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B cell line), MT-1 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line without viral protein synthesis), and MT-2 (HTLV-I-infected human T cell line producing viral proteins).
  • (15) Detergent-solubilized HLA antigens were isolated from a human lymphoblastoid cell using an anti-beta2-microglobulin immunoaffinity column.
  • (16) We postulate that FAA may affect the human peripheral and mucosal immune system.
  • (17) The human placental villus tissue contains opioid receptors and peptides.
  • (18) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
  • (19) The result has been called the biggest human upheaval since the Second World War.
  • (20) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.

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