What's the difference between homunculus and map?

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.

Map


Definition:

  • (n.) A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
  • (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
  • (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The intrauterine mean active pressure (MAP) in the nulliparous group was 1.51 kPa (SD 0.45) in the first stage and 2.71 kPa (SD 0.77) in the second stage.
  • (2) The data on mapping the episomal plasmid integration sites in yeast chromosomes I, III, IV, V, VII, XV are presented.
  • (3) As collapse was imminent, MAP increased but CO and TPR did not change significantly.
  • (4) The main result of the correspondence analysis is a geometric map of this relationship showing how the relative frequencies of headache types change with age.
  • (5) Chromatographic maps of DNA adducts demonstrated unique patterns of DNA adducts for each of the regions.
  • (6) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
  • (7) An accurate and reproducible method is described for generating a map of the cobalt sheet source from images of it made in multiple positions with the scintillation camera.
  • (8) Mapping of the shortest peptides recognized by T cell lines ThoU6 and BieU6 indicate that these sequences are fully overlapping.
  • (9) Then, the delta Fract (coronary flow reserve index) map was obtained for each subject.
  • (10) The glnD::Tn10 insertion has been mapped at min 4 on the E. coli chromosome and 98% contransducible by phage P1 with dapD.
  • (11) Radio-immunoprecipitation and partial proteolytic digest mapping showed that the monoclonal antibodies each recognized a unique epitope.
  • (12) In contrast, the average reduction in mean EEG amplitude with isoflurane was only 0.3% and there were neither periods of suppression nor any correlation between EEG amplitude and MAP.
  • (13) Testis MAPs promoted microtubule assembly, but to a lesser degree than brain MAPs.
  • (14) In order to localize probable central nervous system sites for these actions, we have used 125I-labelled 1-d(CH2)5, 7-sarcosine-8-arginine vasopressin, a specific V1-receptor antagonist, and in vitro autoradiography to map brain vasopressin binding sites.
  • (15) The model electron density map, calculated to a resolution of approximately 35 A, shows an unusually high protein content in the membranes.
  • (16) Size comparison of the newly discovered Msp I fragment with a restriction map of the apolipoprotein A-I gene revealed that most likely the cutting site at the 5'-end of the normally seen 673 bp fragment is lost giving rise to the observed 719 bp Msp I fragment.
  • (17) These two crystallins were compared with respect to their native molecular masses, subunit structures, peptide mapping and amino acid compositions in order to establish the identity of each crystallin.
  • (18) In the water-loaded state, MAP rose significantly at the lowest rate of infusion in both pregnant and non-pregnant ewes.
  • (19) The mutations of both strains (termed hha-2 and hha-3) were mapped at minute 10.5 of the E. coli chromosome.
  • (20) One mutant, BS260, was completely noninvasive on HeLa cells and mapped to a region on the 220-kb virulence plasmid in which we had previously localized several avirulent temperature-regulated operon fusions (A.E.

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