Author: Glossary
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Placental pole of the chorion
The spot at which the domelike placenta is situated.
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Occipital pole
The posterior extremity of the occipital lobe.
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Pole of the kidney
The upper and lower extremities of the kidney.
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Germinal pole
The pole of an ovum at which the development begins.
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Frontal pole
The most forward tip of the frontal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere.
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Pole of the eye
The anterior and posterior extremities of the optic axis.
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Animal pole
The pole opposite the yolk in an ovum. At this point, polar bodies are formed and pinched off and protoplasm is concentrated and has its greatest activity.
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Polarizer
The part of a polariscope that polarizes light.
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Polariscopy
The study of polarized light by the use of a polariscope.
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Polariscope
An apparatus used in the measurement of polarized fight.