Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The development of a species, ontogenesis. The evolutionary history of a species or individual. The evolutionary development of a group, race, or species.  

The crab louse. Infestation is called pediculosis.  

The surgical cutting of the phrenic nerve.  

The nerve that activates the diaphragm. A pair of nerves which controls the muscles in the diaphragm. One of a pair of nerves, arising from cervical spinal roots and passing down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and help control its movements during breathing. Nerve that stimulates the diaphragm to contract, thereby initiating respiration. The…

Resection of the phrenic nerve. The surgical removal of all or part of the phrenic nerve. Surgical division or removal of part of the phrenic nerve. Partial removal of the nerve produces the same results as phrenemphraxis and phrenicotomy (division of the phrenic nerve); it is done because the nerve sometimes regenerates after the other…

Pertaining to the diaphragm. Referring to the mind or intellect.  

The organization of sentences into phrases consisting of a. underlying structure and b. surface structure.  

A sequence of words within a sentence that functions as a unit.  

A movement in response to one-sided illumination. A tendency exhibited by green plants and some microorganisms to turn toward or grow toward light.  

A sheet of 200-300 chlorophyll molecules together with reactive sites at which the light reactions of photosynthesis are completed.