Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The force that results from the steering wheel of an automobile and creating a drag of the tires strong enough to shove the tire over, thereby changing the direction of travel of the car.  

A self-administered medical history form developed at Cornell University Medical School. A lengthy, all-inclusive, self-administered medical and health history form developed at Cornell University Medical School.  

True skin. Area of skin immediately below the epidermis; also known as dermis.  

A body temperature measured centrally as within the rectum. The body’s temperature in deep internal structures, such as the heart or bladder, as opposed to peripheral parts such as the mouth or axilla. In critical care it is often measured with a thermometer linked to a central venous catheter or pulmonary artery catheter.  

Proteins that make up the internal structure or core of a virus.  

In education, required curriculum for all students. Curriculum design in which one subject or group of subjects becomes a focal unit around which all other subjects are correlated. Those courses taken by all students in a particular group.  

As used in anatomy, like a raven’s beak in form or shape.  

In biology, a ciliated free-living stage that emerges from some tapeworm eggs when they hatch.  

In genetics, an explanation for crossing over which assumes that crossing over occurs during the process of chromosome duplication. First suggested by J. Belling in 1930. Duplication or copying proceeds partially alone one homologue and partially along another.  

A pheromone produced by dogs.