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UPPER CORTEX [5 records]

Record 1 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Fusarium wilt of lettuce. Symptoms. The first symptoms of Fusarium wilt may occur as early as thinning, when some seedlings wilt and die. Infected plants display a characteristic red-brown streak extending from the upper taproot into the cortex of the crown. Older affected heads exhibit a tipburn that may often be limited to one side of the plant. Yellowing of leaves and a brown to black streaking of the foliar vascular tissue is often present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A benign tumor characterized by lobulated areas of spindle-shaped or stellate cells with abundant myxoid or chondroid intercellular material, separated by zones of more cellular tissue rich in spindle-shaped or round cells with a varying number of multinucleated giant cells of different sizes.

OBS

Large pleomorphic cells may be present and can result in confusion with chondrosarcoma.

OBS

This type of lesion is usually situated in the metaphyseal region of a long bone, particularly the upper tibia, and produces an expansion of part of the cortex. Lesions of the tarsal and metatarsal bones are not infrequent. The patients are adolescents or young adults, and males and females are affected in equal numbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Tumeur bénigne, caractérisée par une structure histologique lobulée, fibromyxoïde et chondroïde.

Key term(s)
  • fibrome chondro-myxoïde

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Olfaction(smelling) starts in the upper portion of the nose where smell molecules interact with fibers from the brain that extend through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull into the nasal cavity. The olfactory tracts transmit information from the receptor in the nose to the olfactory cortex which is located under the frontal lobe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Les fibres nerveuses olfactives ont la particularité de projeter directement dans les zones primitives du cortex cérébral. Ces zones du paléocortex sont regroupées sous le nom de cortex olfactif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

El bulbo analiza cada tipo de entrada y, a continuación sintetiza su propio mensaje, que transmite vía axones a otra parte del sistema olfatorio, al córtex olfatorio.

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Record 4 2000-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lichens
DEF

In a foliose lichen, the part of the thallus that is facing up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lichens
DEF

Dans un lichen foliacé, partie du thalle la plus éloignée du support.

Spanish

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