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Starling's hypothesis — Star·ling s hypothesis stär liŋz also Starling hypothesis liŋ n a hypothesis in physiology: the flow of fluids across capillary walls depends on the balance between the force of blood pressure on the walls which tends to force fluids out and the… … Medical dictionary
Starling, Ernest Henry — born April 17, 1866, London, Eng. died May 2, 1927, Kingston Harbour, Jam. British physiologist. His studies of lymph secretion clarified the roles of different pressures in fluid exchanges between vessels and tissues. Starling and William… … Universalium
hypothesis — A conjecture advanced for heuristic purposes, cast in a form that is amenable to confirmation or refutation by the conductance of definable experiments and the critical assembly of empiric data; not to be confused with assumption, postulation, or … Medical dictionary
Starling curve hypothesis law — Star·ling curve, hypothesis, law (stahrґling) [Ernest Henry Starling, English physiologist, 1866–1927] see under curve, hypothesis, and law … Medical dictionary
Starling — Ernest H., English physiologist, 1866–1927. See S. curve, S. hypothesis, S. law, S. reflex, Frank S. curve … Medical dictionary
Rodrigues Starling — Conservation status Extinct (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Frank-Starling law of the heart — The Frank Starling law of the heart (also known as Starling s law or the Frank Starling mechanism) states that the greater the volume of blood entering the heart during diastole (end diastolic volume), the greater the volume of blood ejected… … Wikipedia
Dené-Caucasian languages — Infobox Language family name=Dené Caucasian altname=controversial region=scattered in Eurasia; northern North America child1=Caucasian (controversial) child2=Yeniseian child3=Sino Tibetan child4=Na Dené (incl. Haida – controversial)… … Wikipedia
Yeniseian languages — Infobox Language family name = Yeniseian region = central Yenisei River, Siberia familycolor = Na Dené fam1 = Dené Yeniseian (proposed) child1 = Northern (Ket Yugh) child2 = Southern (Arin Kott) iso2 = The Yeniseian language family (sometimes… … Wikipedia
Nostratic languages — Nostratic (controversial) Geographic distribution: Europe, Asia except for the southeast, North and Northeast Africa, the Arctic Linguistic classification: Borean (?) … Wikipedia
