Razi Brown What are jet streams? These are bands of powerful high-speed winds or currents of air that circulate in shifting flows from west to east direction at an altitude of about 8 to 15 kilometers above the earths surface. Jet streams are formed where there is a large temperature difference between two air …
What is Tuberous sclerosis? Tuberous sclerosis is also called Bourneville disease or Bourneville phakomatosis or Epiloia or Pringle disease. It is a rare genetic disease that is autosomal dominant in nature which means that it can be transferred from parent to child by inheritance of a single defective gene. It is best …
Local winds simply referred to the types of wind that are caused by local factors and affect a small geographical area. Apart from the major planetary winds systems of the earth, other types of winds exist which are caused purely due to some local factors; these winds are referred to as local …
What are the global winds? Global winds or Planetary winds are large body air masses created mainly as a result of the earths rotation, the shape of the earth and the suns heating power. Global winds are caused by the combination of pressure belts and the Coriolis effect. Generally, winds are named based on the direction in …
What is Atmospheric Temperature? Atmospheric temperature is the temperature of the earths atmosphere measured at different levels. This is dependent on many factors such as clouds, latitude, incoming radiation, land surface, air, altitude, ocean currents, and water surface, etc. The reason for the warmth and the coldness of the atmosphere is due …
Biceps brachii Anatomy Biceps brachii muscle is also called Musculus Biceps brachii which simply means the two-headed muscle of the arm. It is one of the flexor muscles of the forearm; in fact, it is the primary and most powerful flexor muscle of the forearm. These three (3) flexors are located in …
Coracobrachialis is a muscle of the anterior compartment of the arm, found in the upper and medial part of the arm. It is also called Musculus Coracobrachialis; this muscle is a useful landmark in the arm for locating other structures in the arm such as identifying the musculocutaneous nerve which pierces this muscle …
The Rhomboid minor or Rhomboideus minor is also called the musculus rhomboideus minor and is one of the deep extrinsic shoulder muscles (the deep posterior thoracoappendicular muscles) the others being levator scapulae and rhomboid major. The Rhomboid minor is a narrow ribbon like muscle that lies parallel to the rhomboid major and arises from the C7 and …