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The longest axons in the human body, for example, are those of the sciatic nerve, which run from the base of the spine to the big toe of each foot.
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For example, motor neurons, which travel from the spinal cord to the muscle, can have axons up to a meter in length in humans ; the longest axon in the human body is almost two meters long in tall individuals and runs from the great toe to the medulla oblongata of the brainstem.
It is defined by axonal degeneration in neurons of both the sensory and motor systems and initially occurs at the distal ends of the longest axons in the body.
longest and human
The excavation at el-Tabun produced the longest stratigraphic record in the region, spanning 600, 000 or more years of human activity, from the Lower Paleolithic to the present day, representing roughly a million years of human evolution.
The longest axon of a human motoneuron can be over a meter long, reaching from the base of the spine to the toes.
For human spermatozoa, the longest reported successful storage with this method is 21 years.
* 8. 95 m — longest jump by a human being ( Mike Powell )
* 10 µm — mean longest dimension of a human red blood cell
The history of Vietnam is one of the longest continuous histories in the world, with archaeological findings showing that human settlements as far back as around half a million years ago and a cultural history of over 20, 000 years.
The Mir programme held the record for the longest uninterrupted human presence in space, at 3, 644 days, until 23 October 2010 ( when it was surpassed by the ISS ), and it currently holds the record for the longest single human spaceflight, of Valeri Polyakov, at 437 days 18 hours.
He set historical numbers for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall ( four minutes ), and fastest speed by a human being through the atmosphere .< ref >
One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified time and again during its history to suit administrative, climatic, and religious purposes.
The longest a human has ever been proven to live is 122 years, the case of Jeanne Calment who was born in 1875 and died in 1997, whereas the maximum lifespan of a mouse, commonly used as a model in research on aging, is about four years.
On both, he set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit.
There are many difficulties in authenticating the longest human life span ever by modern verification standards, owing to inaccurate or incomplete birth statistics.
It is the longest and widest single nerve in the human body going from the top of the leg to the foot on the posterior aspect.
The Sartorius muscle – the longest muscle in the human body – is a long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh.
She was the longest running human associate of the X-Men and was Professor Charles Xavier's colleague, confidante, and also once his fiancée, having met and fallen in love with him while they were postgraduates at Oxford University.
Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 ) was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human lifespan in history, living to the age of.
The excavation at el-Tabun produced the longest stratigraphic record in the region, spanning 600, 000 or more years of human activity, from the Lower Paleolithic to the present day, representing roughly a million years of human evolution.
This marks the first three-person EVA in human history and was also the longest EVA ( 8 hours, 29 minutes ) ever conducted to that time.
Shigechiyo Izumi ( June 29, 1865 – February 21, 1986 ) is the person with the second longest recorded human lifespan in history, after Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment.
longest and body
The main body of a cannon consists of three basic extensions — the foremost and the longest is called the chase, the middle portion is the reinforce, and the closest and briefest portion is the cascabel or cascable.
The 37 km journey remains the longest any robotic rover has ever been driven on another celestial body.
Under laboratory conditions at normal body temperature, the longest period of clinical death of a cat ( after complete circulatory arrest ) survived with eventual return of brain function is one hour.
Development in anticipation of completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal, the longest man-made body of water in the western hemisphere, also brought prosperity to the community.
The longest speech in the play is Margaret's lament to Henry after they have found Gloucester's dead body.
In contrast, the forelimbs were extremely small and bore only two digits, although Daspletosaurus had the longest forelimbs in proportion to body size of any tyrannosaurid.
The La Plata dolphin has the longest beak ( as a proportion of body size ) of any cetacean — as much as 15 % in older adults.
Servals have the longest legs of any cat, relative to their body size.
As part of its adaptations for hunting in the savannas, the serval boasts long legs ( the longest of all cats, relative to body size ) for jumping, which also help it achieve a top speed of, and large ears with acute hearing.
The body, or gladiolus, is the longest part of the sternum.
Much of its size is deceptive, since this species ' fluffy feathers, large head and the longest tail of any extant owl obscure a body lighter than that of most other large owls.
The longest American lobsters have a body ( excluding claws ) long.
Hummingbirds eat little else, and the sword-bill's beak is the longest of any bird in relation to its body.
The longest natural period for a seiche in an enclosed rectangular body of water is usually represented by Merian's formula:
where T is the longest natural period, L is the length, h the average depth of the body of water, and g the acceleration of gravity.
The rare titan beetle ( Titanus giganteus ) from northeastern South America is often considered the largest ( though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs ) insect, with a maximum known body length of just over.
The redesigned radiator, " Coke bottle " body shape and other Duesenberg styling cues, plus the longest hood yet on a Pontiac, gave the Grand Prix a feel of high luxury without the high cost.
With a body length of 40 – 50 m, another species of siphonophore, Praya dubia, is one of the longest animals in the world.
Like other maniraptorans, they had long arms that could be folded against the body in some species, and relatively large hands with three long fingers ( the middle finger being the longest and the first finger being the shortest ) ending in large claws.
The epic is composed of a very large body of versions, each with many variants, and is reputed by some to be the longest in the world.
In the past, serious obesity was interpreted to mean weighing at least more than the " ideal body weight ", an actuarially determined body weight at which one was estimated to be likely to live the longest, as determined by the life insurance industry.
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