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axon

(Encyclopedia) axon: see nervous system; synapse.

dendrite

(Encyclopedia) dendrite: see nervous system; synapse.

ductless gland

(Encyclopedia) ductless gland: see endocrine system; gland.

vas deferens

(Encyclopedia) vas deferens: see reproductive system; vasectomy.

planetesimal theory

(Encyclopedia) planetesimal theoryplanetesimal theoryplănˌĭtĕsˈəməl [key]: see solar system.

Notre Dame Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient…

Gerlachovský

(Encyclopedia) GerlachovskýGerlachovskýgĕrläkh-ôfˈskē [key], peak, 8,711 ft (2,655 m) high, in the Tatra Mts.; highest peak of the Carpathian Mt. system and of Slovakia.

Parma Heights

(Encyclopedia) Parma Heights, city (1990 pop. 21,448), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; settled 1818, set off from Parma and inc. 1912. It is surrounded on three sides by…

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia) Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant…

Shickshock Mountains

(Encyclopedia) Shickshock Mountains, range of the Appalachian system, E Que., Canada, a continuation of the Notre Dame Mts., extending c.100 mi (160 km) east-west near the north coast of the Gaspé…