# Biology **URL:** https://howtodiscuss.com/c/biology/62.md [Latest](https://howtodiscuss.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://howtodiscuss.com/categories.md) --- ## [What Is the Inside of Your Elbow Called?](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-is-the-inside-of-your-elbow-called/51861)
**Author:** [@Richmond\_S](https://howtodiscuss.com/u/Richmond_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-is-the-inside-of-your-elbow-called/51861 "2022-09-08T10:02:01Z")
What is the inside of your elbow called? The inner side of your elbow is known as the cubital fossa, chelidon, or elbow pit. It is the triangular area on the inside of your elbow. The soft inner part of your elbow where you bend is called the crook of your arm. :eight\_pointed\_black\_star: The Anatomy of the Elbow The humerus, ulna, and radius all hinge together in the elbow. Cartilage covers the ends of the bones. Cartilage is a rubbery substance that helps joints glide freely and absorb stress. However, ligaments construct the capsule and hold the bones together. The point capsule surrounds and lubricates the elbow. The medial collateral ligament (on the inside of the elbow) and the lateral collateral ligament (outside the elbow.) These ligaments stabilize the elbow by keeping the humerus and ulna togethe… --- ## [How Long Can Sea Turtles Hold Their Breath?](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/how-long-can-sea-turtles-hold-their-breath/193990)
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How Long Can Sea Turtles Hold Their Breath? Sea turtles can hold their breath for upto two hours. They have to swim to the surface of the water every few minutes when they are moving around. What Is Turtle? The order Testudines contains tortoises. Turtles have the most sophisticated shells of any animal, from invertebrates to mammals. Carapace and ulna are turtle shell components (plastron). Carapace and plastron create a hard skeletal cage on either side of the body. The turtle keeps this bony and cartilaginous cage for life. Turtles can’t get out of their shell since it’s part of their body. All continents except Antarctica have at least 356 freshwater and saltwater turtle species. Despite tortoises’ different physical characteristics, the family Testudinidae has historically included box turtles and w… --- ## [Do Snails Have Eyes?](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/do-snails-have-eyes/193974)
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Do snails have eyes? Yes, snails have their eyes on the tips of their tentacles. A snail has 1 or 2 pairs of tentacles on its head. They have a lens but no muscles to focus pictures. They can detect light and find its source. Do Snails Have Eyes? Snails are endowed with eyes perched atop their heads on two short stalks. A snail’s eye may look like a human eye, but it’s built uniquely. Snail species differ in many ways, not the least in how and where their eyes are located. Land snails are the most well-known, with their distinctive eyes perched on long stalks. They can move their stalks around to have a clearer view of their environment and utilize their eyes to find food. Sea snails, like land snails, have eyes, but they are different. Rather than having eyes on the tops of their heads, they have them a… --- ## [Examples Of Dicots](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/examples-of-dicots/38212)
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Examples of dicots include green peas, chickpeas, carrots, almonds, peanuts, apples, grapes, pear, watermelon, melon, potato, radish, bell peppers, oaks, and many more. Flowering plants are categorized as monocots and dicots depending upon the number of cotyledons in their seeds. Plants having one cotyledon in the seed are known as monocot while those having two cotyledons are classified as dicots. 1. What are dicots? :seedling: Dicots are plants that bear seeds with two cotyledons in them. They are the basic class of flowering plants while the second-class being monocots or monocotyledons. :seedling: Both monocots and dicots not only differ from each other in the number of cotyledons but also there are other morphological differences in the leaves, flowers, and fruits. 1.1. Difference between monocots … --- ## [Pepsin](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/pepsin/156409)
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Pepsin enzyme manufactured in the abdomen that breaks up proteins in food over metabolism. Gastric acid converts a protein called zymogen or inactive precursors into pepsin. History Pepsin was acknowledged first in 1836 by the Prussian biologist Theodor Schwann. Schwann formulates its title from the Greek noun Pepsis, meaning “digestion” (from protein “to digest”). An astringent material that was up to converting nucleobases meal into the dissolvable matter was set on to be pepsin. In 1928, it set off one of the first enzyme catalysts to be solidified when John H. Northrop take shape applying disruption, aeration, and refrigeration. In the gastrointestinal tract, pepsin influence only the incomplete deterioration of protein into a small group called peptides, so each is soaked up out of the guts into the bl… --- ## [What is Chyme?](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-is-chyme/157537)
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What is Chyme? The semiliquid aggregation of partial food breakdown is laid-off by the abdomen within the small intestine. The hepatic, pseudocyst and liver are known as the nutritional network of human beings and altogether aid in the mechanism of eupepsia. Chyme is the clinical term used to depict the thick and semi-liquid arrangement of slightly undigested food, liquid, stomach gastric juice (hydrochloric acid), and stomach related chemicals like pancreatic compounds and bile. Chyme is originally made in the stomach through both mechanical and compound cycles and passed on into the digestive system for ingestion. How does the Digestive System Make Chyme? The stomach is the place where chyme is at first delivered. Situated on the left upper side of the mid-region, the stomach is a long tube-shaped that se… --- ## [Hyperthermia](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/hyperthermia/158498)
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HYPERTHERMIA The condition happens when the body’s hotness becomes overpowered by outside factors, making an individual’s inside temperature rise. Causes Obstructed perspiration channels that make sweat catch under the skin. Immature perspiration pipes. Blistering, damp climate or heat and humidity. Serious active work that causes inordinate perspiring. Overheating. Indications Heat exhaustion and issues exorbitant perspiring depletion flushed or red skin muscle issues, fit, and torment cerebral pain or gentle dizziness Sickness Sorts of hyperthermia Heat cramps are excruciating muscle fits in the mid-region, arms, or legs following exhausting action. The skin is typically damp and cool and the heart rate is ordinary or quick. Internal heat level remaining parts in the… --- ## [Get Started With Your First Blog](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/get-started-with-your-first-blog/40263)
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Get Sarted With Your First BlogGet Started With Your First BlogGet Started With Your First Blog There is no question that blogging is one of the best ways to get keyword-rich content on your site, get your message on the search engines, and get traffic to your website. But how do you get started blogging? When you consider starting a blog there are many options. A great way to get started blogging quickly (and for free) is to use an online ‘standalone’ service like WordPress or Google’s Blogger. These are free, highly customizable tools that support both new and more advanced bloggers. The negative is that you can’t use your website’s domain name. For instance, if using Blogger, your blog address would be something like While you can link to this from your current website, search engines won’t know to give… --- ## [Do sharks have bones?](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/do-sharks-have-bones/40250)
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Do sharks have bones? No sharks do not have bones they have cartilage. This can also be termed as a type of endoskeleton that also forms connections among the body and helps in flexible movements especially attributing to it’s softer nature than hard bones. These sharks are made of cartridge still they can be fossilised. With time the salts keep on depositing the structure making it stronger thus the remains of the sharks can be preserved buried in the grounds as fossils. These remains tell so much about their existence in the historic times. What is cartilage? Do sharks have bones? No. If you do not understand what cartilage is them look at your earliest and soft part of the nose. The structure is classic example of cartilage. The joints movement is made possible because of cartilage. Without any doubt … --- ## [Difference between Crocodiles and Alligators](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/difference-between-crocodiles-and-alligators/38879)
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What are the differences between crocodiles and alligators. The most common difference between the alligators and crocodiles comes from their appearance. Crocodiles have longer snouts and alligators have shorter snouts. Both are from the different families. Lifespan of the crocodiles and alligators is also different because the crocodiles live longer than alligators. Alligators Crocodiles Order Crocodilia Crocodilia Family Alligatoridae Crocodylidae Number of Species 2 +12 Warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Cold-blooded Cold-blooded Distinguishing Feature Wide U-shaped snouts; dark hide color Narrow V-shaped snouts; light hide color; “toothy smiles” Lifespan 30-50 years 70-100 years Weight and Height 70-1000 pounds; 4,5-15 feet 13-2000 pounds; 6-20 feet Preferred Habitat Fresh water environ…