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	What Your Horse's Tail Tells You
		Overall tail movement is governed by portions of the semitendinosus muscles, which extend over the horse's rump and attach to the vertebrae.
		For instance, at the point where the tail attaches to the buttocks, the skin is five-eighths of an inch thick--as much as a half-inch thicker than it is anywhere else on the horse.
		The importance of the tail as a locomotor device was greatly diminished.
	equisearch.com /horses_care/health/anatomy/horsetail_062206 (828 words)

	Tail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body, the term particularly referring to such a section which forms a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.
		Tails are mostly a feature of vertebrates, however some invertebrates have tail-like appendages, such as the tail of the scorpion, or the furcula of the springtail.
		In most birds, tails consist of feathers of extended length, the function of which is to act as a rudder to balance and steer the bird in flight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tail_(anatomy) (351 words)

	Anatomy \| Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tails are generally thinner than the nose, as too much volume or "corkiness" placed aft will fight the tri-fin setup, which relies on constant turning leverage to provide speed.
		Tail rockers are straighter and flatter than typical longboard shapes for more drive and speed (and reducing high speed max-outs), the narrower, thinner tail compensates for lost tail kick.
		They were known as "split tails," "twin pins" and, after the establishment of this design, "Fish tails." "Twin pins" is an apt name, as this board is effectively a deep-biting pintail when put on a rail while providing the planing speed of a wider squaretail when driving horizontally.
	www.surfline.com /mag/features/anatomy/anatomy_textonly.html (9450 words)

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		Besides helping to contain the con- tents of the pelvic cavity the levator ani muscle moves the tail cranially and laterally, presses the tail against the anus and the external genitalia, compresses the rectum and causes the sharp angulation between the 6th arid 7th coccygeal vertebrae which is characteristic for defecation.
		Tail muscles are also important in stabilising the vertebral column and sup- porting the action of the extensor muscles of the back as well as those of the croup and buttocks.
		Removal of the tail in the mature dog may lead to atrophy and degeneration of these muscles, in addition, if these muscles lose their distal attachments there may be a lessening of the support and anchorage of the rectum and anus.
	www.scottvet.co.uk /tailwag/docking1.txt (3731 words)

	Talk:Tail (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It seems that Tail and Tails should really be merged into one disambiguation page.
		Actually, I think both should be combined at Tail (disambiguation), and that Tail (anatomy) should be moved here.
		It is wrong for [tails] to redirect to "Miles "Tails" Prower" when there is another page called "Tails (Lisa Loeb Album)" and no reason to prefer one over the other.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Tail (232 words)

	seahorse.org - Seahorse Anatomy
		The length of a specimen is measured from the first trunk ring to the tip of the tail, or the combined trunk and tail lengths.
		Tail rings are counted from the ring just below the anal fin to the ring before the tip of the tail.
		On the female seahorse, the lower abdomen joins the tail at a sharp angle and her anal fin is often higher and slightly larger.
	www.seahorse.org /library/articles/anatomy.shtml (451 words)

	Anatomy
		The neck of the pancreas lies in front of the superior mesenteric artery and vein, the gut vessels which supply the whole of the small bowel and these vessels are important factors in consideration of operability of pancreatic tumours.
		The body of the pancreas is triangular in cross-section and extends to the left side of the abdomen from the neck of the pancreas and leads into the tail of the gland.
		The tail of the pancreas lies over the left kidney and nestles in the hilum of the spleen.
	www.pancreaticcancer.co.uk /anatomy.htm (287 words)

	Exploring Comets - Anatomy of a Comet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When comets come near the Sun, their tails become visible because heat from the Sun vaporizes some of the icy nucleus or head and sunlight reflects from the vapor.
		When the Great Comet of 1843 was nearest the Sun, its tail was perhaps as long as 475 million kilometers (300 million miles), or extending beyond the orbit of Mars.
		From the study of spectrograms, it is known that comets are made largely of compounds of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen.
	www.nasm.si.edu /ceps/etp/comets/comet_anatomy.html (269 words)

	AgEdNet.com - Aquaculture Sample Lesson
		An understanding of the anatomy of fish, both the internal and external structures, is essential for success in aquaculture.
		Anatomy aids in classifying and recognizing types of fish, distinguishing between the sexes, and in spotting and diagnosing disease.
		Posterior or caudal pertains to the tail or rear of a fish.
	www.agednet.com /ac104v.shtml (2295 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Despite its simple anatomy, the animal displays a large repertoire of behavior including locomotion, foraging, feeding, defecation, egg laying, dauer larva formation, sensory responses to touch, smell, taste and temperature as well as some complex behaviors like male mating, social behavior and learning and memory (Rankin, 2002; de Bono, 2003).
		The male anatomy is the subject of a separate section in this atlas (See Introduction to Male Anatomy-Part I and Part II), but in this chapter we will provide an overview of major differences between this and the hermaphrodite sex.
		The nervous system has 89 additional neurons that include several classes of tail sensilla: the rays which extend from the tail and lie in a cuticlar fan, the hook and the post-cloacal sensilla which are located on the ventral exterior of the tail.
	www.wormatlas.org /handbook/anatomyintro/anatomyintro.htm (4725 words)

	Conference Schedule
		Anatomy Division, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
		Comparisons of prehensile tail anatomy and use in two closely related atelines provide such an opportunity.
		The current study examines vertebral morphology at the base of the tail and correlates skeletal features with behavioral and myological differences previously reported.
	www.asp.org /asp2003/abstractDisplay.cfm?abstractID=480&confEventID=598 (181 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I realize that a real tail would actually be connected slightly lower where the coccyx is, but in the real world, without ruining a pair of jeans by poking a hole through, there's really no other way to conceal it.
		If I were to copy a tail 100% the way they're made in nature, at the very least, the fur would be 5-7" long, and the loft of the would would have to be 5-6 inches at the widest portion of the tail.
		Since the tail harness is also made of steel, the entire spine is completely impervious to breaking until human pressure.
	www.tailsmith.com /tails101.html (1851 words)

	Wolf Anatomy and Behaviour
		Tail position may play a part in scent communication: a dominant animal raises its tail to facilitate scenting by the other animal, and a submissive animal will lower its tail to mask its scent.
		Dominant animals usually lift a leg and stand with tail raised during urination (dominant males will cock a leg high; dominant females still squat, but often with one foot off the ground), and follow urination with a succession of raking movements of the hind legs and general aggressive behaviour.
		The tail is held between the legs or to one side and wagging weakly; the eyes are narrowed and the head turned away, the lips retracted in a submissive grin, or "fear-grimace".
	www.soappuppy.com /wolf/behaviour.html (1547 words)

	Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems: Persistence of the Tail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A well-developed tail is characteristic of the human embryo in the second month.
		Anatomy Atlases is curated by Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D. Please send us comments by filling out our Comment Form.
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	www.anatomyatlases.org /AnatomicVariants/SkeletalSystem/Images/19.shtml (252 words)

	Earring Lesions of the Parotid Tail -- Hamilton et al. 24 (9): 1757 -- American Journal of Neuroradiology
		tail is a complex anatomic area that is prone to confusion.
		Anatomic boundaries of the parotid tail are the following: lateral and superficial boundary, platysma (white arrow); anteromedial boundary, posterior belly of digastric (fl arrow); posteromedial boundary, SCM (curved white arrow).
		The parotid tail is a challenging area to radiologists and surgeons.
	www.ajnr.org /cgi/content/full/24/9/1757 (3968 words)

	Anatomy
		In fact, the major difference is in the tail, where Cetaceans have horizontal flukes, as opposed to the vertical fins of fish.
		The ribs are long and slender, and articulate loosely to the rest of the skeleton, to allow the chest cavity to expand during respiration.
		They turn by tilting their tails and flukes to the sides and, to a lesser extent, by using their flippers.
	www.stanford.edu /~dgentry/dolphin/anatomy/anatomy.html (4589 words)

	The Realm of India's wild & Endangered Bengal Tigers
		The differences in anatomy between tiger subspecies is NOT genetic, rather it is due to the environment selecting for various characterstics.
		The length of the tail is 3 to 4 feet (90-120 cm).
		Like in all other animals with tails, a tiger's tail is utilyzed in maintaining balance while running/turning/navigating high areas.
	pudang.tripod.com /anatomy.html (796 words)

	Male Gross Anatomy and Histology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The tube in which sperm from the cauda (tail) of the epididymis is transported to the pelvic urethra.
		In the bull and ram the head of the epididymis is dorsal and the tail is ventral.
		In the dog and the stallion, the body of the epididymis is dorsal and the tail is caudal and the head is cranial.
	www.wingate.edu /academics/biology/abd/malelabsheet.htm (1542 words)

	Anatomy of a Comet: Reacher Lesson Plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The dust tail is composed of small (smoke-sized) dust particles carried off the nucleus by escaping gases.
		The dust tail shines by means of reflected sunlight and is the part of a comet that is usually easiest to see.
		The gaseous ion tail is pushed straight away from the Sun by the solar wind, while the brighter dust tail traces the comet's curved orbit.
	www.thursdaysclassroom.com /03aug00/teach4.html (479 words)

	Dinosaur Tails - Enchanted Learning Software
		The tails of some dinosaurs could be useful in attaining a tripod stance, which was probably used to forage very tall vegetation and for mating.
		Ankylosaurids (like Euoplocephalus and Ankylosaurus) had bony nodules at the end of their tails that could easily have been used for defense, which would have been useful for these lumbering, plated grazers.
		This theory seems unlikely given the amount of physiological damage to tail tissue that would be caused by the sudden acceleration near the end of the tail (and the deceleration upon impact).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Tail.shtml (472 words)

	tail - Wiktionary
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		(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
		The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/tail (148 words)

	"The Anatomy of a Loop" \| Lambda the Ultimate
		As was popularised by Steele, a tail call is essentially a "goto that passes arguments." So writing loops with tail calls is just writing them with gotos.
		Tail calls may be similar to goto from an implementation standpoint, but they're no different from a function call in terms of the language itself.
		Given that, the fact that some solutions involving direct tail calls are less simple than they might be is irrelevant: just use the appropriate control construct for the job in a given case.
	lambda-the-ultimate.org /node/view/1014 (8062 words)

	ANATOMY AND PHISIOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pictured to the left is an example of a woodpecker utilizing the stout feathers of the tail to stabilize itself.
		Rectrices is the grouping of large feathers on the tail of birds used for flight.
		However, on the woodpecker, these feathers have been created with a stiffer shaft, and as a result woodpeckers are able to grab the tree with their feet and use the stiff retrices to prop against the tree an tap on the tree with their bill.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/p/w/pwh116/monoa&p.htm (578 words)

	NOVA \| Ancient Creature of the Deep \| Anatomy of the Coelacanth \| PBS
		Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as well as the structure of the brainstem.
		The tail is flat and powerful, enabling the coelacanth to bolt forward in great thrusts to attack prey or escape predators.
		From teeth to tail, the crocodile is one fierce predator.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/fish/anatomy.html (1012 words)

	Hippocentaur External Anatomy
		Also, the tail and any leg markings are inevitably fl.
		The tail is usually the same color as the coat but may be lighter.
		The tail and leg markings are inevitably fl.
	members.aol.com /earlwerks/anatomy.htm (1367 words)

	Fish Anatomy
		They are either single fins along the centerline of the fish, such as the dorsal (back) fins, caudal (tail) fin and anal fin, or paired fins, which include the pectoral (chest) and pelvic (hip) fins.
		The primary structural framework upon which the fish’s body is built; connects to the skull at the front of the fish and to the tail at the rear.
		Conversely, most marine (saltwater regulations) refer to the "fork length", and scientists often use "standard length" which is to the end of the fleshy part of the body.
	www.floridaconservation.org /fishing/fishes/anatomy.html (1814 words)

	External Livebearer Anatomy Refresher
		When used as a direction, refers to "toward the tail," as in "the caudal fin is posterior to the anal fin."
		tail extension - elongated part of the tail, seen in species with "swords" and in lyretail forms.
		In species with a tail extension (such as swordtails) total length is measured without the tail extension, with the tail extension measurement given as well.
	www.interaktv.com /fishanat/basic_fish_anatomy.html (814 words)

	www.diveoz.com.au - Grey Nurse Sharks - Anatomy
		When a shark swims the large upper lobe of the tail tends to push the snout of the shark down.
		This is balanced by the lift produced by the pectoral fins and the ventral surface of the snout.
		The tail of the Grey Nurse Shark is heterocercal and has a characteristic subterminal notch.
	www.diveoz.com.au /gns/gns-anatomy.asp (459 words)

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		Because the caudal parts of the body and the tail move from side to side to a greater extent than do the anterior regions, and the tail has a particularly broad, flat surface, the mass of water moved and its acceleration are accordingly greater.
		The lift generated by the tail produces a turning moment about the fish’s center of gravity that tends to push the head down, but this is balanced by an opposite turning moment generated by the planing effect of the large pectoral fins placed low on the body.
		Because the moment arm of tail lift to the center of gravity is longer than that for pectoral fin lift, the lift from the tail must be smaller than that from the pectoral fins and head.
	www.bio.umass.edu /biology/bemis/FAOV4/Ch11.doc (19888 words)

	ANATOMY OF COMETS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dust tail: composed of small (smoke-sized) dust particles driven off the nucleus by escaping gases; this is the part of a comet that is easiest to see, and is not as long as the ion tail.
		The gaseous ion tail of a comet is blue because the ionized gases fluoresce, much like the gas in a a fluorescent light bulb.
		By the time it crosses the Earth's orbit at 1 AU the comet is very active with a coma and a tail up to 1-2 AU long.
	www.il-st-acad-sci.org /planets/comets3.html (906 words)

	Parrot breeder of African Greys, Meyer's and Senegal parrots. Hand fed baby parrots
		Everyone is familiar with the anatomy of mammals and may also have some knowledge of a few avian anatomical characteristics.
		The purpose of this discussion is to provide a deeper insight into avian anatomy and provide some comparisons to mammalian features.
		An understanding of avian anatomy is essential for avian practitioners.
	www.4parrots.com /Basic_Avian_Anatomy.htm (4406 words)

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