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Shooting of Harry Stanley. Henry Bruce Stanley (2 May 1953 – 22 September 1999) was a Scottish painter and decorator who was shot dead by the Metropolitan Police in London in contentious circumstances. Initially his death was recorded with an open verdict, before being ruled as unlawful killing by a jury on appeal and finally returned to an ...
Anterior accessory saphenous vein. The anterior accessory saphenous vein is a special anterior tributary of the great saphenous vein (GSV), draining the antero-lateral face of the thigh. It becomes very often insufficient, causing important varicose veins with an autonomous course and often is the only insufficient vein present on a patient.
21376. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] The great saphenous vein (GSV) or long saphenous vein (/ səˈfiːnəs /) is a large, subcutaneous, superficial vein of the leg. It is the longest vein in the body, running along the length of the lower limb, returning blood from the foot, leg and thigh to the deep femoral vein at the femoral ...
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Perforator vein. Perforator veins are so called because they perforate the deep fascia of muscles, to connect the superficial veins to the deep veins where they drain. [1][2] Perforator veins play an essential role in maintaining normal blood draining. They have valves which prevent blood flowing back (regurgitation) from deep to superficial ...
The 16th-century Grade II* listed Southwick Court manor house The 15th-century Grade II* listed gatehouse at Southwick Court Initials carved by Walter Bush on the wing of Southwick Court following completion of building works in 1567 Remnants of the drain and carrier channels most probably cut in the late 16th or 17th century to convert arable land to the immediate northwest of Southwick Court ...
In geotechnical engineering, watertable control is the practice of controlling the height of the water table by drainage.Its main applications are in agricultural land (to improve the crop yield using agricultural drainage systems) and in cities to manage the extensive underground infrastructure that includes the foundations of large buildings, underground transit systems, and extensive ...
A cabriole leg is one of (usually) four vertical supports of a piece of furniture shaped in two curves; the upper arc is convex, while lower is concave; the upper curve always bows outward, while the lower curve bows inward; with the axes of the two curves in the same plane. This design was used by the ancient Chinese and Greeks, but emerged in ...