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Human nose. The human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system. It is also the principal organ in the olfactory system. The shape of the nose is determined by the nasal bones and the nasal cartilages, including the nasal septum, which separates the nostrils and divides the nasal cavity into two.
Appearance. The appearance of the line depends on skin pigmentation. On lighter-skinned people, the transverse nasal crease is lighter in color than the surrounding skin, and may appear white. This is due to hypopigmentation resulting from the low level of melanin present in the damaged skin. [4]
An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose) is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The word aquiline comes from the Latin word aquilinus ("eagle-like"), an allusion to the curved beak of an eagle.
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was an American entertainer who spent over four decades in the public eye, first as a child star with the Jackson 5 and later as a solo artist. From the mid-1980s, Jackson's appearance began to change dramatically. The changes to his face, particularly his nose, triggered widespread ...
The race and appearance of Jesus, widely accepted by researchers to be a Judean from Galilee, [1] has been a topic of discussion since the days of early Christianity. Various theories about the race of Jesus have been proposed and debated. [2] [3] By the Middle Ages, a number of documents, generally of unknown or questionable origin, had been ...
Black-and-white snub-nosed monkey. R. bieti A. Milne-Edwards, 1897: Southern China: Size: 74–83 cm (29–33 in) long, plus 51–72 cm (20–28 in) tail Habitat: Forest Diet: Leaves, fruit, and lichen EN 1,000 . Golden snub-nosed monkey. R. roxellana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
Mucormycosis. Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9] [12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs.
Black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys. The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is a large black and white primate that lives only in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, where it is known to the locals as the Yunnan golden hair monkey (Chinese: 滇金丝猴) and the black-and ...
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. [1] There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies. [1] They are generally found in high-density forests where they forage on leaves, flowers and fruit.
A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome. White-nose syndrome ( WNS) is a fungal disease in North American bats which has resulted in the dramatic decrease of the bat population in the United States and Canada, reportedly killing millions as of 2018. [1] The condition is named for a distinctive fungal growth around the muzzles and on the ...
