Levator veli palatini muscle: elevates the soft palate and is involved in swallowing. Musculus uvulae muscle: functions to shorten the uvula. Palatoglossus muscle: pulls the soft palate towards the tongue and is involved in swallowing. Palatopharyngeus muscle: tenses the soft palate and draws the pharynx anteriorly,involved in breathing. – Hard…
India is bordered by the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea; combined, these bodies of water account for over 7,000 kilometers of coastline. The major bodies of water within the borders of India include the Brahmaputra River system, the Ganga Bhagirathi Hooghly River, and the West…
“What we refer to as modern day propaganda was actually invented at the start of the 20th century,” he says. “And actually, it relates more to business practices, to advertising, public relations and so on.” Scholar Edward Bernays, (nephew of Sigmund Freud), wrote a fairly famous book called ‘ Propaganda…
One of the most fascinating ways to maintain the concentration of potassium and sodium ions inside a cell is the sodium potassium pump. It is a protein present in many cells that maintain the Na-K balance between the cell and body fluids. It is a protein present in many cells…
Although Tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres, he was first of all a poet. Among his fifty and odd volumes of poetry are Manasi (1890) [The Ideal One], Sonar Tari (1894) [The Golden Boat], Gitanjali (1910) [Song Offerings], Gitimalya (1914) [Wreath of Songs], and Balaka (1916) [The Flight of…
Immovable – the two or more bones are in close contact, but no movement can occur – for example, the bones of the skull. The joints of the skull are called sutures. 10 body parts that humans don’t need. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock We all have body parts that are…
There are 5 subjects in total that you have to study during your whole journey of preparing for the banking examinations and each one has different kind of publications that are preferred by the aspirants. Some of the best books are as follows- Reasoning aptitude- RS Agarwal, BSC, Magical book…
Small muscles that are very delicate (like the small muscles in the fingers) innervate small size motor units (50-500 muscle fibres) whereas large muscles that do not need a lot of regulation (such as the large muscles in the legs) have motor units of 1,000 to 10,000 muscle fibres. The…
In database searching ’OR’ expands a search by broadening the set. It is often used to combine synonyms or like concepts. In database searching ’AND’ narrows a search. It is often used for linking together different concepts. Which Boolean operator do you use to connect keywords? Boolean Operators are simple…
“The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs” is one of Aesop’s Fables, numbered 87 in the Perry Index, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues. Many other stories contain geese that lay golden eggs, though certain versions change them for hens or other birds that lay golden…