An ultrasound scan, also referred to as a sonogram, diagnostic sonography, and ultrasonography, is a device that uses high frequency sound waves to create an image of some part of the inside of the body, such as the stomach, liver, heart, tendons, muscles, joints and blood vessels.
The name Olmec comes from the Nahuatl word for the Olmecs: ÅlmÄcatl [oËlËmeËkatÍ¡É¬] (singular) or ÅlmÄcah [oËlËmeËkaÊ] (plural). This word is composed of the two words Ålli [ËoËlËi] , meaning rubber, and mÄcatl [ËmeËkatÍ¡É¬] , meaning people, so the word means rubber people.hey lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. It has been speculated that Olmec derive in part from neighboring Mokaya and/or MixeâZoque.
Geography of the Olmecs. The first Olmec people settled along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Mexico's tropical lowlands. This part, were the Olmecs first settled, is now Mexican states. .In the early 1500s B.C.the Olmecs were living around coastal rivers. The Olmecs lived in small houses that were made of reed and straw.