The low status of smell in Western culture is reflected in our language: colloquial terms for ânoseâ, for example, are almost all derogatory, or at the very least disrespectful (schnozzle, conk, hooter, snoot, snout, etc.) â and large or distinctive noses are considered ugly.
Ribosomes are organelles composed of ribosomal proteins (riboproteins) and ribonucleic acids (ribonucleoproteins). The word ribosome is made from taking â ribo â from ribonucleic acid and adding it to â soma â, the latin word for body. Ribosomes are bound by a membrane but they are not membranous.
The semimembranosus tendons are one of the hamstring tendons and enable the contracting semimembranosus muscles to flex and rotate the knees, extend the hips, and tilt the pelvis. Conditions that can afflict the semimembranosus tendons include hamstring origin tendonitis, tendonitis, tears, rupture, and strains.