Thorn (letter) Thorn or Ã¾orn (Ã¾, Ã¾) is a letter in the Old English, Gothic, Old Norse and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.
Hip internal rotation exercises are designed to strengthen the groin, or adductor muscles of the inner thigh. These muscles bring the legs together while the outer hip muscles, called abductors, pull the legs apart. Muscular strength and flexibility imbalances can occur between the outer hip muscles and the groin muscles. Exercises can promote internal hip rotation to correct these imbalances.
PERISTALSIS: the rhythmic muscular contractions that push digested food in one direction through the gastrointestinal tract see book page 184, fig. 4 The bolus is swallowed and travels down the esophagus into the stomach. It moves down the esophagus by peristalsis. B. STOMACH: physical and chemical digestion The bolus passes through the CARDIAC SPHINCTER, the top opening in the stomach. Sphincter: a muscle that controls the opening i) cardiac: esophagus & stomach ii) pyloric: stomach and duodenum