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.
The importance of hip internal rotation. Hip joint internal rotation (sometimes also called medial rotation) occurs when the femur rotates within the hip joint, toward the mid-line of the body. It also occurs in standing when the lower limb is fixed and the pelvis rotates â so the left side ASIS moves in front of the right side, for example, or vice versa on the other side.
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