The term subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) refers to extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid space between the pial and arachnoid membranes. SAH constitutes half of all spontaneous atraumatic intracranial hemorrhages; the other half consists of bleeding that occurs within the brain parenchyma.
Definitions and images to illustrate geological terms, links to images and website articles. Assimilation is that process of magmatic differentiation whereby ascending magmas evolve chemically by recruiting easily melted or dissolved components (fusibles) from the walls of their conduits. Under the agency of heat and magmatic fluids, ascending magmas pick up volatiles, silica, trace elements, and occassionally fragments of wall rock.
Dissimilation. in biology, the opposite of assimilation in the process of metabolism, consisting in the decomposition of organic compounds and conversion of protein, nucleic acids, fats, and carbohydrates (including those ingested) into simple substances.