Whale Tail

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Any structure that bears a structural verisimilitude to a whale’s tail
Cardiology The apex of the most distal branch of the left anterior descending (LAD) or the anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery at the apex have been called a whale tail, moustache, or pitchfork. The LAD traverses the anterior interventricular sulcus, giving rise to septal and diagonal branches before bifurcating distally and tapering out as whale tails

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Right, Ant and Frank talk about the famous Whale Tail, Ant gets to work on the car and takes a break on set with Mike

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A test of computer-assisted matching using the North Pacific humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, tail flukes photograph collection

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Our Native stonework and whale tail fountain gives visitors a flavor of America's Last Frontier.

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Customers will be invited to make a minimum pounds 1 donation to purchase Whale Tail badges, with all proceeds going to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

PETS; Whale of a tale to protect wildlife

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Westfield Auctions to Present Original Wyland Paintings at Upcoming Events

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WHALE tails, fake fins and a whole host of strange noises were on the curriculum for schoolchildren who have been learning how to spot the marine life off the coast.

Pupils are having a whale of a time; Children visit laboratory to learn about marine life

Lo invito, pues, a <<cambiar de canal>> y a sumergirse en nuevas aguas, para saber que las bingo wings, whale tails y los muffin tops no son especies, sino senas particulares de algunos cuerpecitos humanos de esos que no pueden participar en concursos de belleza; para asombrarse con los numeros de obesidad en Mexico y en el mundo; para aclarar, de una vez por todas, que el genero y el sexo no tienen nada que ver; para reirse con mas <<gases del oficio>> y otros dislates en cascada; para aprender a poner bien una mesa--y saber de paso quien invento el tenedor--, y para darse un quemon al enterarse de que.