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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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.