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Anatomical dead space refers to the total volume of the lung (i.e., conducting airways) that does not participate in gas exchange.
Anatomical position refers to the position of reference in which the subject is in the standing position, with feet together and palms of hands facing forward.
Deutsch: Anatomie ist Schicksal / Español: La anatomía es destino / Português: Anatomia é destino / Français: L'anatomie est le destin / Italiano: L'anatomia è destinata /
Anatomy is destiny refers to the Freudian contention that a number of major Personality characteristics are determined by one's gender.
Anaxagoras (ca. 500-428 B.C.) he postulated an infinite number of elements (seeds) from which everything is made.
Anchoring refers to a decision-making Heuristic in which final estimates are heavily influenced by initial value estimates.
Anchoring and adjustment refers to the tendency to judge the frequency or likelihood of an event by using a starting point which is called an anchor and then making adjustments up or down