| Hooke's law | The stress applied to stretch or compress a body is proportional to the strain, or change in length thus produced, so long as the limit of elasticity of the body is not exceeded. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hooke, Robert | <person> British experimental physicist, 1635-1703. See: hookean behaviour, Hooke's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hookean behaviour | The behaviour of a perfectly elastic body; i.e., the strain is directly proportional to the stress. See: Hooke's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hooked bone | The bone on the medial (ulnar) side of the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the fourth and fifth metacarpal, triquetral, lunate, and capitate. Synonym: os hamatum, hamatum, hooked bone, unciform bone, unciforme, uncinatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hooked bundle of Russell | Fastigial efferent fibres that cross with the cerebellum and descend over the lateral surface of the superior cerebellar peduncle; these fibres largely terminate in the vestibular nuclei and the reticular formation of the pons and medulla. Synonym: hooked bundle of Russell, uncinate fasciculus of Russell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hooked fasciculus | A band of long association fibres reciprocally connecting the frontal and temporal lobes of the cerebrum, running caudally through the white matter of the frontal lobe, sharply curving ventrally under the stem of the sylvian fissure, and then fanning out to the cortex of the anterior half of the superior and middle temporal gyri. Synonym: fasciculus uncinatus, arcuate fasciculus, frontotemporal tract, hooked fasciculus, temporofrontal tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hooker | 1. One who, or that which, hooks. 2. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hooker, Charles | <person> See: Hooker-Forbes test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hooker-Forbes test | A test for compounds with progestational activity; such compounds cause hypertrophy of the stromal nuclei of the endometrium in uteri obtained from spayed mice; a sensitive test capable of detecting 0.0002 ug of progesterone. (05 Mar 2000) |