BIOL 2160 Chapter : 8 Neurons And Electrical Signaling
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Breeching: designation of age, in western europe and in european settlements in north. Costume: synonymous with dress for those who work in the museum field and by many scholars who study historic dress, root word: custom. Draped costume: created by the arrangement around the body, pieces of fabric are folded, pleated, pinned, and/or belted, fits the body loosely, developed after people learned to create woven cloth, best for warm climates. Fashion: synonymous with style after the latter part of the medieval. Period: implies styles of relatively short duration, a taste shared by many for a short time. Gender: social roles appropriate to each sex, not gender, there are no universal customs that dictate specific form of dress for each gender, what is considered appropriate may differ greatly from one civilization or one century to another. Mixtures: styles that incorporate components from several cultures.