myoneural [mÄ«â²Å-nÅ«â²rÄl] Type:Term. Definitions 1. Relating to both muscle and nerve; denoting specifically the synapse of the motor neuron with striated muscle fibers: myoneural junction or motor endplate. Stedmanâs Medical Dictionary Â© Wolters Kluwer Health.
On 16-Aug-1960, Captain Joseph Kittinger of the US Air Force parachuted from a helium balloon at an altitude of 102,800 ft (19.5 miles / 31,354m) setting three world records; the highest parachute jump, the longest free fall (85,300 ft in 4 mins 36 seconds) and the first person to break the speed of sound without an aircraft (714 mph).
Vesna VuloviÄ was a Serbian flight attendant. She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres. Her fall took place after an explosion tore through the baggage compartment of JAT Flight 367 on 26 January 1972, causing it to crash near SrbskÃ¡ Kamenice, Czechoslovakia. She was the sole survivor of the crash, which air safety investigators attributed to a briefcase bomb. The Yugoslav authorities suspected that Croatian nationalists were to ...