the mastoid process. What is the action of the sternocleidomastoid muscle? if 1 head contracts, the head and neck bend to the same side, if both heads contract the head will flex at the neck and extend from the neck. Advertisement.
(October 2015) A regent (from the Latin regens, [one] ruling) is a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.. The rule of a regent or regents is called a regency. A regent or regency council may be formed ad hoc or in accordance with a constitutional rule.
Context examples: the most powerful government in western Europe / his powerful arms / a powerful bomb / the horse's powerful kick / powerful drugs / a powerful argument. Similar: regnant; reigning; ruling (exercising power or authority). regent (acting or functioning as a regent or ruler). puissant (powerful).