8 October 2013 The bright side of dark chocolate “A square of [dark] chocolate a day could keep the cardiologist away” (Dyer par.10). Chocolate‚ craved for its rich taste‚ can be used for more than just satisfying hunger or adding on a few extra pounds. Dark chocolate is the healthiest type of chocolate contains a high concentration of flavonoids (a type of antioxidant) which has many health benefits to it. Studies have shown it can improve brain function by improving memory skills. Desserts are
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message usually focuses on a single aspect of smoking’s effects‚ and it can help a quitter stick with it if they can build up an overall picture of what smoking has been doing or could do in future to their body. Short term effects on the Circulatory System include: Increased heart rate and increased blood pressure‚ rarely beneficial to the health in any person. The extra strain on the heart effectively means it could become diseased or suffer complications much sooner than in a non-smoker.
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in Biology. They have Desirable attitude toward Biology; 44% are moderately motivated while 49% are motivated. Nature of Biology (first quarter) and Plant Organ System (second quarter) were the major topics in Biology where students showed their strengths while Life Energy (first quarter) and Describing Cell Cycle ‚ Circulatory System and Reproduction were the topics where students showed their weaknesses. There is significant variation of schools in terms of Biology performance of students .
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Cogdell 1 Torrey Cogdell July 30‚ 2013 Period 5‚ Lisa Harris Homeostasis Lab Report Objective: This experiment was conducted to determine how homeostasis maintains the bodies balance after doing a workout. Homeostasis is the maintaining of a balanced condition in the body despite changing external conditions or demands on the body. In this lab the participant was to execute an exercise to determine if homeostasis would maintain an stable heart beat and breathing rate. Materials:
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community by the practice of organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) and whether it violates any of the basic ethical principles of medicine. Cardiac death can only be declared on the basis of cardiopulmonary criteria of permanent cessation of circulatory and respiratory function and not on the basis of neurological criteria of irreversible loss of all functions of the entire brain‚ which is used to declare brain death. In the landmark trial of Dr. Hootan Roozrahk; Dr. Roozrahk was charged with prescribing
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process that is essential for the survival of an organism. The purpose of this process is to obtain oxygen from the environment (which is necessary for cellular respiration‚ and to dispose of CO2‚ a bi product of respiration. An efficient gas exchange system has 3 requirements. It must have a large surface area over which the gases can diffuse. A large surface area maximises the amount of area available for the gases to exchange. It must also be moist. Oxygen must first dissolve into a fluid before it
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Running Head: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING ITS CONCEPTS IN MEDICINE Nanotechnology and Medicine Gladys Masker Contemporary Applications of the Sciences SCI215 Argosy University Online NANOTECHNOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING ITS CONCEPTS IN MEDICINE To understand the concepts of nanotechnology and its uses‚ we must first get an understanding of what nanotechnology is. The size of a nanometer is a billionth of a meter‚ or 10-9 of a meter. To illustrate the size of a manometer‚ picture 100
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consists of eleven major organ systems that maintain homeostasis: the skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ nervous‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ urinary‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ integumentary and lymphatic systems. These organ systems are dependent on each other to keep the human body in homeostasis. For example‚ the nervous and endocrine systems coordinate functions of other body systems because they allow information to be communicated throughout the body. The nervous system consists of the brain‚ nerves
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stress can cause neurons to die which leads to headaches‚ anxiety and depression. In the digestive system there can be mouth ulcers and cold sores. In the circulatory system the constant elevated blood pressure and heart rate increases risk of blood clots or heart attack. Your breathing also quickens increasing your chances of colds or respiratory infection‚ while it also depressed your immune system leaving you more likely to get an infection. This has shown me that if you are constantly stressed
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remaining 30% of body water‚ extracellular fluid is divided into two categories. Intravascular and interstitial fluid. Intravascular fluid; the fluid located in your circulatory system‚ or bloodstream. A typical adult male has on average 7 Liters of blood. Interstitial fluid is all remaining fluid not found in either the circulatory system or inside body cells‚ but located within the spaces between cells.
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