theorized that humans started using music as a way to attract mates‚ as a peacock shows off its feathers. Other specialists such as Dean Falk of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe‚ New Mexico‚ and Ellen Dissanayake of the University of Washington at Seattle believe that music was used to soothe babies as well. The proper term for this biological process is called‚ motheresing. Just as mothers today‚ in all cultures‚ sing lullabies to soothe their young‚ primordial humans did the same. The
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The human body 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
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due to objects hit and distance travelled. That is why there are more speakers behind the balcony seats than the back side than the front in theatres and halls: direct sound from the stage is much weaker where listeners stay far from the stage. Humans‚ especially the ones who love music much‚ demand great quality of music. We build theatres and music rooms of special shape to allow better enjoyment of music: we produce high-technology well-designed headphones to allow best transmittance of music
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Music does many things for the human body including‚ masking unpleasant sounds and feelings‚ slowing down and equalizing brain waves‚ affecting respiration‚ affecting the heartbeat‚ pulse rate‚ and blood pressure‚ reducing muscle tension and improving body movement and coordination‚ affecting the body temperature‚ regulating stress-related hormones‚ boosting the immune function‚ changing our perception of space and time‚ strengthening our memory and learning‚ boosting productivity‚ enhancing romance
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The human Body is a very complex organism. It is composed of many different organs systems‚ which are vital for the body to function properly. They work with one another in order to carry out daily life activities and maintain the body’s proper functions. Among these organ systems lies one of the most important‚ the nervous system. The nervous system functions as the control center of the body‚ and it is in charge of the activities of the rest of the organs systems and the body’s components (Marieb
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How does Caffeine affect the human body? Caffeine is the world’s most popular drug (Spiller‚ 1998)‚ and can be found in over 60 species of plants throughout the world. Consumption of caffeine comes from cola‚ coffee‚ cocoa‚ tea‚ some medications and so much more. In this paper I will describe the effects of caffeine on the human body‚ from the health risks to how it can help your body; here are just some of the ways caffeine affects the human body both physically and psychologically. First of
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Two of humanity’s main priorities are at stake: protecting life and curing disease. Embryonic stem cells are the solution to the many unanswered questions surrounding these priorities. Many people question why scientists cannot simply use adult stem cells for their research instead of using embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells have been researched for a much longer period of time and some treatments have successfully been developed from them. There are a couple of major constraints on the
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Principal tissues in the human body Colorado Christian University Human Anatomy/Physiology BIO201A Principal tissues in the human body The human body is contains four main tissue types. Tissues are a group of similar cells‚ formed in the embryo‚ that perform a specific function or group of functions. According to Patton and Thibodeau (2013)‚ “There are four major or principal tissue types: epithelial‚ connective‚ muscle‚ and nervous” (p. 8). Each of these tissue types differ in the roles
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Human Body System Interaction . All the systems in the human body are vital to our survival and well-being. If you take away the functions of just one of these systems our whole body will cease to work properly. The main systems of the human body are the nervous‚ endocrine respiratory‚ circulatory‚ immune‚ digestive‚ excretory‚ skeletal‚ muscular‚ and the reproductive systems. They all work together in harmony and unison to keep us alive. The nervous and endocrine systems are what control
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dehydration as long as sports have existed. Gatorade’s ad is very convincing and influential‚ and they do this by explaining the most obvious effect in the human body after any kind of physical activity‚ dehydration. Dehydration’s definition is when the body lose large amount of water‚ however water isn’t the only thing that is lost in the human body. Since 1965‚ gatorade has evolved from being just water to sports drink and the image that enhances athlete’s performances‚ and the games haven’t been the
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