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    Structure of Main Body Systems How The Human Body Works The Su Yi Win Health & Social Care (Foundation) Victoria University College Main Body Systems • A human body system consists of specific cells‚ tissues and organs that work together to perform specific functions. These systems work together to maintain your overall health. Some of the body systems are as below : Cardiovascular System • Consists of the Heart‚ Blood Vessels (Veins‚ Arteries‚ Capillaries) and Blood. Its main function is to

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    Effects Of Alcohol On A Human Body During this essay I will explain the physical effects and the emotional effects alcohol can have on the human body. I’m also going to be showing the long and short term effects it comes into play with. This first section is going to cover the emotional and physical effects alcohol can have on the human body. Yes the feeling might feel great but after this sentence I’m going to show how you are harming yourself by drinking over your limit. Brain damage- Binge drinking

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    Performance enhancing drugs are very bad. Steroids are one of many performance enhancing drugs that are not natural for the human body. Steroids are an enhancement drug‚ that will increase your muscles‚ body size‚ testosterone‚ and physical and mental body. Although many people think steroids don’t effect your body at all negatively‚ they can severely injure your body. Taking steroids “can cause enlargement of the heart‚ which can lead to heart failure; high blood pressure; hardening of the arteries

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    form compounds to become more stable‚ which happens when the maximum number of possible electrons are in the outermost energy level. Carbohydrates: A carbohydrate is one of the elements of the 5 major compounds‚ dealing with the making of an human body. To define the word any of carbohydrates class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones‚ or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations‚ as hydrolysis‚ oxidation‚ or reduction‚ and that form the

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    The body is made up of a number of systems that all interlink and produce everything we need in order to survive. Within the body there is the digestive system; the circulatory system‚ the nervous system‚ the muscular system‚ the skeletal system and the reproductive system. These systems are all part of one another and they share organs‚ tissues and cells and that is how they interlink. The diagram above shows each system and where they are located in the body. Each system is shown in a different

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    that we understand all of the physical effects of anabolic steroids‚ we must look into the mental effects of anabolic steroids. After noting all the physical effects that anabolic steroids have on the human body‚ one must not forget the many mental effects that anabolic steroids have on the human body. Studies have indicated that when used in high amounts‚ anabolic steroids cause an increase in irritability‚

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    Binda November 26‚ 2013 How Does Stress Affect the Physical Body? Stress is a term that is highly difficult when it comes to defining it. Scientists say the term itself defies its definition. There are many ways in which stress can be defined as; the difficult part is to know which definition you are looking for. Hans Selye‚ a Hungarian endocrinologist‚ is the man who discovered the theory of stress. Selye defines stress as‚ "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change (Goldberg

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    1.Introduction This essay aims to find out coffee’s beneficial effects on human body.coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world‚ more and more populations all over the world love to begin their day with a cup of coffee.Almost a third of the world’s people drinks coffee. But coffee was not recognized a healthy drink. It has a history of being blamed for many disease.Coffee can stimulants parts of the human body‚ such as heart and muscles because of its caffeine content.Caffeine is a

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    Aging causes changes in the body with or without the presence of disease processes. Tissue elasticity reduces over time and fat replaces space that was once occupied by the muscle (Corbin-Lewis et al.‚ 2005). Similar changes can be seen in the oropharyngeal component during normal aging. With age‚ the mucosa in the oral cavity becomes more keratinized or fibrous (Corbin-Lewis et al.‚ 2005). The tongue becomes smoother and starts to atrophy. The temporomandibular joint starts to lose range of

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    appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton supports the head‚ neck and torso‚ and the appendicular supports the limbs and attaches the limbs to the rest of the body. There are five types of bones in the body‚ short bones‚ long bones‚ flat bones‚ irregular bones‚ and sesamoid bones. The skeleton has many functions. It supports the body and gives the body its shape. It allows movement to occur. The skeleton protects delicate organs for example the ribs protect the heart and lungs. It allows joints to move

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