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    release sweat and at the same time keep homeostasis. The systems involved were my nervous system and my integumentary system. 2. When I was shivering after getting out of the hot tub it was my muscles moving quickly. Muscles need a combination of fats and sugars burned with oxygen to move. This reaction is like burning and releases heat into your body to keep you warm and maintain homeostasis. This involves the nervous‚ muscular‚ and skeletal systems. 3. When I got cold this month my body’s blood vessels

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    Laughter Therapy

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    documented his story in a book he called "Anatomy Of an Illness." Today‚ the interest in humourous effects has grown so much that the medical field has named it psychoneuroimmunology‚ the study of how psychological factors‚ the brain and the immune system interact to influence health. The techniques used for laughter or humour therapy are all different. First and most common is speakers and speeches. They teach you how to laugh at yourself and your daily problems and to clear you mind. Enda Junkins

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    What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot

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    Stress and Depression

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    Stress is a term that is commonly used today but has become increasingly difficult to define. It shares‚ to some extent‚ common meanings in both the biological and psychological sciences. Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical well-being‚ but it is unclear what exactly defines stress and whether or not stress is a cause‚ an effect‚ or the process connecting the two. With organisms as complex as humans‚ stress can take on entirely concrete

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    Diesease | Prevalence | Causes | Symptoms | Treatment | ALOPECIA AREATA | early childhood‚ late teenage or young adulthood | Current evidence suggests that alopecia areata is caused by an abnormality in the immune system. This particular abnormality leads to autoimmunity‚ a misguided immune system that tends to attack its own body. | Other findings that may be helpful are the appearance of short hairs that presumably represent fractured hairs‚ yellow areas of skin deposition at the follicular orifice

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    killer of dialysis patients. This can lead to the heart disease worsening which is the biggest killer of dialysis patients. Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients: These patients receive immuno-suppressant drugs to reduce the chance of the immune system rejecting the transplant. This makes them more vulnerable to disease. It is also estimated that 1% of all organ transplanted in the US carry disease. What can be done to prevent antibiotic resistance? Everyone from doctors to patients to the government

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    or are capable of traveling distances on air currents.[1] Often‚ airborne pathogens or allergens cause inflammation in the nose‚ throat‚ sinuses and the lungs. This is caused by the inhalation of these pathogens that affect a person’s respiratory system or even the rest of the body. Sinus congestion‚ coughing and sore throats are examples of inflammation of the upper respiratory air way due to these airborne agents. Air pollution plays a significant role in airborne diseases which is linked toasthma

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    Module 7 Review

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    Module 7: Human Systems Review Sheet 7.01: Nervous and Endocrine Systems 1. What are the 4 lobes of the brain? Know where they are located if given a picture of the brain. - Temporal Lobe The temporal lobe is located on the side of each hemisphere‚ behind the ears. It is associated with speech‚ hearing‚ and memory skills. It houses the hippocampus (the area of the brain associated with memory) and contains the auditory centers responsible for hearing. Occipital Lobe The occipital

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    __G___ Part of cell-mediated immunity. Recognize foreign antigen presented on MHCII complexes and activate B cells and Macrophages. 2. __E___ Carry out humoral immunity and produces antibodies specific to an antigen 3. __F___ Initiate the secondary immune response 4. __B___ Part of cell-mediated immunity. Bind to cells presenting “self” antigen on MHCI complexes and destroy them. 5. _A____ Antigen presenting cells that present antigen on MHCI or MHCII complexes and activate T cells 6. __C___

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    harmlessly along with the abundant "native" species of bacteria that normally grow the mouth‚ gastrointestinal tract and vagina. Usually‚ Candida is kept under control by the native bacteria and by the body’s immune defenses. If the native bacteria are decreased by antibiotics or if the person’s immune system is weakened by illness (especially AIDS or diabetes)‚ malnutrition‚ or certain medications‚ Candida fungi can multiply to cause symptoms. Candida infections can cause occasional symptoms in healthy people

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