boundary between our bodies and the environment. The skin has several important functions‚ for example: Protection‚ temperature regulations‚ waste removal and sense of touch. Protection • The skin acts as a protective organ. The film of sebum and sweat on the surface of the skin (acid mantle). It acts as an anti-bacterial agent to help prevent the multiplication of micro-organisms on the skin. • The fat cells in the subcutaneous layer of the skin help to protect bones and major organs form injury
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experience similar emotions when her new baby comes into the world. There are many changes and challenges that affect the woman throughout her pregnancy and after childbirth. The changes can include emotional‚ mental‚ physical and hormonal changes to the body. The woman can have mood changes‚ that is unexplained teariness or become easily upset‚ increased tiredness‚ develop enlarged and tender breasts and frequent urination. This essay will briefly describe the location and function of the pelvic floor;
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Fractures A fracture is a break‚ usually in a bone. Fractures commonly happen because of car accidents‚ falls or sports injuries (Fractures: MedlinePlus). Stress fractures‚ which are very tiny cracks in the bone‚ can occur when there is an overuse of the bone which is common with athletes(Fractures: MedlinePlus). You may also be prone to broken bones if you have osteoporosis or another bone disease which causes weakening of the bones (Fractures: MedlinePlus).When I fractured my wrist I experienced
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Activity 1 – The Muscle Twitch and Latent 1) Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber‚ motor unit‚ skeletal muscle twitch‚ electrical stimulus‚ and latent period. Skeletal Muscle Fiber: Skeletal muscle cells that are composed of hundreds to thousands of individual cells that produce muscle tension. These fibers are what move our bodies and generate muscle tension/force that enables us to have manual dexterity. Motor unit: consists of one motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers that it
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and Physiology Web-quest mucles and bones We live in our bodies. It is important that we understand how our bodies work so that we will be able to take good care of them while we are here on Earth in these spectacular containers!! Your body is covered by the largest organ and is supported within by foundation‚ your skeletal system. All your body systems have to work together in order to keep you alive and well. You will be exploring then parts of your body by using various web resources!!!!
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Muscles are responsible for all conscious and unconscious movement. It is how we move and react to an environment. There are three types of muscles in the body include the skeletal muscle‚ smooth muscle‚ and the cardiac muscle. Whether you are running‚ walking‚ breathing‚ eating‚ sleeping‚ or typing it all involves some sort of muscle action. Muscle cells that shape‚ form‚ and outline the whole human skeleton is called a muscle fibers. There are two types of muscle fibers: Type I (slow-twitching
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Dilemma‚ What to Eat or What to not for Muscle Mass? It is difficult for most of the body builders to control their died when they are following a muscle building diet. The reason behind this is that think if they will eat a lot‚ this will magically contribute in bulking up. They may be right up to a certain degree but they are unaware that weight gain means adding fat also. This is not a healthy way of increasing muscle mass. The best way is to follow a muscle gain diet‚ which is according to your
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Take a look at the hulking sepulcher over there. Small wonder they call it a tomb. It’s the citadel of Skull and Bones‚ the most powerful of all secret societies in the strange Yale secret-society system. For nearly a century and a half‚ Skull and Bones has been the most influential secret society in the nation‚ and now it is one of the last. In an age in which it seems that all that could possibly be concealed about anything and anybody has been revealed‚ those blank tombstone
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In Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell‚ sixteen year old Ree Dolly takes on the role of being a mother‚ father‚ and sister to her two brothers Sonny and Harold. The Dolly’s live in the Ozarks and do not live an easy life by any means. They live their life dealing with drugs and crimes. Along with Ree being affected by her surroundings her brothers have to go through the same experiences she has gone through. Therefore‚ Sonny and Harold are affected by their surroundings because their sister takes care
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A. Soldiers Bodies Sarah Wagner‚ “The Making and Unmaking of an Unknown Soldier‚” Social Studies of Science‚ 43(5): 631-656‚ 2013. The article describes the military identification technology in the 1990s and the decision to remove the remains from the Vietnam crypt of the Tomb of Unknowns and the subsequent work on the previously unidentified remains in previous wars. It argues that naming the dead soldiers and returning their remains personalize the ideals of sacrifice and honor embodied in the
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