As food enters the mouth‚ it is mixed with saliva and masticated (chewed). This is where the breaking down of food begins. Pharynx From the mouth‚ food passes posteriorly into the pharynx‚ which is the common path for food‚ fluids‚ and air. The pharynx is divided into three sections: the nasopharynx (air from the nose passes here)‚ the oropharynx (food and air from the mouth passes here)‚ and the laryngopharynx (air going to the lungs passes here).The walls of the pharynx contain two skeletal muscle
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For thirty years Americans have watched as our Presidents have debated over the foreign oil dilemma. Throughout those thirty years little has been accomplished. Research has been done and we have finally gotten the hybrid car on the market‚ but the use of foreign oil is still a drastic measure and keeps rising each year. There are many options America could use to end this war on oil. Some of them include the use of ethanol‚ hybrid cars‚ and nuclear power plants. We do use some of these‚ but perhaps
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Phillip had settled on a block of 1950-1960’s American television. In the file‚ original episodes of a television show called‚ Leave it to Beaver‚ were sectioned off in blocks by season. That show was at the top of the list along with one called‚ Gun Smoke‚ and a prehistoric cartoon called‚ The Flintstones. But‚ Phillip’s favorite record in the entire file was one of a man called
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importance of oil in our society is so great that it affects developed and developing countries. It is a huge contributor to economic growth and environmental destruction. Although the Alberta Oil Sands has destroyed acres of local and global (indirectly) ecosystems‚ it has achieved and ensured that Canada stays as an economic power. The economical‚ cultural‚ and political benefits the oil sands give to Canada makes it an irreplaceable asset to our nation and our global community The oil sands have
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Traditional and Nontraditional Litigation Paper I decided to take the opportunity to explain and discuss the legal issues between Quick Takes Video and Non-Linear Pro as presented in the Litigation and Alternative video. The background behind the legal issue in this video is that Non-Linear Pro is an organization that provides editing systems to their various clients. There was an oral agreement between the two managers of both organizations stating that Non-Linear Pro would provide video editing
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The Feasibility of Used Cooking Oil and Charcoal as an Alternative Ink for T-shirt Prints Chapter 1 Background of the Study When most people think of modern technological innovations‚ the first thing that comes to their minds are the advancements of technology in computers‚ communication devices and many more. However‚ there is a modern technological advancement in the field of fashion too‚ and one of it is the advancement in textile printing that has led to the rise in fashion clothing
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Adoption: The Alternative to Abortion The word “positive” is both feared and revered by women around the globe. A simple plus sign on a pregnancy test can be cause for elation or terror. Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended‚ and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion (Finer and Henshaw 2001). Abortion‚ legalized in 1973 by the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade‚ is defined by the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law as the termination of a pregnancy after‚ accompanied
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We live in a fast-paced world‚ and with each invention things speed up even more. And here it does it again. An electronic version of anything‚ from the e-book to the cloud technology‚ will continue to have rejoinders in the arrival of the e-cigarette. Fancy a drag? Why not try it through a healthier form of smoking in the medium provided by e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are the latest crazes that were made in a bid to replace tobacco in a world that is becoming more aware about health hazards. The
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ALTERNATIVE MARKET STRUCTURES It is traditional to divide industries to categories according to the degree of competition that exists between the firms within the industry. There are four such categories. At one extreme is perfect competition‚ where there are many firms competing. Each firm is so small relative to the whole industry that it has no market power to influence price. It is a price taker. At the other extreme is monopoly‚ where there is just one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition
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The Alternative Service Break in Alaska is a trip sponsored by North Carolina State University’s Center for Student Leadership‚ Ethics and Public Service (CSLEPS) office. This service break trip sends students to Hoonah‚ Alaska to volunteer in the local community. Activities include helping in Hoonah City Schools classrooms‚ assisting the local Boys and Girls Club‚ and visiting the Hoonah Senior Center. In her free time‚ she will be learning the Tlingit language as well as the local traditions and
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