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    Homeostasis

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    (ECF)-concentration gradients Other components: contains enzymes‚ calcium and proteins (enzyme will not function if not kept in homeostatic condition). Homeostasis maintains Temperature at 37.2 -37.6oC pH CO2 and O2 Waste products e.g Urea Hormones - thyroid

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    [pic] Summary of your observations and what you learnt about recording observations Over the past several weeks‚ studying the attitudes and actions of pregnant ewes helped to solidify the definition of maternal behaviour as being the archetype of care and attendance an offspring receives exclusively from its mother. Domestic sheep occur in a somewhat manipulative environment‚ allowing for a relatively predictable reaction composed of both acquired and innate behavioural factors

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    important to a newborn‚ this will help form a great bond between mother and infant. This well help your infant feel more confident‚ secure and the infant will feel warm and comforted. The skin to skin contact will help boost the mothers oxytocin levels. This hormone will help the uterus contract faster and help the flow of the mothers milk. Mothers who breast feed tend to have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes‚ breast cancer‚ ovarian cancer and postpartum depression. Formula is a man made chemically

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    Katigbak‚ Laura Clarissa L. Biology 1 2009-41357 The Discovery Channel documentary ‘The Science of Sex Appeal’‚ explores not only the factors that humans take into consideration when choosing a possible mate‚ it also explains the chemicals that are involved in both choosing a mate and maintaining a long term relationship with that mate. Attraction can stem from different physical features ranging from facial symmetry to body movement and even voice. Humans look for characteristics that

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    DISORDERS OF WATER BALANCE

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    GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DISORDERS OF WATER BALANCE (HYPONATREMIA AND HYPERNATREMIA) AND SODIUM BALANCE (HYPOVOLEMIA AND EDEMA) Literature review current through: Sep 2013. | This topic last updated: ene 15‚ 2013. 1. INTRODUCTION —  The plasma sodium concentration is regulated by changes in water intake and excretion‚ not by changes in sodium balance. hyponatremia is primarily due to the intake of water that cannot be excreted hypernatremia is primarily due to the loss of water that has not

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    Fluid‚ Electrolyte‚ and pH Balance 1. The maintenance of normal volume and composition of extracellular and intracellular fluids is vital to life. List and briefly describe the kinds of homeostasis involved. In males and females‚ intracellular fluid has a greater proportion of total body water than does extracellular fluid. Give-and-take between the ICF and the ECF happens across plasma membranes by osmosis‚ diffusion‚ and carrier-mediated transport. The kinds of homeostasis involved are fluid

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    nutrient. e. is possible because the stomach wall does not secrete hydrochloric acid. Chapter 41:  2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10 1. Both epinephrine and cortisol are secreted in response to stress. Which of the following statements is also true for both of these hormones? a. They act to increase blood glucose availability. b. Their receptors are on the surfaces of target cells. c. They are secreted by the adrenal cortex. d. Their secretion is stimulated by corticotropin. e. They are secreted into the blood within

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    The Delayed Gratification That College Takes Hello and welcome to your first semester at Wichita Area Technical College. College has been just like working on a car. You may not want to work on it‚ but as time goes by you realize that you need your car. I want you to imagine you working on a car. You have the parts that you think you need and then you realize something else is broken you then go and get a new part for your car. Now think of the Delayed gratification you receive when the car is

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    © B IOLOGY 20 5 0 L ECTURE N OTES – A NA TOMY & P HYSIOLOGY I (A. I MHOLTZ ) – I NTRO TO H UMAN A&P – P 1 OF 2 This course is a study of “Human Anatomy and Physiology.” Humans can be classified as: - Animals (we are multicellular‚ motile organisms that lack cell walls) - Vertebrates (we have backbones) - Mammals (we have hair‚ mammary glands‚ 3 bones in each ear) - Primates (we have opposable thumbs‚ 2 clavicles‚ forward facing eyes) - Hominids

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    and words such as “help” and “vigorous” that encourage voters to keep fighting through their struggles with her by the voter’s side. Using various words relating to the idea of “working hard and gaining bigger rewards” can trigger a form of oxytocin‚ or the hormone that makes us feel secure and united (Linguistic America) and Clinton wants to do this as she wants to retain many of America’s policies - such as immigration and government

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