``DIFINITION The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal‚ smooth and cardiac muscles. It permits movement of the body‚ maintains posture‚ and circulates blood throughout the body Muscles provide strength‚ balance‚ movement and heat for the body to keep warm There are three distinct types of muscles: skeletal muscles‚ cardiac or heart muscles‚ and smooth (non-striated) muscles Skeletal muscle is a form of striated muscle tissue existing throughout the human body‚ and which
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Biology 3201 1. Unit 1- Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium II Ch. 12 – The Nervous System (pp. 390-419) 12.1 – Structure of the Nervous System nervous system: a high-speed communication system which delivers information to and from the brain and spinal cord and all over the body. In any nervous system‚ there are 4 main components: (1) sensors: gather information from the external environment (sense organs) (2) conductors: carry information from sensors to modulators or from modulators to effectors (nerves)
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political implications follow from these differences? In this essay‚ I will be identifying the underlying differences between the political systems of Parliamentarism‚ Presidentialism and Semi-Presidentialism. This will include identifying the different types of governments concerning majority and minority rule and the elections that are held in the three democratic systems above‚ accountability of the executive and legislator‚ and finally the separation of power between the executive and the legislator
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The endocrine system The endocrine system is a collection of ductless glands which are positioned through the whole body. The endocrine glands pass their secretions of hormones directly into the blood stream so that they are always adjacent to blood vessels. Hormones are chemicals in the body produced and secreted in the body that regulate the function of a particular tissue or organ (Bing dictionary). These chemical messengers transfer information from one set of cells to another. Despite many
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The Lymphatic System And Immunity The cells‚ tissues‚ and organs of the lymphatic system play a central role in the body’s defenses against a variety of pathogens‚ or disease-causing organisms. Acts against environment hazards‚ various pathogens‚ and internal threats. Lymphocytes (primary cell) are vital to or overcoming infection and disease. Lymphocytes respond to invading pathogens‚ abnormal body cells‚ and foreign proteins. They act to eliminate these threats or render them harmless
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Topic 1 Parliamentary sovereignty revision notes 1) Express and Implied repeal/Entrenchment Dicey’s orthodox theory: a) Positive aspect – Parliament can legislate on any subject matter whatsoever as its sees fit‚ can make or unmake any laws and it is not bound by its predecessors nor binds its successors; parliamentary enactment must be obeyed by the courts; there is no law which Parl. cannot change b) Negative aspect – there is no body which can override an Act of Parliament and declare
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COMPARISO BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS These tables provide a comparison of operating systems‚ listing general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available PC and handheld (including smartphone and tablet computer) operating systems. The article‚ usage share of operating systems provides a broader‚ and more general‚ comparison of operating systems that includes servers‚ mainframes and supercomputers. Because of the large number and variety of
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The Immune System CHAPTER 4 Learning objectives • By the end of this chapter‚ students should be able to : i) Differentiate the three line of defense system in the human body ii) Describe the agglutination process in the case of the ABO blood group iii) Differentiate between active and passive immunization iv) Discuss the homeostatic imbalances in the immune system Introduction • Barriers help an animal to defend itself from the many dangerous pathogens it may encounter • The immune
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Muscular system is the system of Human Body that provides motor power for all movements of body parts. Muscular system is composed of special tissue called muscular tissue. Muscles have the ability to contract actvely to provide the force for movements of body parts. Muscular system is an important system of human body because without it‚ life will completely stop. Muscles produce not only those movements that are under the control of our will and that we can see and feel‚ but also those movements
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Woodward‚ LaToya Q. July 22‚ 2014 AB140: Introduction to Management Unit 6 Assignment When operating a successful business there must be a type of control system to assure the organization is kept together and headed in the right direction to accomplish achievements and/ or goals. A control system consists of four steps that must correlate to sustain balance within the organization. The four steps of control consist of setting performance settings‚ measuring performance‚ likening performance
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