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    The Five Major Compounds That Make Up the Human Body The human body is one of the most complex and fascinating things on this planet. There are five major groups of compounds that compose the human body. These are carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ nucleotides‚ and water. These compounds are all very important to humans and without them humans would not be able to survive. Compounds have many functions that encourage a human cell and a human body to function. Compounds are pure substances

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    Compounds First to define the word‚ compounds are pure substances made up of atoms of two or more elements chemically combined together in fixed ratios determined by mass. When a compound is formed from its components‚ a chemical change takes place through chemical reactions. Elements form compounds to become more stable‚ which happens when the maximum number of possible electrons are in the outermost energy level. Carbohydrates: A carbohydrate is one of the elements of the 5 major compounds

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    In order to survive all the body systems in an animal need to function together. In all there are 10 major human body systems. Three of these systems are the skeletal system‚ muscular system‚ and the digestive system. The skeletal system supports and protects our inner organs. Without it we would be like a big bowl of jello‚ and your organs would get glopped by the rest of your body. Our bones make it possible to move. To help us move better we have four different types of joints. A joint is where

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    essay on the 12 major human body systems‚ which are skeletal‚ muscular‚ nervous‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ respiratory‚ excretory‚ circulatory‚ integumentary‚ lymphatic‚ digestive and the immune system. Each of these systems are important for the body and help the body in its own unique way. If one fails‚ it may cause a domino effect and cause the downfall of another system. Here we are going to start with the skeletal system. The skeleton is a flexible framework that supports the body‚ protects vital

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    The Five Levels of Organization in the Human Body An organism is a living thing that can produce all basic life processes. In the human body there are five levels of organization in which each one will perform a specific operation. In order to understand how these processes work‚ observation of the structural organization of each level is necessary. Each level is organized from the smallest form to the largest. For instance‚ the chemical level is the smallest there for it is the first level followed

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    in the 6th century BCE. Pherecydes of Syros used the term pentagram to explain the five recesses of the cosmology. Also during this time the word pentagram was used in the Far East to illustrate the five elements of wood‚ fire‚ earth‚ metal‚ and water. In the late 6th century BCE‚ Pythagoras used the pentagram as a symbol of man. The ancient Greeks used the pentagram to represent the five elements of the human body: Earth (matter)‚ Air (breath)‚ Fire (energy)‚ Water (fluids)‚ and Aether (the psyche

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    What chemical compounds does the human body consist of? Oxygen (65%) and hydrogen (10%) are predominantly found in water‚ which makes up about 60 percent of the body by weight. It’s practically impossible to imagine life without water. Carbon (18%) is synonymous with life. Its central role is due to the fact that it has four bonding sites that allow for the building of long‚ complex chains of molecules. Moreover‚ carbon bonds can be formed and broken with a modest amount of energy‚ allowing

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    Compounds That Compose the Human Body There are five major groups of compounds that compose the human body. They are carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ nucleotides‚ and water. These are all very important to humans and without them we would not be able to survive. They have many functions that encourage a human cell and a human body to function. Carbohydrates include sugars and starches‚ contain carbon‚ hydrogen‚ and oxygen which appears in a ratio of 1:2:1. Carbohydrates are classified

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    Have you ever wondered which body system helps bring oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to the heart? Well that system is called the Circulatory System or the Cardiovascular System. Have you ever wondered which body system helps bring air into the lungs? That system is called the Respiratory system. You are probably wondering why I am mentioning the Respiratory and Circulatory system? I am talking about them because‚ these are the two system that I am going to be comparing and contrasting in this

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    Make-up for pre-teens? Recently is seems that more and more girls under the age of eleven are starting to wear makeup‚ but why? They do not need to their still children. First‚ many feel that makeup causes damage to the skin‚ for both older women and younger women. It can be especially damaging to the skin of younger children. Besides‚ do young children really need to wear makeup? Of course‚ we all get that awkward stage and you start not liking the way you look. Many doctors feel that this is just

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