Leeches in medicine Leeches belong to the phylum Annelida‚ class Hirudinea. They are exoparasites‚ meaning that they are located on the skin surface. Leeches feed on blood‚ they use suckers to attach on their hosts skin. They are dorso-ventrally flattened‚ have segmented bodies = each leech has a fixed number of segments – 34. 2 suckers are located at each end of the body (posterior and anterior). Leeches are hermaphrodites. Leaches are bilaterally symmetrical‚ with thick muscular segmented bodies
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the field of medicine. The knowledge of the indigenous communities on medicine is popularly known by the nomenclature “Traditional Medicine”. The focus of inquiry in this paper is the extent to which the existing legal regime especially the intellectual property paradigm attempts to protect and preserve the interest of the indigenous peoples over their knowledge. The paper analyses whether indigenous medicine fits itself into the existing definition given by WHO on traditional medicine and proceeds
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Fast Plants By: Kinser Haselhuhn Biology 111 Section Y Professor Brittingham 4/19/13 Abstract: Introduction: Materials and Methods: To begin the fast plants experiment‚ each group received the F1 generation seeds for their designated phenotypes. After receiving the seeds‚ the seeds were then planted into Styrofoam “quads” allowing the seeds to germinate. The seeds were then allowed to grow under a fluorescent light bank for 5 weeks. Throughout the growing of the seeds‚ each plant
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“The Private Life of Plants: Traveling” was a useful documentary to help clarify my understanding on how plants manage to spread their seeds and germinate. I enjoyed watching the different time lapses for the species of plants and it helped me to see exactly what happens rather than reading it in a book or seeing a simple picture. I was amazed at all the different mechanisms plants used to travel around and not stick to just one area. I did not expect the pointy spines of plants to allow them to grip
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BIO - PROJECT PLANT TISSUES Two Major Categories of Plant Tissues 1. Meristematic Tissue. A. Apical Meristems B. Lateral Meristems 2. Permanent Tissue A. Dermal (Surface Tissue) B. Fundamental Tissue (Ground Tissue) C. Vascular Tissue MERISTEMATIC TISSUE Composed of immature cells and are regions of active cell division. small‚ thin walls and rich in cytoplasm. Found in the growing tips of the roots and stem. A. Apical Meristems * Responsible for increase in length of
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metropolitan area. For the tenth time Stanford also made the U.S News hospitals Honor Roll‚ ranking among the top in ten specialties; cancer‚ cardiology and heart surgery‚ neurology‚ neurosurgery‚ urology‚ rheumatology‚ gynecology‚ orthopedics‚ and psychiatry (Stanford Medicine). Stanford is a pioneer in both adult and pediatric quality patient health care. Stanford Medicine consists of three main components‚ the Stanford School of Medicine‚ Stanford Hospitals and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s
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Amanda ****** Jeanna *** Eng 1A October 8‚ 2013 Alternative Medicine My daughter would not be here today of it weren’t for alternative medicine. My doctor had labeled me a “spontaneous aborter‚” meaning my body wouldn’t hold a pregnancy‚ six miscarriages in four years. I was going crazy and when I asked my doctor why‚ he just said “it just happens to some women.” Really? What was wrong with me? A friend of mine referred me to a chiropractor. “What can a chiropractor do?” I asked myself. Despite
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Carnivorous Plants In a world where plants are at the bottom of the food-chain‚ some individual plant species have evolved ways to reverse the order we expect to find in nature. These insectivorous plants‚ as they are sometimes called‚ are the predators ‚ rather than the passive prey. Adaptations such as odiferous lures and trapping mechanisms have made it possible for these photosynthesizers to capture‚ chemically break-down and digest insect prey (and in some cases even small animals.) There
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12MBA 1138 PLANT LAYOUT Meaning‚ Definition and Scope: A plant layout generally refers to an arrangement of machinery‚ equipment and other industrial facilities like receiving and shipping departments‚ tool rooms‚ maintenance rooms and various employee amenities‚ for the purpose of achieving the fastest and the smoothest production at a minimum cost. In other words‚ plant layout is a floor plan for determining the and arranging the desired machinery and equipments of a plant‚ whether established
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STANDARDIZATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES/PRODUCTS: PREAMBLE: Herbal medicine is the most primitive traditional approach to the treatment of diseases and ailments. It is called herbal medicine because it involves the use of plants or plant parts. There is no doubt that herbal medicines provided the first basis for therapeutics before the development or advent of orthodox medicine. Despite the fact that‚ over the years‚ chemists have synthesized a large number of chemical substances‚ many of which have
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