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    How do hormones influence human behavior? (22 marks) Adrenaline comes along with a term called “fight or flight” it is used when the body is under stressful situations. It is an adaption the body human body has gone through to react to danger quickly. When under the adrenaline rush the body allows more oxygen into the lungs at a faster rate‚ it increases physical performance for a short period of time and there is a rush of blood to the main body organs that help deliver this quick reaction which

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    PITUITARY HORMONES Prof. Francis R. Capule Department of Pharmacy U.P. College of Pharmacy Hypothalamic-Pituitary Endocrine System ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE Pharmacological Applications • replacement therapy for deficiency states • antagonists for diseases that result from excess production of pituitary hormones • diagnostic tools for identifying several endocrine abnormalities HORMONE Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) Growth hormone-releasing

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    Neurotransmitter Switching in Adult Brain According to one dogma of neuroscience‚ neurotransmitter population was thought to be fixed and immutable throughout life once developmental stages have passed. For over 100 years‚ a central assumption in the field of neuroscience has been that the brain of the adult mammals should remain structurally constant. New neurons‚ as well as new neurotransmitters were thought not to be added to the adult mammalian brain and that the production of new neurons would

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    What is the function of Art? 1. Go to this prezi and using the content and media answer any questions you find in your journals. http://prezi.com/lavyatdy0zzn/present/?auth_key=5ol5t72&follow=algrant#93 2. Does Art contain or produce knowledge? 3. If so‚ how can we characterise this type of knowledge? 4. Using Alchin Textbook pp 34-37 decide which of the following statements most closely reflects your view of the purpose of Art: a) Arts are a way of expressing emotion

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    that is responsible for the administration of legal proceedings with the judicial powers vested in them. The systems of court consist of independent judges where there are no external or political influence regarding its decisions. Judiciary will function through the administration and interpretation of laws for its cases with the doctrine of precendents where lower courts in the same hierarchy are bounded within the prescribed limits by prior decisions of superior courts if its cases are similar

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    What Is the Function of the Spleen? By Jessica Pestka‚ eHow Contributor updated: April 28‚ 2010 The spleen is an internal organ‚ about the size of a fist‚ found in the human abdomen. The spleen functions as part of the immune system and contributes to the production and storage of blood cells as part of the circulatory system. Although the spleen is an important organ‚ it is not vital for human survival. Function of the Spleen The majority of the spleen’s functions are related to the immune

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    What are the functions of parliament? Parliament is the highest legislative authority in the UK. It has responsibility for checking the work of government and examining‚ debating and approving new laws. It is also known as the legislature. The key features of the parliament are the legislation‚ representation‚ scrutiny and oversight‚ recruitment and legitimacy.  Parliament makes laws; this is why it is classified as a legislature. Parliament is the supreme legislature in the UK‚ in that it

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    The IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) is the standards-setting body that functions within the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).The 15 members are responsible for the development of the IFRSs‚ including the IRFS and SMEs (small and medium-sized entities) and for approving interpretations of IFRSs as developed by the IFRS interpretations committee. Through extensive outreach activities and input into standards-setting from stakeholders‚ IASB is able to do the necessary

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    The kidney is made up of nephrons‚ which are a kidney’s functional units. These nephrons collect fluid filtered from the blood. The kidney connects to the renal artery‚ renal‚ vein‚ and ureter. Purified blood leaves the kidney using the renal vein‚ urine leaves using a ureter and the renal artery carries blood from the aorta to the kidney. The nephron has a cup-shaped nephric capsule that surrounds a cluster of capillaries called the glomerulus. A good deal of fluid from the blood filters into the

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    The hormone that raises blood sugar level is insulin. FALSE Atrial natriuretic peptide is a hormone that controls blood pressure in part by increasing the urinary excretion of sodium. FALSE Oxytocin and ADH are produced in the posterior pituitary? FALSE Aldosterone is the most potent mineralocorticoid produced by the adrenals but the least abundant? FALSE Mylocytotic leukemia involves a condition of lymphocytes? FALSE All lymphocytes are leukocytes‚ but not all leukocytes are lymphocytes? TRUE

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