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Digestive System health.howstuffworks/adam-200142.htm

Digestive System http://health.howstuffworks.com/adam-200142.htm. Swenson. Salivary Glands. Secrete enzyme amylase (breaks down carbs) cover food to produce bolus (Mucous lubricates food). Tongue. moves food side to side to be chewed and keeps between teeth moves bolus to back of throat

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Legalizing

Legalizing. How many people do you know who have suffered severe consequences from smoking marijuana?.

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Class by: Satyadhar Joshi (Level 0) Feb 2011

Meditation, Dhyan and Yoga to improve your Memory and Logical powers (GRE/GMAT) ( A class on application of Spirituality & Indian philosophy). Class by: Satyadhar Joshi (Level 0) Feb 2011 Some of the vocabulary used is Hindi though the class medium will be 100% English

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Cardiovascular System

Cardiovascular System. By: Haley Groesbeck & Kayla Brice. Functions. Transport- The nutrients, oxygen, and hormones to cells throughout the body and removal of wastes like carbon dioxide, nitrogenous wastes, and heat. Protection-

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Artificial Pacemaker: The Heart

Artificial Pacemaker: The Heart. Kaitlin Abbate. The Healthy Heart. Natural Pacemaker: Sinoatrial Node (SA node) Located in the right atrium Sends electric impulses from atriums to ventricles which causes them to contract. Contractions are what allows blood to flow

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Gas Exchange

Gas Exchange. By Ben Howard, Margaret Ciocca, and Nellie Stoeckle. Alveoli. Site of gas exchange through diffusion Very thin walls, coated with thin film water Problem: water molecules more attracted to each other than the air (surface tension) Very Abundant - 300,000,000

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Chicken Pox and Shingles

Chicken Pox and Shingles. By: Sierra Carangio . SHINGLES and Chicken Pox . What are Shingles? Shingles consist of red patches of skin with small blisters (vesicles) that look very similar to early chickenpox. What are Chicken Pox ?

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The Excimer Laser

The Excimer Laser. By Aprile Small. What is it? . The excimer laser is a computer-controlled ultraviolet beam of light used to correct nearsightedness. Each pulse can cut 39 millionths of an inch of tissue in 12 billionths of a second. How is it used?.

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Viruses WEB List

Viruses WEB List. What is a virus? http://www.microbeworld.org/microbes/virus/ Common viruses? http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/iadventure/virus/commonvirus.html http://www.livescience.com/viruses/ Flu info: http://health.howstuffworks.com/question744.htm.

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