Function of the Skin The skin is more than just external covering. It acts as a sensitive boundary between our bodies and the environment. The skin has several important functions‚ for example: Protection‚ temperature regulations‚ waste removal and sense of touch. Protection • The skin acts as a protective organ. The film of sebum and sweat on the surface of the skin (acid mantle). It acts as an anti-bacterial agent to help prevent the multiplication of micro-organisms on the skin. • The fat
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NERVOURS SYSTEM: NEURONS: * STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell. Neurons have specialized projections called dendrites and axons. Dendrites bring information to the cell body and axons take information away from the cell body. Neurons communicate with each other through an electrochemical process. Information is transmitted to the receiving cell at junctions via chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. At this juncture‚ the neuron transmitting
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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He is also the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He made history in 2008 when he won the U.S. presidential election. He is the first African American to be President. Obama’s charisma‚ intelligence‚ and powerful speeches have made him extremely popular with many Americans. He has been very successful with his message for change. Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 to a black Kenyan father and white American mother. His parents
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CHAPTER II HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT[1] (HRD) HRD is a profession today. It has a body of knowledge and this knowledge is transferred to younger generations through management institutes in India. By now HRD is a well-recognized function in organizations. HRD has professional bodies supporting its knowledge generation‚ knowledge dissemination and capacity building in organizations. HRD has also generated consulting firms which provide exclusive HRD services for organizations in need
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Elasticity is the degree to which demand for a service or a good varies from its price. What happens most of the times is that when there are price decreases‚ sales increase and viceversa. This is known as elastic demand. For example‚ bicycles‚ sodas‚ jeans‚ cars have elastic demand because when they are cheap everyone wants to buy them‚ but when the price increases‚ people stop doing so (demand depends on the price). This happens with products such as this because they are not totally essential
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Introductory Paragraph: About Antony Gormley Everyone is curious by nature‚ constantly seeking answers to questions we may know nothing about. Our inquisitive minds leave us pondering the fact that some questions have a multitude of answers leaving us with only our own opinion on what is right. Antony Gormley had an endless amount of questions dealing with the human body. He asked questions such as‚ where do we begin and where do we end? Gormley was an artist creating sculptures of the human body and placing
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PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT The English paragraph can be divided into three sections: INTRODUCTION‚ BODY‚ and CONCLUSION. The INTRODUCTION briefly states the content of the paragraph and enables a reader to establish his expectation of what is to come. THE BODY is the main part of the paragraph‚ which is developed sequentially. THE CONCLUSION‚ the writer summarizes what he has already discussed in the main part and finishes his presentation of the idea. The following paragraph is an example. Sample
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3.09 Body Paragraphs Worksheet For this assignment you will be writing your body paragraphs for your essay. Writing Prompt: What stylistic elements does King use to influence his readers? After reading and analyzing "Letter from Birmingham Jail‚" write an essay in which you answer the question and analyze structure and language in his text‚ providing 3 or more examples to illustrate and clarify your analysis. What conclusion can you draw about the power of this text? 1. Copy and paste the introduction
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The septum form is that ist a wall that divides the left side of the heart from the right side. This keeps the deoxygenated blood from mixing with the oxygenated blood. With the septum having the function of being like a wall it allows it to keep its function of being a barrier between the left and right side of the heart. Respiratory The lungs form is pretty much a sac that is like a balloon. It is flexible in order to inflate and deflate. The lung being like a balloon and flexible allows it to
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Human Anatomy and Physiology 260 - Midterm 1 Cardiovascular Anatomy Arteries: • Carry Blood from the heart to the tissues • Gradually decreasing in size of vessels o Arteries - Transportation of red blood cells away from the heart o Arterioles - Smaller‚ lead from the arteries to the capollaries o Capillaries - Gas exchange (tissue level) • 3 layers of wall: o 1. Tunica Adventitia (Tough outer layer) o 2. Turnica media (Middle smooth muscular layer‚ changes the diameter of the blood
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