the case with skin cancer. The skin performs a very important purpose. It protects the body against heat‚ radiation and infection. The skin also regulates your temperature and produces vitamin D. To the surprise of many‚ the skin is considered an organ. In fact‚ it is the largest organ you have. The skin is surprisingly tough given its thinness. That being said‚ it can be damaged by exposure to sunlight. This often presents in the form of skin cancer. There are three types of skin cancer - basal
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Acne Skin Disease Medical Terminology Professor Tanious March 31‚ 2013 The skin disease that I had determined that I would be using is the acne skin disease because I believe that it is most common in many people‚ and that everyone goes through it. Furthermore I had chosen acne because it is like dermatitis. Something that I’ve recently found out is that acne is a common human skin disease. In addition many people say that acne comes from stress but no‚ acne is something that
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Different skin tones in humans are associated with the sun’s UV radiation and geography. UV rays can be used by the human body as a source for Vitamin D‚ which helps make bones stronger by taking in the calcium necessary to create stronger bones. A ton of sun exposure that’s especially strong can be damaging to the human body‚ especially the skin. To solve this problem‚ evolution created a skin tone that was already dark in areas with strong sun exposure to protect the skin from the dangerous rays
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Impetigo is a common type of skin infection and is highly contagious. Most of the time it can appear on the hands‚ neck and face in children‚ Impetigo occurs rarely in adults but it is a sign of a more severe skin condition. There are many types of Impetigo: Impetigo Contagiosa‚ Bullous Impetigo‚ and Ecythma but out of all of these Ecythma is the most serious because it damages the second layer of the skin. People with Ecythma will have painful blisters that may turn into ulcers‚ scars and swollen
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The Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Skin Abstract The 5-HT3 receptor is a ligand-gated cation channel located in the central and peripheral nervous system; it has also been detected on a variety of other cells. In the periphery‚ it is found on autonomic neurons and on neurons of the sensory and enteric nervous system. In the CNS‚ the 5-HT3 receptor has been localized in the area postrema‚ nucleus tractus solitarii‚ nucleus vaudatus‚ nucleus accumbens‚ amygdala‚ hippocampus‚ entorhinal‚
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China Textile in Global Value Chain Jean RUFFIER CNRS searcher‚ CEFC‚ Centre d’Etudes Français sur la Chine Contemporaine‚ Hongkong French chair of Centre franco-chinois de sociologie de recherche sur les organisations 中法组织研究中心‚ SUN Yatsen University‚ Guangzhouruffier@univ-lyon3.fr[->0] After being a worldwide threat‚ Chinese apparel industry is facing a double challenge: 1 - Either to remain a low cost base in the international value chain using low wage advantages with a double
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dash one‚ subsection (a): “the chain of command assists commanders at all levels to achieve their primary function of accomplishing the unit’s assigned mission while caring for personnel and property in their charge.” What that means is that the chain of command facilitates communication from the highest commander to the lowest private as fast and accurate as necessary in order to get the mission accomplished and the soldiers and equipment taken care of. The chain of command is basically like a
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The second installment in the movies of Painted Skin does revolve around the love battle that was fought between General Huo‚ the Princess Jing along with the ancient demon Xiaowei. The demon in this film Painted Skin needs the heart of many men in order to escape her curse and she is seen many a times to enjoy the insecurities of scarred face Princess Jing where it concerns Huo. She does specifically encounter Princess Jing and Huo‚ who is a part of her royal guard and is loved by the princess a
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Classically‚ a flap has been defined as a “tongue of tissue containing skin and sub cutaneous tissues which carries its own blood supply and remains attached to the body at all times for its nourishment”. However‚ the evolution of flap surgery in the last five decades has been so rapid that this definition has become not only inaccurate but also highly inadequate. Thus‚ with the increasing knowledge of cutaneous vascular supply‚ development of microvascular techniques‚ increasing refinements in available
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(2000). The Skin I’m In. New York: First Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children. Genre: Page numbers Fiction: 171 pages Reading/Interest Level: Awards: Reviews: * Main Characters: Michael Saunders – new English teacher who is passionate about her job. “Tall and fat” (p. 1)‚ with a birthmark across her face. Maleeka Madison‚ the third – 13 year old seventh grader at McClenton Middle School. “Spend[s] a lot of time trying to fit in” (p. 2)‚ insecure about her extremely dark skin‚ the clothes
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