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Female Reproductive System - 2 views

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human reproduction female male reproductive

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  • They are different in shape and structure, but both are specifically designed to produce, nourish, and transport either the egg or sperm.
  • A female's internal reproductive organs are the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries.
  • The ovaries are also part of the endocrine system because they produce female sex hormones such as estrogen (pronounced: es-truh-jun) and progesterone (pronounced: pro-jes-tuh-rone).
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  • produce eggs (ova)
  • protect and nourish the fertilized egg until it is fully developed
  • Although most people think of the gonads as the male testicles, both sexes actually have gonads: In females the gonads are the ovaries. The female gonads produce female gametes (eggs); the male gonads produce male gametes (sperm).
  • It takes only one sperm to fertilize the egg.
  • This process is called implantation.
  • During the fetal stage, which lasts from 9 weeks after fertilization to birth, development continues as cells multiply, move, and change.
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    "A female's internal reproductive organs are the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries."
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Sugar's effect on your health - 0 views

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sugar organs nutrition food

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  • One of sugar's major drawbacks is that it raises the insulin level, which inhibits the release of growth hormones, which in turn depresses the immune system. This is not something you want to take place if you want to avoid disease. An influx of sugar into the bloodstream upsets the body's blood-sugar balance, triggering the release of insulin, which the body uses to keep blood-sugar at a constant and safe level. Insulin also promotes the storage of fat, so that when you eat sweets high in sugar, you're making way for rapid weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels, both of which have been linked to cardiovascular disease. Complex carbohydrates tend to be absorbed more slowly, lessening the impact on blood-sugar levels.
  • If there is more glucose around, there is going to be less vitamin C allowed into the cell. It doesn't take much: a blood sugar value of 120 reduces the phagocytic index by 75%. So when you eat sugar, think of your immune system slowing down to a crawl.
  • Here we are getting a little bit closer to the roots of disease. It doesn't matter what disease we are talking about, whether we are talking about a common cold or about cardiovascular disease, or cancer or osteoporosis, the root is always going to be at the cellular and molecular level, and more often than not insulin is going to have its hand in it, if not totally controlling it.
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  • Because sugar is devoid of minerals, vitamins, fiber, and has such a deteriorating effect on the endocrine system, major researchers and major health organizations (American Dietetic Association and American Diabetic Association) agree that sugar consumption in America is one of the 3 major causes of degenerative disease.
  • Sugar can cause kidney damage. Sugar can increase the risk of coronary heart disease.
  • The health dangers which ingesting sugar on an habitual basis creates are certain. Simple sugars have been observed to aggravate asthma, move mood swings, provoke personality changes, muster mental illness, nourish nervous disorders, deliver diabetes, hurry heart disease, grow gallstones, hasten hypertension, and add arthritis.
  • Sugar can overstress the pancreas, causing damage.
  • The saying "Sugar feeds cancer" is simple.
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Male Reproductive System - 2 views

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reproductive male human reproduction

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  • The male genitals include: the testicles the duct system, which is made up of the epididymis and the vas deferens the accessory glands, which include the seminal vesicles and prostate gland the penis
  • two testicles
  • or sperm,
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  • scrotum
  • vas deferens
  • urethra
  • penis
  • The male sex organs work together to produce and release semen
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Fetal Development : Third Trimester : American Pregnancy Association - 2 views

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developing baby pregnancy

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  • The eyelids open after being closed since the end of the first trimester.
  • This is about the time that the fetus will descend into the head down position preparing for birth.
  • All organs are developed, with the lungs maturing all the way until the day of delivery.
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The American Cancer Society: - 0 views

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cancer breast health

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  • Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that starts from cells of the breast
  • Most breast cancers begin in the ducts
  • ducts (
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  • small tubes that connect lobules to the nipple)
  • Lymph vessels
  • carry lymph fluid instead of blood
  • Lymph is a clear fluid that contains immune system cells and waste products.
  • Most lymph vessels of the breast lead to lymph nodes under the arm.
  • If breast cancer cells reach the underarm lymph nodes and continue to grow, they cause the nodes to swell. Once cancer cells have reached these nodes, they are more likely to spread to other organs of the body.
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