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Common abbreviations that cause medication errors include U (unit), mg (milligram), QD (every day), SC (subcutaneous), TIW (three times per week), D/C (discharge or discontinue), HS (at bedtime or "hours of sleep"), cc (cubic centimeters), and AU (each ear).
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
Human Evolution
A vertebrate digestive system, as shown in the human.
The frontal lobe (green) bounded by the Sylvian fissure (yellow line) and central sulcus (red line),
DNA sequence variation in the human genome
Human arrival and the extent of the recent extinction wave
Sources of Variation in Traits Among Individuals of a Species