The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
The four stages of cross-bridge cycling in skeletal muscle.
Human Body Muscle Diagram
da vinci muscle
Intramuscular drug administration: (a) cross section of skin showing depth of needle insertion