Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
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Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
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Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Examples of four different types of cells from the body. Although each cell has a cell membrane, nuc
Tympanic membrane.
Plasma
Establishing a steady-state resting membrane potential.