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There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
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