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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.