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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
Platycnemididae are a family of damselfly called white-legged damselflies.
Vertebral compression Fractures of the spine (vertebra) can cause severe ”band-like” pain that radia
Renal calculi (stones) can form in several areas within the urinary tract. When they form in the kid
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), sometimes called the second founder of sociology, coined the term ...
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A lesion called a plaque in the brain of an individual with Alzheimer disease. A ring of degeneratin