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Recall the way in which muscles, tendons, the skeleton and ligaments interact to enable movement including antagonistic muscle pairs, extensors and flexors. Cartilage: a tissue made from collagen, which protects bone ends A muscle: an organ that produces movement by contraction A joint: the junction between two bones A tendon: joins muscle to bone A…

The Nervous System The nervous system is comprised of two major regions, the central and peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system is composed of the brain and spinal cord, while the peripheral nervous system is composed of the nerves in the body. The brain is found in the cranial cavity, with the spinal cord…

Life comes with some major decisions and commitments. All of which require preparation to be done right. A person does not just buy a house without an inspection or a car without a Google search. Accepting the responsibility of owning a pet is similar and many people do not understand that pets are just as…

Introduction Recently conservationist came across a disturbing discovery, at Botswana wildlife sanctuary the bodies of 87 elephants were found. Many of which possessed injuries indicating they were killed for their tusks (Bale, 2018). Scientist estimate that roughly 30,000 African elephants are killed each year for their tusks (Bale, 2018). With less than 500,000 African elephants left…

In the U.S , nearly 66,000 dogs and 21,000 cats are subjected to testing every year.(Rauch,2015) In a report done by ASPCA Defining animal cruelty ranges from person to person based on how they perceive it be some of the typical interpretations of defining it include abuse, neglect, animal testing, misinformation and or ignorance towards…

It seems to me that changed human mental function at an organic level was “conception process”. As far as I known, when we dream at night, it is the function and activity of our brain, just as the other physical functions such as breath and heartbeat. Using the language is a biological need with it…

Potbellied Pigs in DomesticationPotbellied pigs are interesting animals that exists in the wild as well as in domestication. In the wild, they may form herds of considerable numbers, one herd keeping its distance from others. Herd members communicate with a variety of squeaks, grunts, gurgles and other sounds, including different “sneezes” and a noise made…

Norovirus Many people are affected each year by what is commonly misdiagnosed as “stomach flu. ” However, the medical term for this condition is Norovirus. The Norovirus is also known as Norwalk-like viruses, SRSV (small round structured viruses), or “winter vomiting disease” as it often affects the host during the winter months. The condition may…

While syntactic theory is generally concerned with creating models to explain the syntactic phenomena observed in language use, this indirect explanation of syntactic structure and rules is only part of the explanation. Insight from other sources, especially the mind and brain, should also be considered part of syntactic inquiry. By using modern functional neuroimaging methods,…

What is Zooniverse? The Zooniverse is a people-powered research platform that is made by volunteers and hundreds of thousands of people around the world. This platform allows people to come together to assist professional researchers. A great thing about Zooniverse is that anyone can be a researcher. People do not have to have a specific…