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Benign Tumors Malignant Tumors
1,817 wordsSarcoma Sarcoma, highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and skin. Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant (cancerous) tumors that can develop from fat, muscle, nerve, joint, blood vessel, or deep skin tissues. They can develop in any part of the body. Half of them develop in the arm...
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Red Blood Cells Pulmonary Artery
6,589 wordsForwards and backwards to the right and are at the same level of the fifth to eight dorsal vertebrae. The apex of the heart points downwards and forwards to the left and corresponds to the space between the fifth and sixth ribs. However, in thin people, the hearts apex may be pointing more downwards than to the left. Its atrial border corresponds to a line drawn across the sternum on a level with the upper border of the third costal cartilage. Its apex corresponds to a line drawn across the lowe...
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4,344 wordsSome ten to twenty-five million people (that is less than 1 % of the earths population) currently make it[high altitude zones] their home (Moran, 143). The adjustment high altitude populations must make are firstly physical and secondly cultural. Although most people adapt culturally to their surroundings, in a high altitude environment these cultural changes alone arent enough. Many physical adaptations that reflect the genetic plasticity common to all of mankind (Molinar, 219) have to be made ...
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