Sarcoidosis was a contributing factor in the death of comedian Bernie Mac, at the age of 50, Saturday, September 9, 2008. Mac died of complications from pneumonia. Although his Sarcoidosis is said to have been in remissions since 2005, it is an auto-immune disease all of which keep the body from fighting off illness and ...
Skeletal system is a bony/cartilaginous supportive framework that gives protection from outer injuries to our body, enhances the strength to softer parts and it is a place for attachments of muscles. Bones and muscles form a lever system. When the muscles contract, they pull on the bones and so bend and tighten the limb or ...
Bones are responsible for providing the framework of the body, as well as enabling the body to create movements. The skeletal system is responsible for many other functions as well. The skeletal system, comprised of 206 bones, contains four main types of bones (long bones, short bones, flat bones and irregular bones) and all of ...
If you have ever noticed a spider crawling across your carpet, you’ve just seen an arthropod. Centipedes, ladybugs, shrimps, spiders, and even horseshoe crabs all belong to the phylum known as Arthropoda. Arthropods have been thought to share a distinct common ancestor with annelid worms; they similarly have a segmented body and a coelem. Certain ...
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