Essays Tagged: "contractions"

The Legalization of Marijuana

ome of the effects of chemotherapy such as nausea and dizziness. It also controls muscle spasms and contractions and aids in the relaxation of patients with neurological disorders.Many researchers and ...

(2 pages) 125 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Practical report on the disection of a sheep heart.

nd left ventricle.The reliability of the cycle of blood through the body depends on the sequence of contractions from the atrium and the ventricle. When ever the atriums contract it is called the syst ...

(2 pages) 70 2 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Short biography IVAN PAVLOV.

also investigated the nervous control of the heart, and argued that rhythm, and strength of cardiac contractions are controlled by four types of nerves (World). It was during this first independent st ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Business Cycles and the factors in our market that affect these cycles

er words, can be referred to as the mood swings of an economy. A business cycle defines the various contractions and expansions that occur in the economy. Macroeconomics, or the study of the economy a ...

(22 pages) 397 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Asian Economy Crisis

reatened the financial systems of those countries and disrupted their real economies, causing large contractions in activity and created a human crisis as well as a financial one. Furthermore, the rip ...

(11 pages) 347 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Why Is Downhill Running So Difficult" - Amby Burfoot Runner's World - April 2004

Apparently, if you haven't done too much downhill running, your legs will not be used to "eccentric contractions" in your quadriceps. Since running downhill is basically like a continual falling onto ...

(1 pages) 15 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Maximizing Body Building Efficiency with Creatine

the muscles, creatine maintains a sufficient level of ATP. Muscles' primary energy source for their contractions is ATP. If supplied continuously, it prolongs the fatigue of muscles.How should Creatin ...

(1 pages) 20 0 0.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Endocrine System and its role in life: Summarized blood glucose, adrenaline rush and sex hormones

Growth Hormone, Prolactin and Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone. The role of Oxytocin is to stimulate contractions of labour. This is what is needed for child birth. Antidiuretic Hormone helps the body ...

(3 pages) 34 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Muscle, Genes And Athletic Performance

e way that different fibers break down adenosine triphospate in the myosin heavy chain region. Slow contractions are good for that of a long distant runner where as fast contractions are good for a sp ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Market Demand

Market Demand Essay Question 1 What is meant by market demand? How do expansions and contractions differ from increases and decreases in demand? Explain the factors which cause a moveme ... , groups of consumers and business firms. Market demand is analysed using a demand curve as a tool. Contractions and expansions show the affects that changes to the price of the good, has on the quant ... e of the good, has on the quantity that is demanded by consumers. Increases and decreases differ to contractions and expansions in several ways. Shifts in the demand curve are seen as increases and de ...

(9 pages) 62 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Medicine Pitocin

d in the pituitary gland.Pitocin can be used when labor needs to be induced, or during labor if the contractions are not strong enough to progress normally. It is given by way of an IV. The amount of ... times the drug can cause fetal distress.Mothers using Pitocin frequently report increased pain with contractions. Most mother using Pitocin also use pain medication to handle the increased pain. Side ...

(1 pages) 2644 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

How does music affect your heart beat??

frequency of this cardiac cycle is measured by the term heart rate. The heart rate is the number of contractions (beats) of the heart in a minute. The heart rate tends to increase with response to a w ...

(5 pages) 33 0 3.7 Apr/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology