Human Biology Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (418) essays
Human Biology essays:
The Lungs; How they work and diseases related to them.
... of the Respiratory System. The lungs are the main breathing organs. The main importance of this organ is to breathe in and out of your body. If you didn't breathe air into your body, your body would suffocate because your body needs oxygen to survive. Some functions of the lungs ...
The Effects of Exercise on the Pulmonary Ventilation Rate
... constant balance of gases and pH. Tidal volume will also increase during exercise as the inspiratory and expiratory reserve volumes are used so that more air and therefore more oxygen can be inspired in one breath and more carbon dioxide ...
Color Vision Deficiency Syndrome (Color Blindness)
... rare exceptions. Color Vision Deficiency is usually a case of being unable to distinguish between two colors. Depending on the colors that are undistinguishable, this may or may not be an inconvenience for the bearer. As a genetic disease, it is inherited via the X chromosome ...
Theories of aging, including the Telomere theory, oxidative stress and calorie restriction theories in regards to cell senescence
... scientists is the telomere theory. Every chromosome ends in a telomere which shortens each time the cell divides; after repeated divisions and considerable telomere loss, the cell undergoes senescence (Steel, 1995). Progeria is a genetic disorder that results in accelerated ageing ...
The effects of exercise on cardiac output
... exercise period (4 lengths of the sports hall sprinting). The heart is beating furiously, to get oxygen to the muscles in use, so they can get rid of lactic acid, and get rid of Carbon dioxide ...
Occupational Health Issues - Overachieving on the Job - STRESS
... constant pressure to have the fastest networks possible. These types of new technology are stress factors leaving a handful of workers feeling anxious about new technologies and their related new processes ...
Evaluation of the Selected Micronutrient and Energy Intake Against the Nutrient Refernce Values (NRVs) by Using 24-House Dietary Recall Method on a 20 Year- old
... of individuals is important throughout life. Teenager is the period of the growth spurt with its attendant increase in the requirement for energy, macronutrient and micronutrient. During this period, people tend to have irregular eating patterns, with a tendency to skip breakfast, graze constantly ...
Heredity and Hormones
... of treating neurological and psychological disorders. References Maisto, A., & Morris, C. (2005). Psychology: An Introduction (12th Edition). Alexandria, VA: Prentice Hall. Vinces, M. (1996). Behavioral Genetics ...
Comparing different types of Neuroimaging
... x-ray detector on one side and an x-ray tube on the other that project the x-ray beam. The cylinder rotates around the patient's head and takes a series of ...
The Iliofemoral joint
... of ReplacementHip joint replacement carries certain risks such as infection, blood clots and complications from anesthesia. Other rare complications include nerve damage, dislocation of breakage after surgery, and wearing out or loosening of ...