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    Liver Detox Essay

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    Adrenal fatigue and liver congestion typically go hand in hand. Additionally, they both impact the functioning of other hormone producing organs, including the ovaries. Women who have adrenal fatigue and liver congestion frequently also suffer from ovarian hormone imbalance. Adrenal fatigue is a condition that has a gradual onset. There is no clear cut starting point. As the stresses of modern life often cause the body's natural stress response system to be called upon far too often. Over time,

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    FORENSIC SCIENCE 3.1 [pic] The frontalis, orbicularis oris, laris oculi, buccinators and zygomaticus are muscles that are responsible for showing facial expressions such as surprise, anger, fear, disgust, amongst other emotions. The temporalis and the masseter muscle are responsible for chewing movements. The sterncleidomastoid and trapezius are neck muscles and can be associated with the throat. 3.2 The principal organs that comprise the nervous system are the brain, spinal

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    rhythms and growth. The endocrine organs are capable of production of messengers, or hormones, which are released into blood. With blood flow, the hormones reach their target organs and interact with specific receptors, causing certain regulatory effect on the target organ (Chrousos, 2007). The proper functioning of the endocrine system is extremely important. In case of overproduction or reduced production of hormones the related processes become improperly regulated, which can cause

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    Research Assignment: What are Estrogen and Progesterone?: Estrogen: is a group of major sex hormones produced by the body (estrone, estradiol and estriol) for “sexual and reproductive development”[1], both men and women produce estrogen which has an effect on the reproductive cycle as well as the development of the body, estrogen is generally more prominent in the female body “the ovaries are the main location for estrogen production”[4] due to its part in certain characteristics and “influences

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    human ACLs (Slauterbeck, Hardy, 196). An increase in the levels of estrogen in ACL tissue cultures found a decrease in fibrobasts and procollagen production (Slauterbeck, Hardy, 197). The results that were found suggest that the variation in steroid hormone levels during the menstrual cycle and its effects on MMPs and TIMPs genes that are found in the ACL (Slauterbeck, Hardy, 197). The MMPs found in the ACL is expressed by different cell types, the include macrophages, neurophils, fibroblasts, trophoblasts

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    Hormone Erythropoiesis

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    The hormone erythropoietin is responsible for regulating the production of red blood cells. Haemopoiesis is the process of the development of blood cells and is crucial to the health of the individual. It generates mature, functional blood cells that can transport oxygen, defence from infection, and participate in haemostatic functions. In adults the haemopoiesis occurs predominantly in the bone marrow. There are exceptional circumstances in which it may happen in other tissues including the

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    Antidiuretic Hormone

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    Syndrome of inappropriate diuretic hormone (SIADH) is a specific type of hypronetremia, which is a low serum sodium level, cause by too much secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). Hyponatremia causes from retention of water by the kidney rather than low total body sodium. It is a condition of electrolyte imbalance, in which excess water compared with the amount of solute in the extracellular fluid. In this case, serum sodium remains normal, but too much secretion of ADH by hypothalamus or production

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    Endocrine System Papers

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    Endocrine System Paper The endocrine system is the accumulation of organs that create hormones that direct digestion system, development and advancement, tissue capacity, sexual capacity, generation, rest, and state of mind, in addition to other things. Homeostasis is maintained by regulation of body temperature, pulse, pH, glucose centration, etc. A. How the Endocrine System interact with the Nervous, Digestive, Urinary and reproductive system? Nervous System- the Hypothalamus connects the

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    The Endocrine System

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    which is part of the brain, are to regulate body temperature, thirst, sleep, mood, hunger, and the release of other hormones in the body. The function pineal gland is to control circadian and circannual rhythms, and the release of melatonin. The function of the parathyroid glands is to mainly to control calcium levels in the body. The functions of the pituitary gland secrete various hormones for various functions. The function of the thyroid gland is to increase the metabolic rate to speed digestion.

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    invitro fertilization. This process requires a woman to inject herself, up to 50 times in a 30 day period, with hormones in order to allow for healthy production of eggs to fall. There are, however, side effects that make the process miserable. A company named Medi-Cult, who offers IVF, also offers invitro maturation (IVM). This is a similar process to IVF, however, it requires a lot less hormones and allows for the egg maturation process to speed up immensely.   When it comes to sourcing the economic

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