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  1. Liver (11441 bytes)
    1: ...e]], which is important for digestion. Medical terms related to the liver often start in ''hepato-'' o...
    53: * The liver performs several roles in [[carbohydrate]] [[metabolism]]:
    58: * The liver also performs several roles in [[lipid]] metabolism:
    63: * The liver converts [[ammonia]] to [[urea]].
  2. Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
    13: ... carbonate of calcium, phosphate of magnesium and ammonia, and a little animal matter. <!-- I have no idea ...
    21: ...ntravenously causes fall of blood-pressure. It seems probable that the gland furnishes an internal sec...
  3. Planet (8450 bytes)
    52: ...types which are unknown in our solar system, like ammonia giants or carbon planets. In particular, some of ...
    56: ...]]s of the origin and evolution of planetary systems often include the formation and subsequent ejecti...
  4. Agriculture (19147 bytes)
    38: ...f the seed companies, allowing them to dictate terms and conditions previously unheard of. Some argue ...
    58: ...ve led to efficiencies enabling certain modern farms in the United States, Argentina, Israel, Germany ...
    95: == Environmental problems ==
    101: * [[Particulate matter]], including [[ammonia]] and [[ammonium]] off-gasing from animal waste c...
    157: ...llinson, M. (editor): ''A History of Farming Systems Research''. CABI Publishing, 2000. ISBN: 08519940...
  5. Mitochondrion (10103 bytes)
    36: ...lls contain enzymes that allow them to detoxify [[ammonia]], a waste product of protein metabolism. A mutat...
  6. Cirrus cloud (3505 bytes)
    11: ...se extraterrestrial cirrus clouds are composed of ammonia or methane ice rather than water ice. The term ci...
    18: == Thunderstorms ==
    20: ...he flat top.[17] In the tropics, these thunderstorms occasionally produce copious amounts of cirrus fr...
  7. Jupiter (24639 bytes)
    125: | [[Ammonia]]
    179: ... the atmosphere contains [[crystal]]s of frozen [[ammonia]].
    183: ...se conflicting [[circulation]] patterns cause storms and [[turbulence]]. [[Wind speed]]s of 600 km/h a...
    201: ...er'' spacecraft. It was also discovered that streams of high-energy atomic particles are ejected from ...
    276: ...mosphere, where vast, city-sized floating life-forms have evolved.
  8. Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
    128: | [[Ammonia]]
    271: ...popular setting for science fiction novels and films, although the planet tends to be used as a pretty...
    280: ... on a fictional Saturn, populated by giant sandworms.
  9. Uranus (15207 bytes)
    133: | [[Ammonia]]
    164: ... conductive, super-pressurized ocean of water and ammonia once thought to lie between the core and the atmo...
    168: ...ued it as 34 [[Taurus (constellation)|Tauri]]. Flamsteed observed Uranus twice again, in [[1712]] and ...
  10. Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
    9: | [[Urbain Le Verrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
    142: ... &minus;218 &deg;C (55 K). However, the planet seems to have an internal source of heat. It is thought...
    144: ...es, but has increasing concentrations of methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends in...
    154: ...e Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sent it.
    156: ...846]], [[Urbain Le Verrier]], independently of Adams, produced his own calculations but also experienc...
  11. Scorpion (12441 bytes)
    36: Scorpion venoms are geared towards activity in other [[arthropod|...
    41: ...erives from the fact that scorpions are [[ectotherms]], when exposed to intense heat their metabolic p...
    45: ... young are large and strong enough to care for themselves. The young in a general way resemble their p...
    49: ... single strong claw, and were well adapted, it seems, like the legs of shore-crabs, for maintaining a ...
    53: ...t. Moreover, the occurrence of closely related forms in Australia and [[South America]] on the one han...
  12. Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
    7: Einstein himself was deeply concerned with the social impact of...
    47: ...nfinite divisibility]] of energy in physical systems. Even after experiments showed that Einstein's eq...
    49: ...creators of quantum mechanics, that physical systems can display both wave-like and particle-like prop...
    54: ...ld]] that he had been converted to a belief in atoms by Einstein's complete explanation of Brownian mo...
    61: ...the paper's core equations, the [[Lorentz transforms]], had been introduced in [[1903]] by Dutch physi...
  13. Nutrition (42689 bytes)
    4: ...]], as well as psychological and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that h...
    8: ...tite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
    38: ...r endemic neuritis, a disease causing heart problems and paralysis) but British sailors did not. Addin...
    40: ...the native diet of white rice developed the symptoms of beriberi, but remained healthy when fed unproc...
    43: ...[pellagra]], were thought then to be derived from ammonia.
  14. Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
    42: ... ppmv), [[carbon monoxide]] (0.0 to trace), and [[ammonia]] (0.0 to trace).
    60: This graph is from the [[NRLMSISE-00]] atmosphere [[Mathematical_model|model]], ...
    78: ...ich released [[steam]], [[carbon dioxide]], and [[ammonia]]. This led to the "second atmosphere"; which was...
    80: ...irst oxygen producing evolving phototropic organisms. They are responsible for the initial conversion...
    82: ...dition, [[bacterium|bacteria]] would also convert ammonia into nitrogen.
  15. Moon (37975 bytes)
    186: [[Ammonia]]<br />
    190: ... &#x263E;). Apart from the word ''lunar'', the terms ''selene/seleno'' and ''cynthion'' (from the [[L...
    194: ...land on the Moon, the first of whom were [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] in [[Apollo 11]]. The ...
    220: ...also inclined to the Earth's equator, the Moon seems to oscillate up and down (as a person's head does...
    307: ...gest known crater within the [[solar system]], forms the [[South Pole-Aitken basin]]. This crater is l...
  16. Chlorine (10751 bytes)
    39: ...it is abundant in nature and necessary to most forms of life, including the human body. As chlorine ga...
    49: ...sed widely in the manufacture of many everyday items.
    76: Chlorine irritates respiratory systems especially in children and the elderly. In its ga...
    82: ...ch (chemical)|bleach]] is mixed with [[urine]], [[ammonia]] or another cleaning product. These fumes consi...
  17. Hydrogen (20221 bytes)
    108: ...physics|plasma]] state. This element is used in [[ammonia]] production, as a lifting gas, as an alternative...
    113: ...n space, hydrogen tends to exist as individual atoms, simply because there is no way for them to combi...
    115: ...e amounts of energy through combining hydrogen atoms into [[helium]].)
    123: ... in the [[Haber process]] for the production of [[ammonia]], the [[hydrogenation]] of [[fat]]s and [[oil]]s...
    147: ...ms of organic matter (currently all known life forms) including [[coal]], [[natural gas]], and other [...
  18. Iron (23778 bytes)
    144: ... the best known alloy of iron, and some of the forms that iron takes include:
    154: ...the [[Egypt]]ians, where around 4000 BC, small items, such as the tips of spears and ornaments, were b...
    163: ...t, near Xinjiang, in the 8th century BC. These items were made of wrought iron, created by the same pr...
    218: ... a wide range of functions within several life forms, such as [[enzymes]] [[methane monooxygenase]] (o...
    235: ... quantity, the body's own [[antioxidant]] mechanisms can control this process. In excess, uncontrollab...
  19. Aluminium (26079 bytes)
    52: ...nce, due to a thin layer of [[oxidation]] that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. Aluminium is a...
    55: Whether measured in terms of quantity or value, the use of aluminium exceed...
    56: ...um has a low [[tensile strength]], but readily forms [[alloy]]s with many elements such as copper, zin...
    58: ...o. When aluminium is evaporated in a vacuum it forms a coating that reflects both [[visible light]] an...
    82: ...clay. He also assured the Emperor that only he, himself, and the Gods knew how to produce this metal f...
  20. Nitrogen (10073 bytes)
    36: ...Nitrogen forms many important compounds such as [[ammonia]], [[nitric acid]], and [[cyanide]]s.
    42: ...facture of [[ammonia]] via the [[Haber process]]. Ammonia is subsequently used for [[fertilizer]] productio...
    50: ...keratosis]] (skin lesions that may progress to forms of [[skin cancer]] if untreated).
    66: ...water. Singly and doubly substituted compounds of ammonia are called [[amine]]s. Larger chains, rings and s...
    73: ...ogen fixation]]. The legume subsequently converts ammonia to nitrogen oxides and amino acids to form [[prot...

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