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- Excretory system (572 bytes)
7: ** [[Urine]] - Diaphragm (anatomy) (1536 bytes)
2: ...uscles between the ribs also participate in this enlargement.) When the diaphragm relaxes, air is exh...
4: ...m also helps to expel [[vomit]], [[feces]], and [[urine]] from the body by increasing intra-abdominal pre... - Urinary bladder (1524 bytes)
2: ...e [[kidney]]s prior to disposal by [[urination]]. Urine enters the bladder via the [[ureter]]s and exits ...
5: ...ormally capable of storing 400-500 millilitres of urine, but because it is made up of [[transitional epit...
14: *[[hematuria]], or presence of blood in the urine, is a reason to seek medical attention without de... - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ...od]] and excrete them, along with [[water]], as [[urine]]. The medical field that studies the kidneys and...
20: ...hanisms. The final solution is then excreted as [[urine]].
37: ...The next portion of the tubule is the [[loop of Henle]], which leads to the [[distal convoluted tubule...
39: ...o described it in the early 1860s. The loop of Henle maintains an [[osmotic]] gradient set up as a [[...
47: The site where the ascending loop of Henle touches the afferent arteriole, is called the [[... - Skin (8340 bytes)
4: Skin on creatures regularly subjected to [[sunlight]] have [[pigment]]ation which absorbs the pot...
6: ...icient density is called [[fur]]. The [[hair]] mainly serves to augment the insulation the skin provid...
36: ...concentration of [[urea]] is 1/130th than that of urine. Excretion by sweating is at most a secondary fu...
40: ...der to facilitate the evaporation of the sweat. Sunlight, water and air play an important role in keep... - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
8: ...ne spongiform encephalopathy''' ('''BSE'''), commonly known as '''mad cow disease''', is a fatal, neur...
11: Unlike other kinds of infectious disease which are sp...
26: ..."... use of bovine insulin in a small group of mainly elderly patients was noted and it was recognised...
31: ...m is working." However, the United States tested only 20,526 cows in 2003 out of the roughly 35 millio...
33: ...o reduce the number of infected cattle consumed. Only 200,000 cows slaughtered in 2003 were downers. - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
42: ...il]] for balance, and a small head. They are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of [[loc...
46: ...metimes kill a kangaroo (even an adult Red), but only when no more suitably-sized food is available. [...
51: ...angaroo will then make a practice of sniffing the urine multiple times until it is satisfied, then procee...
55: ...er a [[gestation]] of 31-36 days. At this stage, only the forelimbs are somewhat developed, to allow t...
61: ...04]] as a collaboration between [[Australia]] (mainly funded by the [[Victoria (Australia)|State of Vi... - Prostate (3581 bytes)
3: The [[male]] urethra has two functions: to carry urine from the bladder during [[urination]] and to carr...
9: ...hormone is [[testosterone]], which is produced mainly by the [[testicle]]s. Some male hormones are pro...
11: Prostate glands are found only in males; [[Skene's gland]]s in females are [[h...
15: ... may constrict the urethra and impede the flow of urine, making [[urination]] difficult and painful and i...
17: ...r part of the urethra and restricting the flow of urine. - Bird (20345 bytes)
65: ... The paleognaths include the [[tinamou]]s (found only in Central and South America) and the [[ratite]]...
70: ...s [[ovary|ovaries]] also become larger, although only the left ovary actually functions.
78: ...a copulatory organ and is not used for dispelling urine.
97: ...e most confining male parental behavior. It not only consumes time, but also may require physiologica...
101: ...hers but with no conclusive data or results. The only thing concluded seems to be that it is unnecessa... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
10: ...bsorbed matter is excreted in the [[feces]]. But only a minimal amount of digestive juice is eliminate...
14: ...ate and the post-digestion state. The effect may only be discernible after an extended period of time ...
24: ===Antiquity through Enlightenment===
35: ... [[François Magendie]] discovers that dogs fed only [[carbohydrates]] and [[fat]] lost their body [[...
67: ...maged proteins (maintenance) that are lost in the urine. In animals amino acid requirements are classifie... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...rm to refuse, except in the cases where there is only one cigarette left, or if the pack of cigarettes...
48: ...y found that tobacco grown in [[India]] averaged only 0.09 pCi per gram of polonium 210, whereas tobac...
56: ...cted in the urine of even heavy smokers; however, urine of smokers contains about six times more polonium...
58: ...ed by the high polonium 210 concentrations in the urine of smokers, referred to above). However, the inhi...
61: ...r's disease", it stated, noting that smokers are only half as likely as non-smokers to survive to the ... - Ureter (1692 bytes)
3: ...]. The ureters are muscular tubes that can propel urine along by the motions of [[peristalsis]]. In the a... - Moose (8141 bytes)
24: ...o the moose. The muzzle is long and fleshy, with only a very small triangular naked patch below the no...
26: ...etween 2.1 to 2.3 m (6.5 to 7.5 feet). Only the males have antlers, averaging 160 cm (6...
30: ...mate. She also secretes a special chemical in her urine which lets the male know that she is ready to mat... - Galen (5904 bytes)
18: ...wn theories from those principles. In turn, he mainly ignored Latin writings of [[Celsus]].
24: ...e tied the ureters of living animals to show that urine comes from the kidneys. He severed spinal cords t... - Avalanche (25211 bytes)
58: ... to occur, but deadly if it does). Stop or camp only in safe locations. Wear warm gear to delay hypo...
65: ...nt of victims buried in the open are killed, and only 80 percent of the victims remaining on the surfa...
68: * very rapidly from 92% within 15 minutes to only 30% after 35 minutes (victims die of [[suffocati...
79: ...alanche cord is the oldest form of Equipment - mainly used before beacons became available. The princi...
84: ... require specialized search equipment that might only be found near an organized sports area. - Beryllium (15119 bytes)
146: ...iagnostics to filter out visible light and allow only X-rays to be detected.
167: Of beryllium's 10 [[isotope]]s, only beryllium-9 is stable. [[Cosmogenic]] beryllium-...
186: ...not have any symptoms. The general population is unlikely to develop acute or chronic beryllium diseas...
198: ...ne and blood. The amount of beryllium in blood or urine may not indicate time or quantity of exposure. Be...
205: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/4.html Los Alamos National Laborator... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
44: ...] dissolves 3.10 liters of chlorine and at 30 ?C only 1.77 liters.
58: ... [[1774]] by [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], who mistakenly thought it contained [[oxygen]]. Chlorine was gi...
61: In nature chlorine is found only as the [[chloride ion]]. Chlorides make up much...
63: ...soluble in water, so solid chlorides are usually only found in abundance in dry climates, or deep unde...
73: ...sotopes with mass numbers ranging from 32 to 40. Only three of these isotopes occur naturally: stable ... - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
41: ...l]] of the [[nitrogen group]], phosphorus is commonly found in inorganic phosphate rocks and in all li...
65: ...[[distillation|distill]] [[salt]]s by evaporating urine, and in the process produced a white material tha...
75: ... reactivity to atmospheric oxygen, and it should only be manipulated with forceps since contact with [...
77: When the white form is exposed to sunlight or when it is heated in its own vapor to 250 ...
87: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/15.html Los Alamos National Laborato... - Tungsten (13647 bytes)
163: ...ust physical properties. The pure form is used mainly in electrical applications but its many compound...
166: ...Its corrosion resistance is excellent and it can only be attacked slightly by most mineral [[acid]]s. ...
192: ...Disease Control and Prevention]] announced that [[urine]] tests on [[leukemia]] patient families and cont...
209: * [http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/74.html Los Alamos National Laborato... - Red Fox (7749 bytes)
23: Red foxes are most commonly a rusty red, with white underbelly and black ear...
38: ...in Britain. These urban foxes probably depend mainly on scavenging household waste, though they will ...
46: ... fox claims its own [[territory]]; foxes pair up only in winter and in summer they forage alone. Terr...
52: ... marking food and territorial boundary lines with urine and feces.
57: ...e right to), she will eventually settle with one only.
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