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The Human Body
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Characteristics of the Human Body
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What Lies Beneath the Skin: A Human Anatomy Quiz
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Facts You Should Know: The Human Body Quiz
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What Is the “Ides” of March?
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How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?
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Celebrating Ramadan
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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
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Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?
American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.
What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?
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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances
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Claude Bernard
Alexander Gordon Bearn
Dorry Segev
Joseph Leidy
Karl, baron von Rokitansky
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liver, the largest gland in the body, a spongy mass of wedge-shaped lobes that has many metabolic and secretory functions. The liver secretes bile, a digestive fluid; metabolizes proteins, carbohydrates, and fats; stores glycogen, vitamins, and other substances; synthesizes blood-clotting factors; removes wastes and toxic matter from the blood; regulates blood volume; and destroys old red blood cells. Liver tissue consists of a mass of cells tunneled through with bile ducts and blood vessels. Hepatic cells make up about 60 percent of the tissue and perform more metabolic functions than any other group of cells in the body. A second ...(100 of 656 words)

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