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| What do the cancerous malignant melanoma (dangerous) cells do that may cause them to invade vital organs? |
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| What does matastasis mean? |
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| What is the continent most affected by the depletion of ozone about the South Pole (increased skin cancer)? |
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| What helps convert inactive forms of vitamin D into the steroid cholecalferol or vitamin D2? |
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| What does UV radiation help convert inactive forms of vitamin D into? |
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| the steroid cholecalferol or vitamin D3 |
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| What is the scientific name for vitamin D? |
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| What does the liver do with the vitamin D3? |
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| it converts it to a product used by the kidneys to synthesize the hormone calcitrol which is essential for the normal absorption of calcium and phosphorus by the small intestine |
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| abnormal bone development (children living in areas with overcast skies and whose diet lacks choloclaciferol) |
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| How has the US virtually eliminated rickets? |
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| by adding vitamin D to milk |
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| What do cultures that require women to be covered completely except for their eyes when they go outside exhibit a high incidence of problems with what area of their bodies? |
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| What is the scientific name for bruise? |
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| localized shedding of an epithelium |
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| What is the scientific name for bedsores? |
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| cell death and tissue distruction due to an adequate blood flow |
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| What is the skin often referred to? |
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| Why is the skin often referred to as a blood reservoir? |
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| the venous circulation of this area contains a substantial amount of blood |
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| About how many hairs does the human body have? |
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| What percentage of hairs are not on the general body surface and not head? |
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| Is hair living or nonliving? |
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| What are sebaceous glands? |
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| What are holocrine glands that discharge an oily lipid secretion into hair follicles? |
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| What is the secretion of sebaceous glands called? |
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| What is a mixture of triglycerides, cholesterol, proteins, and electrolytes? |
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| inhibits the growth of bacteria, lubricates and protects the keratin of the hair shaft, and conditions skin |
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| What are sudoriferous glands? |
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| What many be apocrine or merocrine? |
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| What kind of sweat glands are in armpits, around nipples, and in pubic region and secrete their products into hair follicles (odorous secretions, begin at puberty)? |
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| What are the components of sweat? |
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| 99% water, but contains some electrolytes (mainly salt) |
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