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• Sinus
  '''Sinus''' is Latin for "bay", "pocket", "curve", or "bosom". In anatomy, the term is used in various contexts. According to WebMD, the human skull contains 4 major pairs of hollow air-filled sacks called sinuses that
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• Dopamine
  ...variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the [[human brain|brain]], this [[phenethylamine]] functions as a [[neurotransmitter]], === Anatomy ===
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• William Smellie (encyclopedist)
  ...ent is engraved on Smellie's tombstone: "Here lies a man who did honour to human nature".<ref name="EB_bicentennial" >{{cite book | year = 1968 | title = Ba ...herto almost entirely confined to a set of men who are totally ignorant of anatomy, and the general principles of medicine."<ref name="EB_1771">{{cite encyclo
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...dia" /> In 1974, the 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematise all human knowledge.<ref name="propedia_preface" /> The history of the ''Britannica'' ...ly to be a good reference work and educational tool but to systematise all human knowledge. The absence of a separate index and the grouping of articles int
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• Propædia
  ...utline of Knowledge''', which seeks to provide a logical framework for all human knowledge; however, the ''Propædia'' also has several appendices listing t ...ic, strictly [[hierarchy|hierarchical]] [[categorization]] of all possible human knowledge, a 20th-century analog of the [[Great chain of being|Great Chain
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• Homeostasis
  {{See|Human homeostasis}} ...arantula]] ([[Poikilotherm|cold-blooded]] or exothermic) on a warm-blooded human hand ([[endothermic]]).]]
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• Mydriasis
  There are two types of [[muscle]] that control the size of the [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]]: [[Iris sphincter muscle|circular]] muscle and [[Iris dilator muscl ...uch as [[2C-B]]; and [[Dimethyltryptamine|DMT]], naturally produced by the human body and several hallucinogenic plants, all produce mydriasis by agonizing
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• Bead
  ...d shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior]</ref> [[Beadwork]] is the art or craft of making things with bead ...tural materials; when found, these could be readily drilled and shaped. As human technology became capable of obtaining or working with more difficult natur
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• Ergothioneine
  ...undred years after its discovery, precisely what ergothioneine does in the human body remains a mystery.<ref name=Schomig/><ref name=Taubert/> ...he largest amounts of ergothioneine are found in [[erythrocyte]]s, [[Lens (anatomy)|eye lens]] and [[semen]],<ref name=Mann>{{cite journal |author=Mann T, Leo
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• Index of health articles
  - [[Anatomy]] - [[Human anatomy]]
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• List of muscles of the human body
  {{:Table of muscles of the human body/Nav}} This is a '''table of [[muscle]]s of the [[human anatomy]]'''.
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  ...cutaneous tissue]].<ref name="Lookingbill" /> There are two main types of human skin: [[glabrous skin]], the non-hairy skin on the palms and soles (also re ...ure of this tissue is composed of septal (i.e. linear strands) and [[Lobe (anatomy)|lobular]] compartments, which differ in microscopic appearance.<ref name="
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• Table of muscles of the human body: Head
  {{:Table of muscles of the human body/Intro|head}} ...|helix]], [[Anatomical terms of location|cranial]] surface of the [[pinna (anatomy)|pinna]] || || [[facial nerve]] || (Wiggle ears) ||
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• Table of muscles of the human body: Neck
  {{:Table of muscles of the human body/Intro|neck}} | [[Rectus capitis anterior muscle|rectus capitis anterior]] || [[Atlas (anatomy)|atlas]] || [[occipital bone]] || || [[cervical spinal nerve 1|C1]] || [[fl
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• Table of muscles of the human body: Torso
  {{:Table of muscles of the human body/Intro|torso}} ==[[Human back|Back]]==
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• List of circulatory system conditions
  ...">{{cite book|last=Saladin|first=Kenneth S.|coauthors=Miller, Leslie|title=Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of form and Function|publisher=Mc Graw-Hill|date=20
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• List of bones of the human skeleton
  ...man_skeleton_front_en.svg|thumb|350px|Front view of a skeleton of an adult human]] ...Human_skeleton_back_en.svg|thumb|350px|Back view of a skeleton of an adult human]]
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• List of human anatomical parts named after people
  This is a list of [[List of human anatomical features|human anatomical parts]] named after people. * [[Human anatomy]]
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• List of parasites of humans
  {{main|Human parasites}} |eating food contaminated with feces from an infected human or animal
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• List of dog diseases
  ...and spread by ticks of the genus ''[[Dermacentor]]''. Signs are similar to human disease, including anorexia, fever, and [[thrombocytopenia]].<ref>{{cite we ...utaneous and visceral forms. The dog is considered to be the reservoir for human disease in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leishmaniasis in Dogs | p
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