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What is the importance of vitamin K to our body?

Vitamin K is found in nature in two forms: k1 occurs in green leaves and K2 is produced by bacterial synthesis. These are soluble in fats. They are not destroyed by heat, but are unstable to alkalies, strong acids, oxidation and light.

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What is the importance of water in our body?

Water is an important constituent of our diet, its importance is obvious from the fact that about 75% of an infant’s body and 60% of an adult body is nothing but water. From this amount of water a loss of 15%-20% may be prove to be fatal.

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What is the function of zinc in human body?

It is found in traces in all body tissues the content being 1.2 grams of it in adults. The highest concentration of it occurs in the liver, pancreas, kidneys and brain.

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Notes on the main functions of Thyroid gland of human body

The thyroid gland lies in the lower part of the neck. It is a highly vascular gland, brownish red in colour and surrounded by a fibrous capsule. It consists of two lobes lying one on either side of the trachea and joined together by a strip of thyroid tissue called the isthmus or the thyroid.

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Very short notes on the Endocrine system of human body

The secretions of the endocrine glands are called hormones. A hormone may be defined "as a chemical messenger secreted by a ductless gland, which reaches its destination by the blood stream and which has the power of influencing the activity of other distant organs.

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950 words Essay on Human Body Parts for medical students

The human body has been regarded as a machine which has to do certain kinds of work or perform certain functions. These functions are: (i) Motion and locomotion (ii) Nutrition, which includes the digestion of food, respira­tion or breathing, the circulation of the blood etc.

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How the Circulatory System of human body works?

The volume of blood in our body is limited, but it has to perform unlimited work continuously. This leads to one conclusion that, the same quantity of blood must be used over and over again. In other words, blood must circulate.

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How the Digestive system of human body works?

Man is an active being. In order to carry out his activity, he has to get energy; this energy is secured by the food he takes. Food is converted into energy, through digestion and assimilation. This process is carried out by the digestive system.

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Short notes on the functions and sources of Fluorine for our body

Fluorine has been all recognised as controlling tooth decay and it is now that it is considered as an essential nutrient. Though the exact nature of its metabolic role has not been established, but there is evidence that growth and possibly reproduction in animals is retarded when the diet is deficient in fluorine.

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