Items tagged “physiology”
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Fetal circulation
Fetal circulation differs from the adult circulation due to the presence of certain vessels and shunts.
These shunts close after birth, and most of the fetal vessels are visible as remnants in the adult circulation. The function of these shunts is to direct oxygen-rich venous blood to the syst...
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Urine
Urine represents the biofluid end-product of the renal filtration process. Normally it is a transparent, sterile, pale-yellow liquid (although clearly color varies with the person's hydration status).
Urine is one of the most easily accessible biofluids in the human body and has been intensive...
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Cobalt
Cobalt (chemical symbol Co) is an essential trace element. Its most important function in humans is as the active metal atomic center of vitamin B12.
Chemistry
Basic chemistry
Cobalt is a shiny grey-silvery transition metal with an atomic number 27 and an atomic weight of 58.93 Daltons (Da). ...