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  2. Control of ventilation - Wikipedia

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    Ventilation is normally unconscious and automatic, but can be overridden by conscious alternative patterns. [3] Thus the emotions can cause yawning, laughing, sighing (etc.), social communication causes speech, song and whistling, while entirely voluntary overrides are used to blow out candles, and breath holding (for instance, to swim underwater).

  3. Testicle - Wikipedia

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    3D anatomy of the layers surrounding the testis. Many anatomical features of the adult testis reflect its developmental origin in the abdomen. The layers of tissue enclosing each testicle are derived from the layers of the anterior abdominal wall. [1] The cremasteric muscle arises from the internal oblique muscle. [1] [18]

  4. Standard anatomical position - Wikipedia

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    The standard anatomical position, or standard anatomical model, is the scientifically agreed upon reference position for anatomical location terms.Standard anatomical positions are used to standardise the position of appendages of animals with respect to the main body of the organism.

  5. Abdominopelvic cavity - Wikipedia

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    The abdominopelvic cavity is a body cavity that consists of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity. [1] The upper portion is the abdominal cavity, and it contains the stomach, liver, pancreas, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys, small intestine, and most of the large intestine.

  6. Arthur Guyton - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Clifton Guyton (September 8, 1919 – April 3, 2003) was an American physiologist.. Guyton is well known for his Textbook of Medical Physiology, which quickly became the standard text on the subject in medical schools.

  7. Hemodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Blood is a complex liquid. Blood is composed of plasma and formed elements.The plasma contains 91.5% water, 7% proteins and 1.5% other solutes. The formed elements are platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells.

  8. Respiratory center - Wikipedia

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    The respiratory center is located in the medulla oblongata and pons, in the brainstem.The respiratory center is made up of three major respiratory groups of neurons, two in the medulla and one in the pons.

  9. Brodmann area - Wikipedia

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    A Brodmann area is a region of the cerebral cortex, in the human or other primate brain, defined by its cytoarchitecture, or histological structure and organization of cells.