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  2. Bromide - Wikipedia

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    Bromide salts are used in hot tubs as mild germicidal agents to generate in situ hypobromite. The bromide ion is antiepileptic and as bromide salt, is used in veterinary medicine in the US. The kidneys excrete bromide ions. The half-life of bromide in the human body (12 days) is long compared with many pharmaceuticals, making dosing challenging ...

  3. List of human blood components - Wikipedia

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    Bromide: 7-10 × 10 −9: Cadmium: normal 1-5 × 10 −9: toxic 0.1-3 × 10 −6: Calciferol (vitamin D 2) Maintain calcium and phosphorus levels 1.7-4.1 × 10 −8: Calcitonin (CT) Hormone <1.0 × 10 −10: Calcium: Bones, Ca 2+ ionized 4.48-4.92 × 10 −5: 4.25-5.25 × 10 −5: total 8.4-11.5 × 10 −5: Carbon dioxide: Respiratory gas ...

  4. Bromine - Wikipedia

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    In pharmacology, inorganic bromide compounds, especially potassium bromide, were frequently used as general sedatives in the 19th and early 20th century. Bromides in the form of simple salts are still used as anticonvulsants in both veterinary and human medicine, although the latter use varies from country to country.

  5. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Parts-per-million cube of relative abundance by mass of elements in an average adult human body down to 1 ppm. About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium ...

  6. Anatomography - Wikipedia

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    Human body polygon data used in the site are called "BodyParts3D". [3] BodyParts3D polygon data are extracted from full-body MRI images. The MRI image set that BodyParts3D is based on is called "TARO". Taro is a common given name for males in Japanese, as John is in English.

  7. Mineral (nutrient) - Wikipedia

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    The four organogenic elements, namely carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen , that comprise roughly 96% of the human body by weight, [7] are usually not considered as minerals (nutrient). In fact, in nutrition, the term "mineral" refers more generally to all the other functional and structural elements found in living organisms.

  8. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    The bites don't tend to appear in clusters but rather as individual bumps, possibly on different parts of uncovered skin. Some people have more severe reactions that cause a hive-like rash in the ...

  9. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The human body consists of biological systems, that consist of organs, that consist of tissues, that consist of cells and connective tissue. The history of anatomy has been characterized, over a long period of time, by a continually developing understanding of the functions of organs and structures in the body.