The menstrual cycle starts when the female primates attain puberty. In humans, a typical menstrual cycle lasts between 24 and 38 days. The average span of the menstrual cycle in human beings is 28 days. A normal menstrual cycle after puberty indicates a healthy body status in the female. Stress and poor health conditions may …
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COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease and 19 hints the year when the disease was first reported in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. COVID-19 is the official name of the disease and the pathogen responsible for the condition is a virus from the corona family. The official name of the virus is severe …
Every time a person smokes a cigarette, he contaminates his blood, tissues, and cells with many hazardous chemicals. Cigarette smoke consists of various dangerous chemicals that are harmful to the human body and most of them are known to be carcinogenic. A cigarette is made up of finely powdered tobacco rolled in a paper and …
Organisms that cannot be seen through our naked eyes are called microorganisms. Microorganisms are also called microbes. We require special devices like microscopes to see them. Microbes are present everywhere from soil to deep water to icebergs to space. Microbes are responsible for balancing the ecosystem on the Earth. Some help in fermentation, providing nutrients …
Muscle strain is a condition of excessive stretching or tearing of muscle or tendons(tissue that connects muscle to bone). The two common reasons for muscle strain are either the muscles are stretched beyond their limits or they are under the force to contract too strongly. In normal cases, only a few muscle fibers stretched and …
Reverse osmosis is a technique to purify water by separating contaminants like particles, chlorine, germs, salts etc using a semi permeable membrane. Have you ever thought about how water is purified? A packaged water bottle contains purified water that goes through various processes to make it suitable for drinking. The various process involves filtration, reverses …
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The gestation period is defined as the period of development of a young one until birth from the embryo after fertilization(conception). The word gestation is derived from the Latin word “gestare” which means “to carry” or “to bear.” Simply put, the gestation period can also be termed the pregnancy period. For example, the average gestation …
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