How Your Body Works: 1 (Children's World)

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The better way to “change your oil” is by eating healthier fats and nutrients that support healthy cells in the first place. Reduce your toxic load, eat healthy non-inflammatory fats, and fill up on fat soluble vitamins like vitamin D3, vitamin A, and vitamin E. Proteins Yes, I've watched Jurassic Park way too many times.) 4. Our immune system fights off infection mostly through the use of antibodies and microphages The brain is the key to the body’s nervous system: it contains between 10 billion and 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons. Neurons combine to form the body’s nerves, thin cords that spread from head to toe and all parts in between. Neurons take in and send out electrical signals, called impulses, that control or respond to everything your body does and feels. The brain is constantly receiving messages and sending them out all the time; it handles millions of nerve impulses every second. We've followed an eight-step process to make sure this content is reliable, accurate and trustworthy. Learn how we make our health information reliable and easy to understand. And remember that the most effective way to learn biology at any level is via the spaced repetition of facts, which is exactly what Brainscape's web and mobile flashcards are engineered to leverage!

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In the human body, this reserve tank is located in your bones. Here, healthy fats, minerals, and necessary growth factors are stored for a rainy day. When we fall out of homeostasis, we can pull on these resources from the bones. Alcohol also stays in women’s blood for longer. They have lower levels of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol.Take the brain for instance. At its simplest, the brain is a bundle of fat and protein. Fat myelinates your nerve cells and helps speed up communication. Proteins called peptides make up other parts of the brain and neurotransmitters. Glucose (sugar), ketones, and other polysaccharides fuel the brain with energy so we can carry out all our daily functions and think. Beyond the skeletal system, sunlight also regulates the pineal gland, melatonin productions, and other hormones in the body. Unfortunately, many of us spend most of our time inside. We work under artificial light and don’t get out in the sun. Your lettered blood type is determined by which antibodies are in your plasma and which antigens are present in your red blood cells. (Antibodies are blood proteins, while antigens activate an immune response and control what enters and exits a cell.)

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We’re funding vital research to help prevent and treat people living with heart and circulatory diseases. But more needs to be done. Wear protective goggles in classes where debris or chemicals could go flying, such as wood shop, metal shop, science lab, or art. The fatty material lines the walls of heart’s coronary arteries making the space for blood to flow narrower. When the arteries become narrowed and the blood flow is restricted, the arteries can’t deliver enough blood to the heart and the brain, which can cause heart and circulatory diseases. What puts me at risk of heart and circulatory disease? Your health isn’t just dependent on what happens inside your body, but outside it too. Here are some of the ways you can help your body function optimally: Diet Choices You may not be sober or safe to drive a vehicle. The legal alcohol limit for driving measures the amount of alcohol in your breath, blood or urine. KidneysThe reproductive system—*insert opening riff to Marvin Gaye's Let's get it on—allows us to uhh make babies.