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===-Kayla's Biology wiki-        Random Facts        Nervous System   === =    = =   This represents the nervous system. It's estimated that if you take all the individual nerves and joined them from end to end it would wrap around the world 2 1/2 times! = =  Difference in girls and guys brains    = =         This is an illustrations of a women explaining the different process men and women go through when they're shopping.Men use more of the left side which is the logical analytical side whereas women use more of the right side which is the  imaginitive creative side. = =<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> = =<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">     Miller, Michele (2005,Dec 05). Your Brain on Shopping. Retrieved September 17, 2008, Web  site:michelemiller.blogs.com/.../your_brain_on_s.html      = = = = = = = = = = = = Animal Facts: = =<span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *Chameleons often have tongues longer than their bodies. = <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *Dolphins and whales don't drink water. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *Giraffes could pass out with blood filling their brain when they lower their neck, so they have a sponge-like organ in the head which slowly gathers and releases blood. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *The acceleration rate of a flea's jump is 20 times that of a space shuttle during launch <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *A worm is both male and female at the same time (a hermaphrodite.) <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *   <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  Sheeps, goats and the octopus have almost rectangular-oval pupils in their eyes. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *The Golden "Poison Dart" frog in South America is most poisonous vertebrate in the world. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *The Brazilian "railroad worm" has a head that glows with a red light, and has a green light on its side. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *A large woodpecker can peck as fast as 20 times a second and up to 12,000 times a day. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *Rats can swim for half a mile (0.8 km) without rest, and can tread water for three straight days. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> *The world's smallest   <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  frog - The Little Grass Frog - is no bigger than a house fly. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *Armadillos spend about 80% of their lives asleep. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *An Octopus has three hearts. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *An alligator may go through 2000 to 3000 teeth in a lifetime. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *The tongue of a blue whale is bigger than a taxi cab, and can weigh as much as an elephant. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *A goldfish (like most marine fish) can survive in a tank full of human blood. <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">  *An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

<span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">** For More animal facts go to: ** <span style="font-size: 20px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">http://www.sciensational.com/biology.html

Sciensational Biology Facts. Retrieved October 15, 2008, from Sciensational Stats Facts Web site: http://www.sciensational.com/biology.html

** Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ** Is the longest word in the english dictionary (45 letters) it's a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Retrieved November 6, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis =<span style="font-size: 32px; color: #23852a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">Argyria: = =<span style="color: #34912b; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">Argyria is a condition caused by the ingestion of elemental silver, silver dust or silver compounds. The most dramatic symptom of argyria is that the skin becomes blue or bluish-grey colored. Argyria may be found as generalized argyria or local argyria. The condition is believed to be permanent, but laser therapy has been used to treat it with satisfactory cosmetic results. = =Argyria. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria= media type="youtube" key="Sa2OpNTX9Ck" height="344" width="425" benderxrd2 (2007,December 19). Man's skin turns dark blue. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from Youtube Web site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2OpNTX9Ck&feature=related

<span style="font-size: 22px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Brendan Adams: Boy Who Can't Stop Growing <span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">At 12 years old, Brenden Adams is an eye-popping 7ft 3inches tall, and may not stop growing without medical attention. What is remarkable is that at 4 months, he had all his teeth, and without a recent breakthrough may never stop growing. <span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Brenden, who lives in Ellensburg, a small town in Washington State, has a rare medical condition, potentially the only known case with his condition. His extraordinary condition is caused by a fault in his DNA, in which his 12th chromosome broke off during embryonic development, flipped around and reattached itself upside down, disrupting a gene that controls growth. <span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Doctors have stopped his growth for now, in which his doctors say he would have been 8 feet tall by now. Gad Kletter, an endocrinologist at Seattle’s Swedish Hospital, treated him with high doses of testosterone to help him begin puberty early, hence forcing his body to stop causing his bones to stretch to extreme proportions. <span style="font-size: 14px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 18px; color: #9a5bc2; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Dr Melissa Parisi, a geneticist at Seattle Children’s hospital, and one of his doctors, said: “We were concerned that he would continue growing and there’d just be no stopping it.” She further added: “Before treatment, he was on a trajectory that was still taking him up and up, rather than reaching a plateau.” You may think being that tall and continue growing is great, but there are other medical complications that arise from his condition such as fatty tumors, which he has one in his __brain__, painfully enlarged joints, a heart condition and bleeding problems. These conditions could greatly shorten his lifespan. For now, he is a happy kid, and hopefully his doctors will find a long term solution to his unique medical condition.

Dafe (2008,September 8). Brendan Adams:Boy Who Can't Stop Growing. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from My Doc Hub Web site: http://mydochub.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/08/brenden-adams-boy-who-can%E2%80%99t-stop-growing/ <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> ** Laryngitis ** This saturday I woke up to go to work and I had no voice!!! Convinced I had laryngitis I looked it up on the internet and decided to share. PS I don't think I actually have it but I DO keep losing my voice on and off.

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Definition of Laryngitis
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Laryngitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the larynx (voice box), which is located in the upper part of the respiratory tract. I t causes hoarseness, and possibly a temporary loss of speech. <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Laryngitis     <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">, an inflammation of the larynx, occurs in two forms. Acute, which lasts only a few days; and chronic, which persists over a period of weeks or months.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Description of Laryngitis  **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">The major symptoms of laryngitis are:   **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Hoarseness
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Sore throat
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Weak or absent voice
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Sensation of a lump in the throat or constant need to clear the throat
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Dry cough
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Fever

** <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can you guess which is the one with laryngitis? ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">

Laryngitis, retrieved December 14th 2008, from Health Scout website: http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/444/main.html

**  Top 10 Strange Cosmetic Ingredients   ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**10. Placenta** - The life giving uterus lining expelled after birth has been used in some beauty care products for years. Various manufacturers claim it helps stimulate tissue growth, reduces wrinkles and is good for your hair. Unfortunately, none of those claims have ever been proven. <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">  <span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">(August 15th, 2008). Top Ten strange cosmetic ingredients. retrieved December 14th, 2008 from:       http://www.paklinks.com/gs/fashion-beauty/294250-strange-ingredients-cosmetics.html
 * 9. Whale vomit** - This material called Ambergris is useful as a fixative in perfumes. It has a sweet, earthy       <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> odor and is usually found washed up on a beach in South America or Australia        <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">.     <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">It has mostly been replaced by synthetic alternatives.
 * 8. Cochineal beetles** - When you need a nice red color, you can drown a few of these buggers in some hot water, dry them out and pulverize them. The deep crimson dye is versatile enough to be used in skin creams, lipsticks and almost any other beauty product.
 * 7. Waste cooking oil** - Scientists say that a surfactant can be made from spent cooking oil that will help regenerate damaged skin. So the next time you order a burger don’t be surprised if you hear “Do you want a facial with that?”
 * 6. Human breast milk** - It could be a gimmick but some people swear by using human breast milk to make soap. Is this something you would try?
 * 5. Bird poop** - Ever heard of a Geisha Facial? It features deep cleansing, $180 price tag, and a big scoop of Nightingale bird poop. Supposedly the uric acid is supposed to be great for your face. Perhaps it is but you certainly don’t need to smear bird droppings on yourself to get it.
 * 4. Bull semen** - Want shiny hair? Then a few salons in       <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Europe        <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">     <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">think they have exactly what you  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">need. Protein from bull semen is supposed to give amazing results. I’m skeptical it will give you anything more than a stiff hair cut.
 * 3. Snake venom** - One of the most ridiculous new ingredients for keeping wrinkles at bay is snake venom. Cosmetic makers who use this stuff hope that you’ll connect the Botox poison with snake poison and figure both must work wonders on wrinkles. Despite what Jamie Pressly might think, snake venom hasn’t been shown to have any positive improvement in wrinkle creams.
 * 2. Chicken bone marrow** - Supposed to be a good source of glucosamine but how that helps your cosmetic remains a mystery. But people still use chicken bone marrow but they rarely advertise it as such.
 * 1. Cow dung** - It turns out you can make an incredibly pleasant smelling vanilla fragrance from extracts of cow dung. It’s not just a fertilizer any more

<span style="display: block; font-size: 50px; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #fdc9e8; text-align: center;">Poems/Songs <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">__Oh Bacteria__ <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> I found this poem and since we were learning about prokaryotes today I thought it would be appropriate <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh, lacking any nucleus, you do have a cell wall You live in water, air, and soil, and anywhere at all You reproduce by fission and you do so very fast And under harsh conditions in an endospore you last    ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh bacteria though simple and so small Without you ecosystems would not function well at all     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">For decomposing things that die, a saprophyte we need But some are parasitic, on a living host will feed For taking nitrogen from air, and fixing it into The soil for plants to use, I¹m sure they¹re all grateful to you     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh bacteria though simple and so small Without you ecosystems would not function well at all     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">In dairy products you have shown yourself a cultured friend And to genetic engineers, your DNA you lend You even help to fight diseases caused by your brethren You make antibiotics which destroy or weaken them     **   **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh bacteria, though only single-celled A most important organism we have now beheld     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Though most of you are helpful, in some of these mentioned ways There are a few who have to do, a bit with some disease Producing toxin or the cells attacking directly Diphtheria, pneumonia, strep throat, tetanus, and TB     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh bacteria, though only single-celled A most important organism we have now beheld     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We do appreciate you and your praises we do sing Yet some of you make life so hard with troubles that you bring Our food you spoil, our crops you rot, our animals attack With botulism, different rots, cholera and anthrax     ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">   <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Oh bacteria, though only single-celled A most important organism we have now beheld     ** <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Eldon, Doug Oh Bacteria. Retrieved September 22, 2008, from Songs For Teaching Web site: <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">http://www.songsforteaching.com/lyricallifesciencelearning/ohbacteria.htm

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<span style="font-size: 28px; color: #c883e2; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interactive Knee Surgery click on the link: http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm EdHead, (2000-2008). Virtual Knee Surgery. Retrieved September 28, 2008, from Edheads Web site: http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm Interactive Hip Replacement: click on the link: http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/index.htm EdHead, (2000-2008). Virtual Hip Replacement. Retrieved September 28, 2008, from Edheads Web site: http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/index.htm

<span style="display: block; font-size: 50px; color: #ffffff; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: #96eda5; text-align: center;">Videos = = =<span style="color: #92f69a; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;"> Regrown Finger??? = = media type="youtube" key="vNk8GhlBn6I&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" = <span style="font-size: 16px; color: #fba7a7; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;"> This is a clip of a man whose finger was regrown by using "pixie dust" ( 2008,May,14th). 'Pixie' dust helps finger grow. Retrieved September 22, 2008, from Youtube Web site: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vNk8GhlBn6I

<span style="font-size: 28px; color: #f17474; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"> =<span style="font-size: 28px; color: #f17474; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"> = =<span style="font-size: 28px; color: #f17474; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Christian the Lion = media type="youtube" key="adYbFQFXG0U&hl=en&fs=1" height="344" width="425" <span style="font-size: 16px; color: #f66f6f; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Cute video showing the relationship between two humans and a lion

(2008,June 28). Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ). Retrieved September 28, 2008, from youtube Web site: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

<span style="font-size: 30px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> Fetus in Fetu media type="youtube" key="jzwDyEmpC5Q" height="344" width="425" = = =<span style="color: #5250f7; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> In the early stages of twin pregnancy, one fetus wraps around and invelops the other. the dominate fetus then grows and the fetus that would have been his twin lives on inside during the pregnancy, fedding off it's host like a parasite. = = (2007, June 14).Medical mysteries foetus in fetu. Retrieved December 1st, 2008, from youtube website: = =[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v]jzwDyEmpC5Q= = =<span style="font-size: 36px; color: #ef5d5d; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 36px; color: #ef5d5d; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">8 limbed baby = =media type="youtube" key="XM82Hs0LEpc" height="344" width="425"=

(2007, November 6).8 limbed baby to have an operation. Retrieved December 7,2008, from youtube website:http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XM82Hs0LEpc&feature=related

<span style="font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">**Bionic Soldier** media type="youtube" key="mUe-FlsL8Uo" height="344" width="425" <span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">**After science club today I wanted to know more about the different leg prosthetics. This is just a quick video I found.** (2007, July 18). Bionic Soldier. Retrieved December 15th, 2008 from youtube website:http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mUe-FlsL8Uo&feature=related

<span style="font-size: 28px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">**Whale Wars**

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<span style="font-size: 23px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Different tactics used by the Sea Shepherd crew in a desperate struggle to save whales (2008, October 31). Whale Wars - Top 5 to Keep Them Alive. Retrieved December 15th, 2008 from youtube website: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HejYngWPV0A&feature=channel <span style="color: #5250f7; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">