Human Body Book Reviews Samples For Students

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- If I was part of the audience, I would have responded to the presenters question by saying that the demonstration showed that alcohol was dangerous to the human body. The worm here would represent living beings and that the effect of alcohol on living things was to kill them. The demonstration would therefore mean that cells in the body disintegrated every time someone consumed alcohol.
- If I was the presenter, I would have avoided the ambiguity in the question by clearly stating what each part of the demonstration represented. In this case, the worm ...

The human body is wired to function normally by maintaining a certain optimum functional state. Homeostatic mechanisms ensure that the body remains viably stable by maintaining the internal atmosphere within the functional limits. Alteration of the cells functionality brings about an unusual state in the body system. Interruption of homoeostasis causes the body to respond by correcting the state in a bid to restore the normal functionality. Lifestyle decisions such as nutrition and physical exercises directly affect homoeostasis which in most cases leads to a state of disease such as anaemia.
Nutrition is a major factor that affects the ...

Part one

Biodiversity is essential in the sustainability of the environment. In fact, lack thereof compromises the nature’s ability to adapt to environmental changes, therefore, enhancing its vulnerability. The development of science and technology paved the way for the incorporation of genetic engineering to living organisms. Precisely, since its introduction in 1996, many nations have embraced the conveniences offered by the genetic modification of crops to enhance their resistance and overall sustainability (Rifkin 15). This method is influential as it enables scientists to combat the development of a crop disease by altering the genetic composition of an organism. However, this ...

In the very first chapter of the book, Nuland shares the story of an infant who has a mysterious lump in his belly, which is medically referred to as bezoar (Nuland 2000). It is important to understand that based on what most physicians see, the lump would have fallen into the category of an “undiagnosed mass that could be a congenital, neoplastic, traumatic, or inflammatory” in origin (p.31). However, despite the various possibilities that most doctors may have seen, the origin of the mass could not be understood until a combination of information was gathered. To “see” what was really going on, ...

There exists a debate over whether genetically modified food should be labeled or not. Some people consider it the right of the people to know what they are consuming; whereas, others suggest that as long as people are getting what they want at affordable rates they should not be concerned about what it contains. People in favor of the argument that food products should be labeled and accurately indicative of the ingredients it contains. If it contains products that are genetically produced or are artificial in their nature, then it should be the individual’s decision whether to consume this ...

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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

It is the reason men have gone to the moon; the reason mars is being investigated; and the reason for medical advancement. Discovering the unknown should sometimes be left alone; in the case of Victor Frankenstein “a little knowledge is dangerous;” and his pursuit of knowledge only brings him misery.

Clearly Victor Frankenstein is not like the other boys with whom he is associated; he is gifted. His father’s decision to give him a rounded education is a wise choice. Victor is aware of his over-average intelligence and he does not hide it, he is conceited. “So much has been ...

In Chapter 2, Evaluation of Job Demands, the author discusses the various forces and factors that go into determining just how physically demanding a job can be. This is done in order to evaluate the proper ergonomic precautions that must be made in a given job environment. The author defines the long-term effects of physical demands on a worker as work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), and how jobs are analyzed in order to prevent them as effectively as possible. When performing job analysis, data (both quantitative and qualitative) is gathered about the job itself, then processed through a number of decision rules that lead ...

Modern life of an ordinary member of human society is quite organized, predicted and planned in a certain way. Of course there are various unexpected situations and surprises from the future and destiny if you want to call it that way. I would say in the modern world, there is no place for magic and spontaneity, but everyday magic of sensation and simple pleasures of life used to make the world go round and make people happy, healthy and satisfied in the ancient times. Nowadays, our lives are planned from the rise to dawn and from birth to death. Being a ...

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Vision, the window through which we assess and adjust our reality, is a filter affected by passion, memory, circumstances and other factors. James Elkins argues that the act of seeing is more than a simple matter of mechanical motor functioning. It is, in fact, a metamorphic phenomenon that continually re-creates identity. Elkins’ The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing is an impressively ambitious attempt to analyze a massive yet thought-provoking subject.

Jonathan Swift’s pithy comment on vision is an apt but obtuse observation about the interplay between the eyes and the brain, the transmission of data and consequent interpretation resulting ...