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A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing splenic tissue from a monkey with inhalation anthrax. Rod-shaped bacilli of Bacillus anthracis (yellow) and an erythrocyte (red) are shown. (Credit: Arthur Friedlander/National Institute of…

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Micrograph (stained with hematoxylin and eosin) showing submucosal hemorrhage in the small intestine of a person fatally affected by gastrointestinal anthrax. (Credit: Marshal Fox/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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from article Thirst and sodium appetite

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Hypovolemic thirst and sodium appetite are caused by altered sensory information from an underfilled circulation, reinforced by increases in circulating angiotensin II and mineralocorticoids. Angiotensin peptides generated from components of a…

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In conducting bioassays, researchers often employ laboratory culture tests, which use, for example, bacteria cultured in a petri dish (usually to model an effect on the organism of interest or on some basic cellular function). (Credit:…

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from article Dental caries

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The disease of dental caries or tooth decay is largely preventable. Bacteria colonize the tooth surface and often produce sufficient acids to demineralize the tooth's enamel. Then, dental plaque can build up on the tooth's surface, creating…

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Early caries (cavity) lesion of a primary first molar (indicated by the arrow). (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

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from article Medical control systems

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Diagram of selected portions of the human motor control system. (After G. L. Gottlieb, D. M. Corcos, and G. C. Agarwal, Strategies for the control of voluntary movements with one mechanical degree of freedom, Behav. Brain Sci., 12:189–250, 1989)

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from article Medical control systems

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Electric hand, a myoelectric prosthesis. (a) Two views of the hand, 2.5 in. (6 cm) across the knuckles, with the cover removed in one view to show the electric motor drive circuit. (b) Child using the electric hand. (Hugh Steeper Ltd.)

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Hybrid control system using both functional electrical stimulation and orthoses. (a) Hierarchical control scheme. (b) Braces in use. (c) Detail of leg brace. (After Y. Kim and F. A. Spelman, eds., Images of the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings of…

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