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Founded in 1946, Palomar College is a public two-year community college in the city of San Marcos, located in north San Diego County, California. Palomar offers over 300 associate degree, certificate programs and is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an Hispanic-Serving Institution ...
An X-linked genetically inherited recessive disease in which one or more of the normal blood clotting factors is not produced. This results in prolonged bleeding from even minor cuts and injuries. Swollen joints caused by internal bleeding are a common problem for hemophiliacs. Hemophilia most often afflicts males.
Industry:Anthropology
An unborn child during the later stages of pregnancy. In humans, an embryo usually becomes a fetus after the 8th week of gestation. Unlike embryos, fetuses have clearly recognizable physical characteristics of the species and gender.
Industry:Anthropology
An organic molecule that is a building blocks of proteins. There are at least 20 different kinds of amino acids in living things. Proteins are composed of different combinations of amino acids assembled in chain-like molecules. Amino acids are primarily composed of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
Industry:Anthropology
An offspring that is the result of mating between two genetically different kinds of parents--the opposite of purebred.
Industry:Anthropology
A class of substances (usually proteins) that are produced by specialized cells and that travel to other parts of the body, where they influence chemical reactions and regulate various cellular functions. Hormones include the secretions of the endocrine glands that affect metabolism and behavior. Testosterone, estrogen, and insulin are examples of such hormones.
Industry:Anthropology
A medical condition characterized by fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, weight loss, and paleness or a yellowish tinge to the skin and eyes resulting from a deficiency of red blood cells or insufficient amounts of hemoglobin molecules within the red cells. The result in both cases is a significantly reduced ability to get oxygen to the cells of the body. There are many different genetic and environmental causes of anemia.
Industry:Anthropology
A genetically inherited form of mental retardation usually resulting from the inheritance of an extra autosome 21. Down syndrome individuals also typically are short and stocky in build with short appendages. They usually have broad round faces, saddle-shaped nose profiles, and thick tongues that are often stuck out of their mouths. The incidence of Down syndrome children goes up rapidly with the age of the mother, particularly after 40.
Industry:Anthropology
A disease of the skeletal system in which the bones are softened and often bent as a result of vitamin D deficiency in the diet that hinders the normal development of bones and teeth. Rickets most frequently affects malnourished children.
Industry:Anthropology
Uma prática de magia baseada no princípio de que similar causa similar. Para os que acreditam que isso funcione, seria possível causar danos a qualquer outra pessoa ou animal, por meio da criação de uma imagem do mesmo, então causando algum tipo de dano à imagem, como por, exemplo, pintar uma lança perfurando o corpo. O animal a quem a imagem se assemelha sofreria, teoricamente, os mesmos efeitos. As pinturas encontradas nas cavernas, feitas pelos homens de Cro-magnon, retratando animais sendo feridos ou engravidando, eram provavelmente tentativas de usar mágica por simpatia para causar o mesmo efeito nos animais verdadeiros. Magia por simpatia também é chamada de magia imitativa.
Industry:Anthropology
Uma sequência de três bases nucleotídicas em uma molécula de ADN ou ARN, que servem de código-base para um tipo específico de aminoácido que será usado na síntese de uma proteína.
Industry:Anthropology
