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Heart, right
The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart consists of the right atrium which receives deoxygenated blood from the body and the right ventricle which pumps it to the lungs. The…
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- Android pelvis There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
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- Frontal bone The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The…
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- Molar In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from…
- Strabismus Strabismus: A condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear to be…
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