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  2. Ciliary muscle - Wikipedia

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    The ciliary muscle is an intrinsic muscle of the eye formed as a ring of smooth muscle [3] [4] in the eye's middle layer, the uvea (vascular layer).It controls accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances and regulates the flow of aqueous humor into Schlemm's canal.

  3. Tight junction - Wikipedia

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    TEM of rat kidney tissue shows a protein dense tight junction (three dark lines) at ~55,000x magnification.. Tight junctions provide endothelial and epithelial cells with barrier function, which can be further subdivided into protective barriers and functional barriers serving purposes such as material transport and maintenance of osmotic balance.

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    of or pertaining to the skin Greek δέρμα, δέρματος (dérma, dérmatos), skin, human skin dermatology, epidermis, hypodermic, xeroderma -desis: binding Greek δέσις (désis) arthrodesis: dextr(o)-right, on the right side Latin dexter: dextrocardia: di-two Greek δι-diplopia, di-, dif-, dis-apart, separation, taking apart

  5. Retinohypothalamic tract - Wikipedia

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    Summary of pervasive effects of light. The SCN of the hypothalamus contains an endogenous pacemaker that regulates circadian rhythms. [4] The zeitgeber found to have the most profound effect on the SCN is light, which is the form of stimulation of which conversion is needed for it to be processed by the brain. Neurotransmitters that travel the ...

  6. Human thermoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Simplified control circuit of human thermoregulation. [8]The core temperature of a human is regulated and stabilized primarily by the hypothalamus, a region of the brain linking the endocrine system to the nervous system, [9] and more specifically by the anterior hypothalamic nucleus and the adjacent preoptic area regions of the hypothalamus.

  7. Don't Know Who Regulates Your Bank? (You Should) - AOL

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    Average Credit Score: 691. At 25 points below the national average, Alabama has the third-lowest average credit score on our list. That said, it did rise by five points from 2020 to 2021, jumping ...

  8. Local blood flow regulation - Wikipedia

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    Below are several examples of differing types of local blood flow regulation by specific organ type or organ system. In each case, there is a specific type of intrinsic regulation occurring in order to maintain or alter blood flow to that given organ alone, instead of creating a systemic change that would affect the entire body.

  9. Why Jennifer Garner Reportedly “No Longer Wishes” to Be in ...

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    Looks like Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez are (allegedly!) no longer on speaking terms amid J.Lo's ongoing divorce from Ben Affleck. According to a source who chatted with the Daily Mail, Jen ...