Sweating is essential to human life, but why do we NEED to do it? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Life Noggin! Facebook: https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenoggin Official Website: http
NASA's ECOSTRESS mission is studying how plants sweat, providing detailed measurements of plant temperatures from space. NASA Science: http://science.nasa.gov/ Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA
Hyperparathyroidism is a condition in which one or more of your parathyroid glands become overactive and release (secrete) too much parathyroid hormone (PTH). This causes the levels of calcium in your blood to rise, a condition known as hypercalcemia. #hyperparathyroidism #PTHhormone #parathyroidg
A hormone is a chemical messenger that is secreted (or released) into our bloodstream by specific organs known as glands. Hormones regulate (or control) many processes in our body, including blood glucose levels, water content in blood, general growth, and blood pressure – just to name a few. They
Hormones are chemical messengers secreted by glands and have specific target organs. In this lesson, you will learn about hormones that stimulate changes to your body during puberty. Puberty is the timeframe when secondary sexual characteristics develop – in other words, when a boy matures physi
Learn the basics about what designer polymers are, some examples of them, and how chemical properties are used to perform a particular function. Polymers have been around for a long time. Some of the commonly named examples are found in clothes, things like nylon, polyesters and acrylic. Others ar
Humans grow to reach a certain height but then just stop growing. Why is this? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Life Noggin! Facebook: https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenoggin Official
Fear causes two possible reactions: The amygdala in the brain sends a signal to the adrenal glands, which release stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. The body is ready for flight or fight. If this doesn't happen, the body freezes. Author: 3sat/nano/Kelvinfilm/Roberto Verdecchia/Julia Zipfel/J
In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about polygraph tests and lie detection. Correspondent and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue commits a staged crime and undergoes a polygraph test to find out how it works. Lying can cause stress, which produces common physiological res
Why are we afraid of flying? Where does this fear come from and how can we relax? Are you about to go on holiday, but you break out in a sweat just thinking about the flight? You are not alone! 1 in 5 people don’t feel comfortable in planes. We can explain what fear means and which simple tricks you
Do you have anxiety or know someone who shows the signs of anxiety? Anxiety symptoms could include feelings of nervousness, restlessness, or tension, sense of impending danger, panic, or doom, having an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, trembling, feeling of tiredness or weakness, tro
Human Defence Systems Against Pathogens | Health | Biology | FuseSchool Pathogens are disease causing microorganisms, that our body has many defence mechanisms against. The skin is the first physical barrier, providing a protective layer that is hard to penetrate. We also have sebaceous glands tha
