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Lymph-Koch

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Lymph nodes   Small bean-shaped structures scattered along the vessels of the lymphatic system. The lymph nodes produce white blood cells and filter bacteria and cancer cells that may travel through the system.  
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spleen   An organ that is part of the lymphatic system. The spleen produces lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells. It is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach  
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Pancreas   A gland situated near the stomach that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin  
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thyroid   A gland located beneath the voice box (larynx) that produces thyroid hormone. The thyroid helps regulate growth and metabolism  
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Theodore Maiman   1960;1st laser;made from rod ruby  
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Guglielmo Marconi   1895; 1st wireless radio transmission  
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Gregor Mendel   1851; “Father of Genetics”; Augustinian Monk; Pea plants  
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Dimitri Mendeleev   1869; 1st periodic table; arranged by atomic MASS  
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Friedrich Mohs   1822; Mineral hardness scale; 1-10;talc = 1 (softest);diamond = 10 (hardest)  
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Hantaro Nagaoka   1904 atomic model;Large nucleus orbited by electrons  
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Alfred Nobel   Invented dynamite in 1866; Nobel prize named for him  
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Henry Norris Russell   H-R diagram; Comparing the temperature and brightness of stars  
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molecule   A pure substance which results when two or more atoms of a single element share electrons, for example O2. It can also more loosely refer to a compound, which is a combination of two or more atoms of two or more different elements, for example H2O  
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element   A pure substance composed of only one type of atom  
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compound   A pure substance composed of more than one element  
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mixture   Two or more different particles combined with one another  
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monsoon   include almost all of the phenomena associated with the annual weather cycle within the tropical and subtropical continents of Asia, Australia and Africa and the adjacent seas and oceans  
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typhoon   The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the western North Pacific Ocean. This same tropical cyclone is known as a hurricane in the eastern North Pacific and North Atlantic Ocean, and as a cyclone  
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style   the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma;female  
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stamen   The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a pollen-bearing anther and a supporting filament  
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James Cook   1700’s captain of ship that led many explorations  
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Jacques Cousteau   Invented SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus)  
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Louis Pasteur   Crystallography 1847;Alcoholic Fermentation 1857;Pasteur against "Spontaneous Generation" 1860;Diseases of Silkworms 1865-1870;Germ Theory of Disease 1877;Anthrax 1877-1881;Rabies vaccine 1885;Pasteurization  
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Pasteurization   The heating of every particle of milk or milk product to a specific temperature for a specified period of time without allowing recontamination of that milk or milk product during the heat treatment process  
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Sir Alexander Flemming   Discovered Penicillin;1st antibiotic  
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Robert Koch   Bacteriologist; Founder of Germ Theory of Disease; Found bacteria that causes tuberculosis  
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