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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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WHAT DOES THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM TRANSPORT TO THE BODY'S CELLS?   show
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WHAT DOES THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM PICK UP FROM THE BODY'S CELLS TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE BODY?   show
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WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN PARTS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HEART?   show
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WHAT DOES THE HEART PUMP?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD VESSELS?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BLOOD?   show
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?   show
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?   show
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WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE HEART?   show
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ARE ALL HEARTS THE SAME SIZE?   show
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WHERE IS THE HEART LOCATED?   show
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WHAT IS THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE HEART?   show
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WHAT IS THE PERICARDIAL FLUID?   show
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show A WATER BALLOON AROUND YOUR HEART  
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show ON THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE HEART  
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show DOUBLE  
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show RIGHT & LEFT SIDES BY A MUSCULAR WALL  
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show ATRIAVENTRICLES  
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show VALVES  
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WHAT DO CLOSED VALVES DO?   show
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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BLOOD GOING IN ONE DIRECTION?   show
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show IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE  
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show TO ENSURE THAT THE BLOOD THAT IS PUMPED OUT CAN MAKE IT BACK  
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WHERE DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD?   show
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WHY DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE SEND BLOOD THROUGH THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION?   show
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WHERE DOES THE LEFT VENTRICLE FORCE BLOOD?   show
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show TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION  
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show ATRIAVENTRICLESVALVES  
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HOW MANY SOUNDS DOES THE HEART MAKE?   show
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show LUBBDUPP  
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show LUBB  
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show THE VALVES SLAMMING SHUT BETWEEN THE ATRIA & VENTRICLES  
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WHAT VALVES ARE INVOLVED IN THE LUBB SOUND?   show
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WHAT IS THE SECOND SOUND HEARD BY THE HEART?   show
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show SHORTER HIGH PITCH  
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WHAT CAUSES THE DUPP SOUND?   show
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show SQUEEZE OUT BLOOD  
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show 72/MIN  
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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE PER DAY THAT THE HEART BEATS?   show
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THE NORMAL HEART BEATS RHYTHMICALLY AS LONG AS WHAT HAPPENS?   show
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WHAT ARE THE ELECTROLYTES?   show
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show ELECTRICITY SENT FROM THE GROUP OF NERVES IN THE RIGHT ATRIUM  
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show SINOATRIALS-A NODEPACEMAKER  
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show NO  
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show STARTS EACH WAVE OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION IN THE HEART  
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WHAT CONTROLS THE RATE OF YOUR HEART BEAT?   show
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show VAGUS & ACCELERATOR  
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HOW DO THE VAGUS & ACCELERATOR CONTROL THE RATE OF YOUR BEAT?   show
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show TACHYCARDIA  
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show OVER 100 BEATS/MIN  
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show BRADYCARDIA  
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show LESS THAN 60 BEATS/MIN  
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BLOOD VESSELS ARE DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY MAIN TYPES?   show
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WHAT IS THE EXCEPTION TO THE DEFINITION OF AN ARTERY?   show
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show IT LEAVES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART ON ITS WAY TO PICK UP OXYGEN  
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show ELASTIC FIBERS  
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WHY DO ARTERIES HAVE A LAYER OF ELASTIC?   show
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show THEY COULD BECOME CLOGGED  
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IF THE ARTERIES BECOME CLOGGED WHAT COULD HAPPEN?   show
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show CAPILLARIES  
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CAN CAPILLARIES BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE?   show
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show THEY ARE MICROSCOPIC  
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show PULMONARY VEIN  
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IF A VEIN IS ENTERING THE HEART FROM THE UPPER BODY, WHERE IS IT COMING IN FROM?   show
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show INFERIOR VENA CAVA  
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show DEOXYGENATED BLOOD  
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show TO THE LUNGS  
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WHY DOES THE DEOXYGENATED BLOOD NEED TO GO THE LUNGS?   show
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show CAPILLARIES TO LARGER VEINS  
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show THIN  
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HOW MANY CELLS MAKE UP A CAPILLARY?   show
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show MOLECULES  
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WHERE DO CAPILLARIES ALLOW THESE MOLECULES TO GO?   show
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WHAT IS A CAPILLARY BED?   show
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WHAT IS THE RATE OF FLOW THROUGH CAPILLARY BEDS?   show
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show TO MAKE TIME FOR OXYGEN & NUTRIENTS TO ENTER THE CELLS IN EXCHANGE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER WASTE  
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WHAT DOES BLOOD LEAVING A CAPILLARY BED CARRY?   show
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WHY DOES BLOOD LEAVING A CAPILLARY BED CARRY WASTE & CARBON DIOXIDE?   show
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WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD DOES THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION CARRY?   show
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WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD DOES THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION CARRY?   show
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WHAT IS PORTAL CIRCULATION?   show
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WHAT IS THE LIVER?   show
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show IMPURITIES  
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WHAT DOES THE LIVER STORE?   show
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WHAT DOES THE LIVER DETOXIFY?   show
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WHY DOES THE LIVER FILTER ALL OF THESE THINGS?   show
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show THROUGH THE HEPATIC VEIN  
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show INTO THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA  
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WHERE IS THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?   show
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show A MOVING FLUID  
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show BLOOD  
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HOW DOES LYMPH RETURN THE BLOOD?   show
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show LYMPH LYMPHATIC VESSELS LYMPHATIC NODES SPLEEN TONSILLS THYMUS  
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show WHEN BLOOD PLASMA FILTERS OUT OF CAPILLARIES INTO FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS  
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WHAT IS FLUID BETWEEN THE CELLS CALLED?   show
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show A LITTLE OF BOTH HAPPENS  
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HOW DOES INTERSTITIAL FLUID BECOME LYMPH?   show
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WHERE DO THE LYMPHATIC CAPILLARIES TRAVEL?   show
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show THORACIC DUCT  
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WHERE DOES THE LYMPH GO AFTER THE THORACIC DUCT?   show
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show THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN  
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show THE VENA CAVA  
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show BATHES THEM  
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show LOW  
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WHAT DOES THE LYMPH RETURN TO GENERAL CIRCULATION?   show
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DO LYMPHATIC VESSELS FORM CLOSED RING LYMPHATIC VESSELS?   show
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show ONCE  
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show CLUSTERS OF OVAL-SHAPED LYMPHATIC TISSUE  
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WHAT IS THE SIZE OF A LYMPH NODE?   show
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HOW MANY FUNCTIONS DO THE LYMPH NODES HAVE?   show
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WHAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF THE LYMPH NODES?   show
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show FILTERS LYMPH FLUID BY THE NODE  
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show MANY  
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show YES  
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show WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION  
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE LYMPH NODES ARE INVOLVED WITH WHITE BLOOD CELL FORMATION?   show
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show MONOCYTESLYMPHOCYTES  
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show YES  
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show BIGGEST ORGAN IN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM  
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPLEEN IF THERE IS AN INFECTION?   show
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show UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY JUST UNDER THE DIAPHRAGM  
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show BLOOD VESSELSNERVES  
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DOES THE SPLEEN CONNECT TO ANY OTHER ORGANS?   show
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WHAT IS ONE FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN?   show
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show BODY'S BLOOD BANK  
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show ALMOST 1 PINT  
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WHEN DOES THE SPLEEN RELEASE ITS BLOOD STORE?   show
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show FILTERS THE BLOOD BY DESTROYING OLD RED BLOOD CELLS  
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show IT SHRINKS  
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show YES  
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WHAT ARE TONSILLS?   show
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show THE BACK OF THE THROAT  
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show AT THE BACK OF THE ROOF OF THE PHARYNX  
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WHAT ARE THESE TONSILLS KNOWN AS?   show
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show FILTER OUT THE BACTERIA & FOREIGN MATERIAL  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER ROLE OF THE TONSILLS?   show
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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THYMUS?   show
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WHERE IS THE THYMUS LOCATED?   show
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show THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM  
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WHAT IS ANOTHER ROLE OF THE THYMUS?   show
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WHAT SYSTEMS DOES THE THYMUS BELONG TO?   show
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WHAT IS ARRHYTHMIA?   show
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WHAT IS ARTERIOSCLEROSIS?   show
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show FATTY DEGENERATION OF THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES  
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show STROKE  
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show DECREASE IN OXYGEN SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN CAUSING DESTRUCTION OF BRAIN TISSUE  
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show COMPLEX CONDITION OF INADEQUATE HEART ACTION WITH RETENTION OF TISSUE FLUIDS  
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WHAT IS CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE?   show
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WHAT IS HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE?   show
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show INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN WITH A CLOT  
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WHAT ARE VERICOSE VEINS?   show
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