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The raccoon(/rəˈkuːn/or US: /ræˈkuːn/ ⓘ, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon[3]and sometimes called the common raccoonor northern raccoonto distinguish it from the other species, is a mammalnative to North America. It is the largest of the procyonidfamily, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and a body weight of 5 to 26 ...
The Amazing World of Gumball (also known simply as Gumball or by its abbreviation TAWOG) is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. [ 7] The series follows the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and his adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend middle school in the fictional city of ...
Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads : the ovaries in a female, the testicles in a male.
Human papillomavirus infection ( HPV infection) is caused by a DNA virus from the Papillomaviridae family. [ 5] Many HPV infections cause no symptoms and 90% resolve spontaneously within two years. [ 1] In some cases, an HPV infection persists and results in either warts or precancerous lesions. [ 2] These lesions, depending on the site ...
Human brain. The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls most of the activities of the body, processing, integrating, and coordinating the information it receives from the sense organs ...
Pangalloanserae(fowl) Neoaves. Synonyms. Neornithes Gadow, 1883. Birdsare a group of warm-bloodedvertebratesconstituting the classAves(/ˈeɪviːz/), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the layingof hard-shelledeggs, a high metabolicrate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [2] [7] These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. [7] Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss, and a change in bowel movements. [1]
Down syndrome (United States) or Down's syndrome (United Kingdom and other English-speaking nations), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [ 3] It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic ...