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Beating

Beating

1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

3. (Science: physics) Pulsative sounds. See beat.

4. The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.


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why women cry more than men?

... motherhood requires pity and/or mercy. Both require sensitivity. If women were not so sensitive towards their children, they might be the ones beating them :P. There is also the supposed "motherly instinct" that makes women more caring and acts almost as an extra sense (though as ...

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by Wilddwarf
Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:42 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: why women cry more than men?
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Views: 12725

Re: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... caught up in a very academia related power struggle feud than most think especially with philosopher Bruno like daring the pope to martyr him for beating the church up with with Galileo worked on too. I also have to add that "Evolutionary Theory" is no longer just "random mutation ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 448

peripheral nervous system

somatic vs autonomous is only a didactic classification. Here's a question to get you thinking: If you see a really hot girl and your heart starts beating faster, doesn't that contradict your definitions? Also, seeing food makes you secrete more saliva, doesn't it? but it is true that we have voluntary ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:01 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: peripheral nervous system
Replies: 3
Views: 1569

Stomach bloating and weight gain

... our mothers were used to press the leg or hand for providing relief. When we have headache our head and scalp is pressed. When heart stops beating modern day doctors press the heart which again start beating of heart. There are hundreds of type of treatments which our fore fathers were ...

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by FromIndia
Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:06 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 483743

Sinoatrial Node ,

... and medulla oblongata it extend all the way from the cranial to the anus nerve. You once said that the (SA )or sinoatrial node can keep the heart beating alone how. I still have not found actually what nerve but I think it is the Vagus nerve who is the boss Man of all this role playing. I appreicate ...

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by CXCR4
Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:57 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: controling Nerve of the Brain? Which One
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