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White fat

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noun

Type of adipose tissue found in mammals used to store energy and acts as thermal insulator that help maintain body temperature. Its cells have receptors for insulin, growth hormones, norepinephrine and glucocorticoids.


Supplement

In humans, white fat is about 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women.


Also called: white adipose tissue or WAT

Compare: brown fat


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white blood cells & protien in urine

White blood cells and Protein should not be in the urine of any healthy body. 1. White blood cells - The kidney in the body does not allow blood cells to pass into the urine and blood has no contact with urine in anyway. One ...

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by LostBio
Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:18 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: white blood cells & protien in urine
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... the population is what changes. In the peppered moth example, black moths survived to reproduce which in turn shifted the population from mostly white to mostly black. With the finch example, those birds with smaller beaks survived to reproduce which in turn shifted the population to a ditribution ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16282

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... result of evolution was that that range was shifted to the smaller end. Another example would be the peppered moths famous in England. Most were white because they could blend in with the lichens growing on the trees which camoflauged them from hunting birds. However, there were always a small ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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white blood cells & protien in urine

what caused white blood cells & protien to be in the urine of an 8 year old boy ?

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by dandie
Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:51 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: white blood cells & protien in urine
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Re: Do the staminate flowers of Quercus sp. ever form petals?

That is really beautiful. yes the staminate flowers of Quercus alba (white oak) affection 5 or six sepals but allegedly no petals.

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by roseseeds
Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:36 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Do the staminate flowers of Quercus sp. ever form petals?
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