General Science Questions

Medical Sociology is the systematic study of how humans manage their health problems, wellness and disorders and how they overcome sick to be healthy.

The purpose of defibrillation is to stop the chaotic, disorganized contraction of the cardiac cells. Defibrillation is a technique used in emergency medicine to terminate ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. It uses an electrical shock to reset the electrical state of the heart so that it may beat to a rhythm controlled by its own natural pacemaker cells.

Most stars are at main sequence point in their life cycles.

The term ageism refers to judging people on the basis of chronological age. It is a discrimination against individuals or groups on the basis of their age.

Glycolysis involves the breaking down of a sugar into more manageable compounds in order to produce energy.

The net end products of glycolysis are two Pyruvate, two NADH, and two ATP.

In humans all reproduction is sexual. It involves joining together haploid gamete cells from each parent with half the normal number of chromosomes to make a new cell containing both parents' genetic material. This is a diploid zygote. The cells from each parent that combine to form the zygote are called gametes.

Meiosis produces haploid gametes from a diploid parental cell.

Molten rock inside the earth is called Magma.