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1
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What is the immune system?

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Circulates lymph through out the system.

2
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What is Lymph?

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Some part of the blood called plasma leaves blood vessel and goes in tissue.
All body tissues are bathed in tissue fluid, consisting of the diffusible
contents of blood and waste materials from cells. Some tissue fluid returns to
the capillaries at their venous ends and the remainder diffuses through the
more permeable walls of the lymph capillaries and becomes lymph.

3
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What is the lymphatic vessel?

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Another channel that carries lymph. It is drainage system.

4
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Immune system components

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Tonsils & Adenoids ( anything ingested from mouth). Thymus (behind chest) flights bacteria. Spleen purifies the blood. Bone Marrow -

5
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What yogic practices help lymphatic system?

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The movement at lymphatic centers help stimulate flow of lymph nodes. Yogic practices like Agnisara, KapalBhatti, Titli, Sukshyama help simulates area where lymph nodes are located and also help flow of lymph through out the body.

6
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lymphatic system

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Bone marrow, spleen, Thymus and lymph nodes

7
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The intestinal lymphatic system

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help transport digested fats to the

tissues where they are stored.

8
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Nervous system parts

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  1. Central Nervous System

2. Peripheral Nervous System

9
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Central Nervous System

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Brain and Spinal Card

10
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Peripheral Nervous System

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All nerves coming out of central nervuos system

11
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Central Nervuos System - cerebrunn

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Decodes five senses - sounds, smell, touch, seen, hear

Intelligence, learning, reasoning etc

12
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cereballum

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small brain on rear part. Fine Movement, postures, coordination and balance

13
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Vagus Nerve

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from neck into abdominal, rest, digestion, sleep, social interaction, safety,

14
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Spinal Nerves

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31 pairs of spinal nerves go all over the body

15
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autonomic nervuos system- Sympathetic Nervous System

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responsible for fight, flight, fear and response

16
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automonic - parasympathetic

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rest, digest helps calm down, optimal secretion of fluid in the body, energy required for normal functioning

17
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neurons

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synapase - connects two neurons

18
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responsible for fight, flight, fear and response

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Sympathetic Nervous System

19
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which neurons receive info from external environment

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sensory

20
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pineal gland

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The pineal gland is key to the body’s internal clock because it regulates the body’s circadian rhythms. … The pineal gland secretes melatonin , which is a hormone that helps regulate circadian rhythms. Melatonin is produced according to the amount of light a person is exposed to

21
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Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland

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Hypothalamus is the king, link between nervous and endocrine system. mainting body temperature, hunger, whole balance

22
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Pituitary Gland

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23
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Pancreas

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maintain blood sugar level