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Strictly speaking, unless your survival depends on the ability to pick fruit from the lower branches of trees, you don't actually need nails. Sure, fingernails are …
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The medical name for breast is mammary gland. Each breast consists of tissue overlying the chest wall muscles (the pectoral muscles). In women, the breasts are composed …
Anatomy of the foot Resource
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A forum user posted that she had caught genital herpes from her new partner. She asked for advice about treating an outbreak and wanted to know if there was anything …