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  • in reply to: Week 6- Discussion Board 1 #56524
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    Completely agree with you, great job explaining!

    in reply to: Week 6- Discussion Board 1 #56523
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    You did an awesome job explaining this!

    in reply to: Week 6- Discussion Board 1 #56522
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    The male and female reproductive systems are both important for creating new life, but they work in very different ways. The male system’s main job is to make sperm and deliver it, while the female system is built to produce eggs, allow fertilization to happen, and carry a baby during pregnancy.

    In males, the main organs are the testes and the penis. The testes produce sperm and also make the hormone testosterone, which is responsible for male traits like a deeper voice, body hair, and muscle growth. Once sperm are created, they are eventually released from the body during ejaculation. The penis is the organ that delivers sperm into the female reproductive system during intercourse.

    In females, the key organs are the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina. The ovaries release an egg about once a month and make hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. After an egg is released, it travels through the fallopian tube, where it may meet sperm and become fertilized. If fertilization happens, the egg moves into the uterus, a place specifically designed to support and nourish a developing baby. If the egg is not fertilized, the uterus sheds its lining during the menstrual period. The vagina serves as the canal for intercourse, childbirth, and menstrual flow.

    A major difference between the two systems is that males continuously produce new sperm throughout their lives, while females are born with all the eggs they will ever have. Females also have a monthly hormonal cycle, while male hormone levels stay more steady.

    Even though the two systems function differently, they work together to make reproduction possible.

    in reply to: Week 5 – Discussion Board 2 #56475
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I agree with what you said and I like how you explained everything.

    in reply to: Week 5 – Discussion Board 2 #56474
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    A nerve cell, also known as a neuron, is what helps the brain and body send messages to each other. The cell body is the main part of the neuron and has the nucleus, which controls what the cell does and keeps it alive. Dendrites are little branches that take in messages from other nerve cells and bring them to the cell body. The axon is a long fiber that carries messages away from the cell body to other cells. Some axons are covered by a myelin sheath, which helps the messages move faster. At the end of the axon are axon terminals, which send out neurotransmitters (chemicals that pass messages) through a small gap called the synapse. All the parts of a neuron work together to help us think, move, feel, and react to whatever is happening around us.

    in reply to: Week 5 – Discussion Board 1 #56473
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I agree with you!

    in reply to: Week 5 – Discussion Board 1 #56472
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    You did a great job explaining this!

    in reply to: Week 5 – Discussion Board 1 #56471
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    Arteries and veins are both blood vessels, but they each have very different jobs in the body. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart through the body, while veins bring back oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. The walls of arteries are thick and strong because the blood that comes from the heart is under a lot of pressure. This helps the arteries handle the force of the blood as it moves through the body. The veins on the other hand, have thinner walls because the blood pressure is much lower by the time it returns to the heart. To help move blood in the right direction, veins have valves that stop the blood from flowing backward. Another difference is that arteries carry oxygen in the blood while veins carry oxygen free blood, except for the ones connected to the lungs.

    The heart has four chambers that each have an important role. The right atrium takes in blood that has already traveled through the body and doesn’t have much oxygen left. That blood then moves to the right ventricle, which pumps it to the lungs to pick up more oxygen. The left atrium gets the oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and sends it to the left ventricle, which pumps it out to the rest of the body. These four chambers work like a system that keeps oxygen-poor and oxygen filled blood separate. This is important because it makes sure that every part of the body gets the oxygen it needs to stay healthy and work the way it’s supposed to. Without the hearts chambers working together, blood wouldn’t flow the right way, and out organs wouldn’t get the oxygen they need to survive.

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 2 #56454
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I also thought the video was very informative!

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 2 #56453
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I also thought the video was very helpful and informative!

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 2 #56452
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    The video had multiple good techniques sush as visualization, imaging, association, note taking, vocabulary, and staying focused.I think it was very helpful.

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 1 #56451
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I like how you explained this!

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 1 #56450
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    I agree with everything you said about what makes good mental health retention!

    in reply to: Week 4 – Discussion Board 1 #56449
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    There are a lot of factors that can complicate someone remembering information well. A couple ofreasons are stress and fatigue. When someone doesn’t get enough sleep or are feeling overwhelmed our brains don’t work at its best and it’s harder to focus or remember things. Not eating well can also affect memory negatively.

    Having good memory and focus is super important for being successful as an interpreter. Interpreters have to listen carefully, remember what’s being said, and then say it correctly in another language—all in real time. That takes strong short-term memory to keep track of what was just said and good long-term memory to remember words, phrases, and cultural meanings. If an interpreter’s memory isn’t strong, they might forget parts of what was said or change the meaning by mistake. In jobs like medical or legal interpreting, that can be a big problem. So having good mental retention helps interpreters do their job accurately, quickly, and confidently, making sure people can truly understand each other.

    in reply to: Week 3 – Discussion Board 2 #56387
    Luanna Vieira Rosa
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    You explained this well!

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