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    Vernix caseosa, also known as vernix, is the waxy white substance found coating the skin of newborn human babies. It is produced by dedicated cells and...
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    presence. The sebaceous glands of a human fetus secrete a substance called vernix caseosa, a waxy, translucent white substance coating the skin of newborns. After...
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    hold the vernix caseosa on the skin. Together they protect the delicate fetal skin from being damaged by the amniotic fluid. The vernix caseosa also helps...
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  • are most often found in bacteria, but can be found in nattō, dairy, vernix caseosa of human infants and California sea lions where they may play a role...
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    acids, bile, blood, mucus, cholesterol, pancreatic secretions, lanugo, vernix caseosa and cellular debris. Meconium accumulates in the foetal gastrointestinal...
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    comes from the Latin cera (wax) and amide. Ceramide is a component of vernix caseosa, the waxy or cheese-like white substance found coating the skin of newborn...
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  • abundant scalp hair, visible creases on palms and soles, absence of vernix caseosa, loss of subcutaneous fat, and green or yellow skin colour due to meconium...
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  • first discharge, composed of blood, shreds of fetal membranes, decidua, vernix caseosa, lanugo and membranes. It is red in color because of the large amount...
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    covered in streaks of blood, and coated with a white substance known as vernix caseosa, which is hypothesised to act as an antibacterial barrier. The newborn...
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    psychology Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Unassisted childbirth Vernix caseosa Natural birth topics: Bradley method of natural childbirth Lamaze Natural...
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  • hairlessness, bipedalism, increased subcutaneous fat, descended larynx, vernix caseosa, a hooded nose and various other physiological and anatomical changes...
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  • A newborn's skin starts with the vernix caseosa, which looks like a pasty, lipophilic substance. This vernix caseosa is important for newborns as they...
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  • UVB-induced apoptosis V(D)J recombination Vaccine-naive Vermixocin Vernix caseosa Viral phylodynamics Virus quantification Voltage-gated proton channel...
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  • download on War Child Music in April 2005. The substance resembles vernix caseosa. "Björk – Where Is The Line". Discogs. Retrieved 31 January 2015. "What...
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  • – truncus arteriosus MeSH A16.378.529 – meconium MeSH A16.378.857 – vernix caseosa MeSH A16.631.325 – egg yolk MeSH A16.631.886 – vitelline membrane MeSH A16...
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  • MeSH A12.200.882 – tears MeSH A12.200.935 – venoms MeSH A12.200.946 – vernix caseosa MeSH A12.207.119 – ascitic fluid MeSH A12.207.152 – blood MeSH A12.207...
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