Explain Copper's Role in Normal Iron Metabolism and How a Deficiency

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Essay

Explain copper's role in normal iron metabolism and how a deficiency causes anemia.

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Definitions:

Brain As Machine

The metaphorical concept comparing the brain's functions and processes to those of a machine, focusing on computational and mechanistic approaches to understanding cognition.

Motor Functions

Activities related to the movement of muscles including actions like grasping, walking, and speaking.

Reflex Arc

A neural pathway that controls an action reflex, involving a sensory neuron, a motor neuron, and typically an interneuron, to facilitate a quick automatic response to stimuli.

Scientific Thought

A systematic way of questioning and examining the natural world, and the analysis of empirical evidence to reach conclusions.