What Is Menopause and What Are the Contributing Factors to Its

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Essay

What is menopause and what are the contributing factors to its onset? What are some possible adaptive features of menopause?

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Definitions:

Arteries

Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.

Cusps

Pointed or elevated features, particularly in anatomy and dentistry, such as the peaks on molars or valves in the heart.

Right Atrium

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the venae cavae and pumps it into the right ventricle.

Right Ventricle

The chamber of the heart that pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation.