The main function of all your cells, and all your tissues, and all your organs is to maintain this homeostasis, which allows you to live in a changing environment.

你所有细胞,所有的组织,所有的器官最主要的功能,就是维护这个内稳态,使你能够以不变应万变

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So, there's a whole lot of sensory organs, for instance, focused along your tongue, and that's why that's so big, and an enormous amount on your face but your shoulder isn't even— doesn't even make it on there because although your shoulder might be bigger than your tongue, there's not much going on.

比如,在你的舌头上,集中存在着非常多的感觉器官,也就是这片区域如此之大的原因,你的脸上也有数量庞大的感觉器官,但你的肩膀并没有,你的肩膀甚至都没有在示意图中标示出来,因为,尽管你的肩膀要比你的舌头更大,但却并没有什么感受器官

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Why do you have confidence putting it in contact with one of the most important organs of your body?

为什么你对它有信心,让它接触,你身上最重要的器官

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But in some cases, that progressions of the disease would start to affect other organs, in addition to your skin, and your body would become overwhelmed with the infection and eventually die.

但在某些情况下,疾病的蔓延,会开始影响其它器官,不仅是皮肤,你的身体在受到感染后全线崩溃,直至死亡

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And it's important innovation in several different ways and we're going to talk about this whole science of building artificial organs, devices that are made out of totally synthetic components to replace the function of your natural organs, and the artificial heart is a good example of that.

在很多方向上也做出了重要的创新,我们会讲到,制造人造器官的技术原理,这些装置完全用合成材料制成,能够取代人体器官的功能,人造心脏就是一个很好的范例

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Not only the IgG but there are special antibodies called secretory IgA and these are highly enriched in mucosal fluids in the mucus lining of your gut, and the eye, and of other--of mucosal organs.

不仅仅是IgG分子,还有一些特殊的抗体,被称作分泌型免疫球蛋白A,IgA在体内粘液中广泛存在,例如,在小肠内壁和眼球周围以及,其他带有粘膜的器官中都有IgA的分布

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