Essays on Anatomy & Physiology

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Prosopagnosia Or Face Blindness

2 pages / 692 words

What is Prosopagnosia? Prosopagnosia, which is also known as 'face blindness', is the inability to recognize familiar faces. There are evidence that there are particular impairments that only influence face recognition as well as stimuli recognition, such as objects, cars, and animals. Many people experience...

Human Brain

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Report on Human Immunodeficiency Virus

4 pages / 1665 words

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease with undesirable implications for individuals and countries (Want et al., 2016). As of 2016, there were 36.7 million HIV-positive individuals worldwide (WHO, 2017)....

HIV Immune System

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Vitiligo, a Skin Disease

1 page / 373 words

White patches on skin are caused by a disease called vitiligo. It causes the color change of skin and hair in blotches (spots, stains). Vitiligo can effect any part of the body at any age, the area and the ratio of color loss is also...

Skin

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The Biography of Andreas Vesalius

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Andreas Vesalius was born on December 31, 1514, in Brussels, Belgium, to Anders van Wesel, and his wife, Isabel Crabbe. His father was court apothecary to Charles V of Spain.In 1528, he got enrolled at the University of Leuven taking arts, but later decided to...

Human Anatomy

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Hyperopia Or Farsightedness at Early Age

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Introduction to Hyperopia Hyperopia is the medical term for farsightedness (Carpenter & Grigorian, n.d.). Hyperopia is when people have difficulty seeing objects up close, but are able to see distant objects clearly (National Eye Institute, n.d.). Activities such as sewing, typing, or reading can be...

Children Vision

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Why is The Nervous System Important: an Overview

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Nervous tissue is a vital part of our nervous system. Without the nervous system, humans would not be able to function. Nervous tissue is composed of cells called neurons, which allow the body to convey messages through electrical nerve impulses. Neurons help us make sense...

Nervous System

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The Disorders and Routine Care of The Cardiovascular System (coronary Heart Disease), The Nervous System (stroke), and The Respiratory System (asthma)

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Disorders and Routine Care: The Cardiovascular System – Coronary Heart Disease Effects: The organ of the heart is the main function within the cardiovascular system. When the heart developed the coronary heart disease (ischaemic heart disease) due to health issues formed by lifestyles such as...

Nervous System

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Review on Thoracic Spine Vertebrae

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Thoracic Spine vertebrae from the middle part of the vertebral column between cervical spine and lumbar spine. In humans, there are twelve thoracic vertebrae and have an intermediate size between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae. Size ascends toward the lumbar vertebrae, and the lower ones...

Body Human Anatomy

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Hermann Grid's Review

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Introduction to the Hermann Grid Ludimar Hermann first observed the Hermann Grid and characterized it by “ghostlike grey blobs perceived at the intersections of a white grid on a black background” (Spillmann & Levine, 1971). Baumgartner believed that the effect is due to inhibitory processes...

Human Brain

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How Noise Damage Affects The Hearing Ability

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Executive Summary We are connected to our surroundings by five senses: Sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. Hearing is more than sounds, it is a biopsychosocial process. There are sounds, with specific features, that can damage our hearing causing Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL); a...

Hearing Loss Sense

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Medical Review: Volvulus

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Volvulus is a blockage of the intestine as a result of abnormal twisting. Sigmoid volvulus occurs when the sigmoid colon becomes twisted and it is the most common form of volvulus. Cecal volvulus refers to the twisting of the cecum and ascending colon. It is...

Human Anatomy

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The Mechanism of The Human Memory

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Introduction to Memory Memories are the mental archives that maintain the record of what we do. The mind gives us instant access to our past, complete with all the facts that we know and the skills that we have cultivated. Encoding, storage, and retrieval are...

Human Brain Mindfulness

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Phases of Glycolysis

4 pages / 1884 words

Glycolysis – a 10 step biochemical pathway where a glucose molecule (6 C) is split into 2 molecules of pyruvate (3 C). To begin the process 2 ATP must be invested. The energy released from the reactions is captured in the form of 4 molecules...

Cell Glucose

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Biological Basis of Addiction

10 pages / 4461 words

Introduction Addiction has an enormous impact on the people lives especially in the manner in which it affects their lives. Furthermore, this also affects their families since it has the tendencies of putting the relationships at risks due to the behavioral problems depicted by those...

Drug Addiction Human Brain

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Sickle Cell Disease

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Introduction Sickle cell is hereditary, cures are difficult to discover. By the time a person is diagnosed with the disease it’s too late, the harm has already been done. The complicated task at hand required even more depth research described in this paper. The ideal...

Blood Cell

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Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a Chronic Immune System Disease

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Anatomy of esophagus The esophagus or gullet is a muscular canal, about 23 to 25 cm. long, extending from the pharynx to the stomach. It begins in the neck at the lower border of the cricoids cartilage, opposite the sixth cervical vertebra, descends along the...

Immune System

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Xenotransplantation as a Technology

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Xenotransplantation could be used to treat severe burns, dealing with the issue of closure and coverage, with the best source currently being fresh cadaver allografts, of which there is a great shortage (Ge, et al., 2010). One promising breakthrough has been using CTLA4Ig (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated...

Skin Therapy

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The Effect of Increasing Ach Concentrations on a Segment of Guinea Pig Ileum.

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Introduction The ileum is the longest segment of the small intestine and it contains a circular smooth muscular layer. The smooth muscle contains muscarinic acetylcholine receptors which should respond to the presence of acetylcholine (ACh) and initiate a contraction in the muscle (Widmaier et al.,...

Muscle Research

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Vesiculobullous Disorders

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Vesiculobullous disorders represent a heterogenous group of dermatoses with protean manifestations Vesicles and Bullae are fluid filled cavities formed within or beneath the epidermis. In this study, skin punch biopsy is used for diagnosis. Punch biopsy is a simple, inexpensive, safe OPD procedure, causing minimal...

Skin