Essays on Anatomy & Physiology

Neonatal jaundice is a term for elevated total serum bilirubin in newborns and infants less than one month of age. In other words, neonatal Jaundice is the yellowish coloration of the skin and the white part of the eye (the sclera). 1 Neonatal jaundice occurs...

Releasing hormones and inhibiting hormones are hormones whose main purpose is to control the release of other hormones, either by stimulating or inhibiting their release. The hypothalamus uses thyrotropin-releasing hormone TRH or thyroliberin tell the pituitary to release thyrotropin. The anterior pituitary glands produces the...

Clinical biochemistry is an area that concerned with biochemical changes in the body such as imbalances in the composition of blood, stool, cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and urine. Determine the contents of the abnormal sample by testing it in the laboratories. The result can aid...

Haemodialysis is a method for removal of impurities such as creatinine, phosphorous and potassium and urea, as well as free water from the blood when kidney failure. If the patient has kidney malfunctions the impurities are removed by using artificial means of a machine called...