Verbal‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse specifically target regions of the brain that deal with those experiences. According to Martin H. Teicher‚ “Maltreatment is associated with reliable morphological alterations in interior cingulate‚ dorsal lateral prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex‚ corpus callosum and adult hippocampus.” All specific regions affected by child abuse and its stress (Teicher
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Are Serial Killers Born or Made? The term serial killer‚ as defined by Robert Ressler (1974)‚ refers to a person who commits a series of murders‚ often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic and predictable behaviour pattern. Commonly used terms like sociopath and psychopath are no longer used in a clinical setting. Instead‚ these pathologies fall under a condition called anti-social personality disorder. A sociopath is traditionally defined as a person with a personality
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connective tissue covered with mucous membrane The upper pair is the false vocal cords. The lower pair is the true vocal cords During swallowing‚ the false 6 cords and epiglottis close off the glottis * The trachea extends downward anterior to the esophagus and into the thoracic cavity‚ where it splits into right and left bronchi. The inner wall of the trachea is lined with ciliated mucous membrane with many goblet cells that serve to trap incoming particles. *The bronchial
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive‚ uncontrollable and often irrational worry about everyday things that is disproportionate to the actual source of worry. This excessive worry often interferes with daily functioning‚ as individuals suffering GAD typically anticipate disaster‚ and are overly concerned about everyday matters such as health issues‚ money‚ death‚ family problems‚ friend problems‚ relationship problems or work difficulties.[1]
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Study Guide‚ Chapter 16 The Endocrine System Endocrine System: Overview Acts with nervous system to coordinate and integrate activity of body cells Influences metabolic activities via hormones transported in blood Response slower but longer lasting than nervous system Endocrinology Study of hormones and endocrine organs Endocrine System: Controls and integrates Reproduction Growth and development Maintenance of electrolyte‚ water‚ and nutrient balance of blood Regulation of
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Many people in our community suffer from severe mental illness and neurological disorders. The personal suffering is great‚ and there is a huge cost in terms of the burden of care on families plus the overall loss of the individual’s contribution to society. The costbenefits of early diagnosis and intervention are well established at an economic‚ societal and individual level but hampering early intervention is the current lack of definitive‚ quantitative techniques for diagnosing or measuring
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that‚ as opposed to the intrarenal arteries‚ the intrarenal veins show no segmental arrangement at all‚ there being a free anastomosis of the venous system throughout the kidney. These anastomoses occur at different levels between the stellate veins (cortex)‚ between the arquate veins (base of the pyramids) and between the interlobar veins (close to the renal sinus). There are also anastomoses around the calyceal necks that join a longitudinal system that ends up forming big trunks that finally form
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the junction of the medulla and spinal cord. They run along the medulla just ventral to the olives and lateral to the pyramids. Each vertebral artery gives off an anterior spinal branch. These fuse at the midline forming the anterior spinal artery‚ which descends down the medulla onto the cervical spinal cord. The branches of the anterior spinal artery penetrate the pyramids‚ supplying a ventral wedge of the medulla that includes the pyramids. A more rostral branch arises from each vertebral‚ the
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cerebral cortex‚ the cerebellum‚ and the medulla oblongata. The cerebrum is the biggest section of the brain (Understanding the Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body). There are two sections of the cerebrum‚ the right and left hemispheres. The right side controls the left side of the body and the left side controls the right side of the body. As well as being the center for thought and intelligence‚ the cerebrum also contains control of sensory and motor areas. The cerebral cortex is on the
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bathes and cushions the brain and spinal cord within their bony confines. • CSF is produced by modified ependymal cells of the choroid plexus found in all components of the ventricular system except for the cerebral aqueduct and the posterior and anterior horns of the lateral ventricles. Runs from the spinal chord to the pons (a broad mass of chiefly transverse nerve fibers) a. Cardiac center – regulate heart rate b. Vasomotor center – regulate diameter of blood vessels thereby blood c. Respiratory
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