Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Paul M Choi Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a very common condition that occurs when there is bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. The bleeding may occur anywhere in the GI tract between mouth and anus. The most common site of bleeding in the upper part of the intestinal tract includes the esophagus‚ stomach‚ and the first
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in the digestive tracts of animals. A healthy adult has around a trillion microbes of these bacteria in the gut. These bacteria have a vital role in the body and without them people probably would not survive. It is essential that people take care of their gut flora because a damaged gut flora has been the main cause of many diseases. Despite the fact that gut bacteria may have some harmful effects on humans and animals‚ the existence of gut bacteria within the intestinal tract result in the gain
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Improving hand motor functions in patients with chronic stroke: Modulation of somatosensory input into non-affected hemisphere Dissertation der Fakultät für Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaften der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)
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Florida Reef Tract which is 150 miles long and approximately 4 miles wide (Figure 4) (NOAA‚ 2016). Florida’s coral reefs started forming approximately 10‚000 years ago following the last Ice Age when sea levels started to rise (FDEP‚ 2016). The Florida Reef Tract is the third largest
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Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism‚ and lung cancer
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The Digestive System The digestive system is made up of the digestive tract—a series of hollow organs joined in a long‚ twisting tube from the mouth to the anus—and other organs that help the body break down and absorb food. Organs that make up the digestive tract are the mouth‚ esophagus‚ stomach‚ small intestine‚ large intestine—also called the colon—rectum‚ and anus. Inside these hollow organs is a lining called the mucosa. In the mouth‚ stomach‚ and small intestine‚ the mucosa contains tiny
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Respiratory disease Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism
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respiratory system consists of the upper respiratory tract (the nasal cavity‚ pharynx‚ larynx‚ trachea‚ and bronchi) and the lower respiratory tract (the lungs). As you learn about the various diseases that affect the respiratory system‚ it is important for you to understand the structures that can be affected by disease. Complete this lab to become familiar with a healthy system and to identify diseases related to both the upper and lower respiratory tracts. PART ONE: basic functions Provide brief answers
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hypothalamus controls the release of 8 major hormones‚ temperature regulation‚ control of food and water intake‚ sexual behavior‚ and emotional responses. It is made up of a large number of nuclei and fiber tracts.(1) Some of these fiber tracts are ill defined‚ and have no known function. Some other fiber tracts and nuclei have been studied in detail‚ and have known functions‚ such as controlling hormone release. The hypothalamus is in the ventral-most part of the brain. It is part of the diencephalon. It
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Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing‚ to the Parlament of England is a 1644 prose polemical tract by the English poet and polemical author John Milton opposing licensing and censorship. Areopagitica is among history’s most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression. It is regarded as one of the most eloquent defences of press freedom ever written because many of its expressed principles
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