Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Stein-Leventhal syndrome‚ is an endocrine disorder in women that has varying degrees of early and long-term reproductive and metabolic risk. PCOS is the most common female endocrinopathy during childbearing age with around 6%-10% of the population afflicted. (Palomba et al.‚ 2015). While many that have been diagnosed with PCOS have ovarian cyst‚ it is not the symptom required for diagnoses. To be diagnosed with PCOS one must be afflicted with at least two of three
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Cebu Normal University College of Nursing Osmeña Boulevard Cebu City 6000 254 – 4837 / cnucollegeofnursing@live.com.ph A Case Study of a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Striving to Live Life worth Living Taboada‚ Gwen Marie F. Chapter 1 Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) 2 or type 2 diabetes is more common than diabetes mellitus type 1 and is prevalent in people over 40 years old. The condition and its symptoms develop slowly over a period from weeks to months. In DM type 2
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As most humans know the immune system is how people fight off disease and illness. If the immune system is weak then the disease or illness will take over and weaken its host. The endocrine system is the glands within the body and the hormones produced by the glands. The nervous system controls the glands through stimulation. The hormones released from the glands interact throughout the body to maintain homeostasis. The nervous system
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THE ORGANISATION OF THE HUMAN BODY By Rachel Bull CELLS The organelles of cells and their function • Cell (or plasma) membrane - The plasma membrane acts as a boundary and controls what substances can enter and exit the cell. • Cytoplasm - This semi-fluid substance found inside the boundary of the cell and outside the nucleus cushions and protects the internal organelles‚ this is also where the majority of the chemical reactions happen. • Nucleus - The nucleus is the double-membraned central
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Chapter 1 ELO’s Describe the basic functions of living organisms. A. Responsiveness – organisms respond to changes in their immediate environment (long term changes is adaptability) B. Growth – over a lifetime‚ organisms grow larger through an increase in size or number of cells. Differentiation is when cells have specialized functions C. Reproduction – Organisms reproduce‚ creating subsequent generations of similar organisms D. Movement – Organisms are capable of movement
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in America and 2 out every 3 adults is obese or overweight.” Only about one percent of obese people are obese because of a glandular problem. For example one the gland disorders associated with obesity is hypothyroidism. According to the National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Center‚ hypothyroidism “is a disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone to meet the body’s needs.” The thyroid hormone regulates metabolism which is the way the body uses energy. The way
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Contraception and Infertility Treatments Sexual intercourse is an important part of humans lives because it allows us to pass down different traits‚ have offspring‚ and also has an emotional bond with the two that are partaking it. When the sperm from a male penetrates the egg of the female then it becomes fertilized. Contraception deals with controlling pregnancy within humans. When a woman is deemed pregnant it is a week later after fertilization. When there are measures to prevent the implantation
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Chapter 3 review components of a neuron (i.e.‚ dendrites‚ axons‚ terminal buttons) dendrites A branched fiber that extends outward from the main cell body and carries information into the neuron. axon In a nerve cell‚ an extended fiber that conducts information from the soma to the terminal buttons. Information travels along the axon in the form of an electric charge called the action potential. terminal buttons Tiny bulblike structures at the end of the axon‚ which contain neurotransmitters
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These are the cardiovascular‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ renal‚ nervous‚ endocrine‚ reproductive- male and female‚ lymphatic and immune. The cardiovascular system (CVS) The main parts of the cardiovascular system are the heart‚ blood and the blood vessels (arteries and veins). The function of the heart is to pump blood around
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AP Psychology Extra Credit Vocab Unit 1: History‚ approaches and research methods 1. Psychology – the study of the human mind and its functions 2. Empiricism – the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should‚ therefore‚ rely on observation and experimentation 3. John Locke – Created idea of “tabula rasa” (blank slate)‚ which means that the mind at birth is blank and we learn from experience. 4. Wilhelm Wundt – did psychology’s first “experiment”‚ while seeking to measure
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