A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds).[1] It commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo‚ Cucurbita mixta‚ Cucurbita maxima‚ and Cucurbita moschata‚ and is native to North America. They typically have a thick‚ orange or yellow shell‚ creased from the stem to the bottom‚ containing the seeds and pulp. Pumpkins are widely grown for commercial use‚ and are used both in food and recreation. Pumpkin pie
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The liver is the largest organ in the entire‚ normal human body. It weighs anywhere from 2.5 to 3.3 pounds. With its large size it is also a very resilient organ. Up to 3/4 of its cells can be removed before is ceases to function. It is red-brown organ roughly shaped like a cone. The liver is located in the upper right abdominal cavity immediately beneath the diaphragm. Without the liver‚ we could not survive. It serves as the body’s chemical factory and it regulates the levels of most of the main
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U30 (P2) Health Psychology Describe 3 factors such as culture social class‚ gender‚ poverty and education may influence the way people respond to health and illness Poverty Imam’s house Individuals who are in poverty are more likely focused on the physiological l needs out of the hierarchy pyramid. My case study is sourced from BBC documentary‚ toughest place to be a bin man and is about a man called Imam Syaffi. Syaffi is 28 and lives in Indonesia with a monthly income of £78 by working six
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leaves and two glass of water‚ and wash the affected area 2x a day. AMPALAYA Scientific name: Momordia Charantia English name: Bitter Melon Help aleviates various ailments like Diabetis‚ liver problems‚ cough and fever ‚treatment for intestinal worms and diarrhea. Aids in lowering blood sugar level and lowers blood pressure. USE AND PREPARATION: Juice amplaya leaves and drink a spoonful a day. Steam ampalaya tops (upper four leaves) and eat half a cup twice daily. As a decoction
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Use the Key Word Parts and Terms listed below to help form your knowledge base for medical terminology. This list will prepare you for course assignments. PREFIX SUFFIX COMBINING FORMS a-‚ana-‚an- -ac aden/o- an-‚ ana- -al adip/o abd- -ar abdomin/o‚ lapar/o adip- ( see also combining form lipid/o and lip/o) -eal anter/o anter- -ic caud/o caud- -ior cephal/o cephal -crine chir/o cyt- -ectomy chrondr/i dem- -itis chrondr/o dors- -malacia coron/o dys- -ologist
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APPENDECTOMY An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. This procedure is normally performed as an emergency procedure‚ when the patient is suffering from acute appendicitis. In the absence of surgical facilities‚ intravenous antibiotics are used to delay or avoid the onset of sepsis; it is now recognized that many cases will resolve when treated non-operatively. In some cases the appendicitis resolves completely; more often‚ an inflammatory mass forms
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Soil-transmitted helminthes(STH) are a group of parasitic nematode worms that cause human infection known as helminthiasis through contact with parasite eggs or larvae that thrive in the warm and moist soil of the world’s tropical and subtropical countries( World Health Organization‚ 2005). As adult worms‚ these worms live for years in the human gastrointestinal tract. Most Infections are caused by four main species of worms commonly known as roundworms( Ascaris lumbricoides)‚ whipworms( Trichuris
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------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVES I. Objectives Within our 3 weeks clinical exposure at San Pedro Hospital at St. Luke’s Ward‚ we‚ the proponents of San Pedro College‚ BSN 3E‚ group3‚ subgroup2‚ will be able to present a comprehensive nursing case analysis regarding the case of our patient who have a Bronchopneumonia in which we can gain more knowledge to understand further our clients condition. In order to achieve the general objective stipulated above‚ this
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rickettsia rickettsia was named after the first person who discover Rocky Mountain Spotted fever‚ Howard Taylor Ricketts. The unicellular aerobic gram negative non-motile‚ non-spore forming‚ coccobacilli bacterium are 0.3-0.5 x 0.8-2.0 um. It is in the family Rickettsiaceae and order Rickettsiales of the α-Proteobacteria. It is a unicellular microorganism that lacks a distinct nucleus and membrane- bound organelles‚ while it is a three-layered cell wall and its outer
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very important in the Somali culture (Purnell‚ 2014). Common health conditions associated with people of the Somali heritage include: PTSD/ depression resulting from refugee conditions‚ tuberculosis‚ hepatitis B‚ Helicobacter pylori‚ malaria‚ intestinal parasites‚ and lactose deficiency (Purnell‚ 2014). Since‚ many Somalians in the U.S. are refugees‚ it has been found that there are high rates of diabetes and obesity are present with the changes in nutrition; due to the culture of American food‚ and
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