In the background of the nonstop increase in patients who need to transplant a part of body for survival‚ the law prohibiting the widespread of trading human organs in numerous nations is being a controversial issue. The information from “Topics for today” (Smith and Mare‚ 2004) as well as reference of other resources presenting in this paper does express two different perceptions. While most of ethical and political organisations oppose to transaction human organs‚ I still belive that it is necessary
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London‚ Canada record 87‚000 individuals who did not share the athletes’ good fortune stand on the U.S. national waiting list for organs. Of the 82‚000 waiting for kidneys or livers‚ about 6‚000 will die in the next twelve months.” So with those statistics you can partly image the huge number of people who are waiting for organs such as kidneys or livers each year. However unlike other diseases‚ the cure for those patients can not be produced by artifical materials in the factory‚ what those people need
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Wednesday 10/17/2012 In lab we received a fetal pig for dissection to be done over five lab sessions. We started off with an over view of the pigs anatomy noticing the snout‚ external nares‚ eye structure‚ pinnae‚ tongue‚ teeth‚ tail‚ three clove hands‚ and feet. We also identitified the sex of our fetal pig‚ and upon observation at the base of the umbilical cord we determined the sex was a male. The first part of our dissection involved reviewing the masseter muscle structure. We use a scalpel
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Internal Medicine‚ Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago‚ Illinois ABSTRACT When the kidney is subjected to acute increases in blood pressure (BP)‚ renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are observed to remain relatively constant. Two mechanisms‚ tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and the myogenic response‚ are thought
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After 48h hours‚ i.e. on 10th day‚ an hour after test drug administration the animals were sacrificed and blood was collected from retro-orbital puncture. The blood was allowed to clot and the serum was separated for biochemical estimations. The kidney was dissected out‚ kept in 10% formalin and used for antioxidant and histological examination. Assessment of renal
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urinary system can be directly impacted. For example in hemorrhagic shock‚ when the body is rapidly depleted of circulating blood volume‚ the kidneys are often one of the first vital organs affected due to lack of perfusion. The kidneys are dependent on the sufficient cardiac output that the heart delivers. So when the heart is not functioning properly‚ the kidneys cannot do not perform their functions correctly and cause harm to the rest of the body. In the case study the patient is hospitalized with
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almost no white blood cell observed in the urine. (b) High red blood cell count in the urine indicates that there is an injury occurring at any site of the urinary tract‚ including kidney‚ bladder and urethra. Besides‚ high red blood cell count may associate with cancer‚ blood disorder‚ kidney stones or some kidney problems. However‚ high red blood cell count in the urine might also occur due to menstruation in
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Organ donations and Transplants in Humans: It can help someone else because there are certain organs that you cannot live without‚ but of course it’s after the donor has passed away and is in good condition “Organ transplantation is the surgical removal of an organ or tissues from one person (the donor) and placing it in another person (the recipient). Organ donation is when you allow your organs or tissues to be removed and given to someone else. Most donated organs and tissues are from people
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compulsory organ donation. For instance‚ an estimated that 10‚000 black market operations relating human organs happen every year (Campbell & Davidson‚ 2012). Most of them are trade in kidneys‚ because humans can live normally with one kidney and the sellers are poor‚ even there are some Chinese youths sell their kidney to buy the new iPad (Campbell & Davidson‚ 2012). This unethical issue can be reduced by compulsory organ donation that more people can transplant organs from donors and it makes difficulties
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Human Anatomy (1050 web) Writing Assignment Week 12: Due December 11th‚ 2012 Amanda Anousaya – 0543539 Question 1: When ever I think of retracing the path that food takes throughout the body I instantly think of a Magic School Bus episode. The first part of digestion would be as soon as you use your sense of smell‚ which triggers your salivary glands to secrete saliva. Once you take your first bite‚ your saliva increases even more. You then break down the food by chewing. Even more saliva
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