The Liver is the body’s largest gland‚ weighing about three to four pounds. It is located beneath the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) of the abdominal cavity. Without the liver‚ our bodies would be poisoned and unfit for us to do anything at all. It is a metabolically active organ responsible for many vital life functions. The primary functions of the liver are: Bile productions and excretion. Excretion of bilirubin‚ cholesterol‚ hormones‚ and drugs. Metabolism of fats‚ proteins
Premium
Poorly Structured Team Throughout the article “How a Liver Unit Failed” by Alan Zarembo and Charles Ornstein‚ there are many examples that prove the members of UCI Medical Center transplant floor‚ lacked the characteristics necessary to be a successful high-performance team. The first characteristic of a high-performance team is to have a clear and elevating goals. Goals have to be clear especially because individuals do not want to be a part of anything that is not going to be important to them
Premium Management Patient Psychology
Macromolecular Composition of the Liver Cell Formal Report Aims The aim of the experiment was to test for the presence of DNA‚ RNA‚ protein and glycogen in the cytoplasm and the nucleus of bovine liver cells. From the findings of the results the distribution of these macromolecules can be shown within the liver cell. This was carried out by undertaking qualitative experiments‚ where the observation of a colour change was noted and a quantitative experiment‚ where numerical data was recorded from
Free Protein DNA
medical procedures. Be prepared to be shocked! Procedure: Heart Transplant Cost: $990‚000 per surgery Sometimes a heart transplant is need for various reasons‚ the most likely being chronic heart disease. With heart disease being one of the deadliest conditions‚ you’d think heart transplants are done all
Premium Medicine Health care Physician
below 40 but above 20‚ then the liver will show bubbles. If the temperature is raised higher than the optimum temperature‚ then an extreme decline in enzyme activity would occur following by the quick denaturing of the enzyme‚ rendering it is permanently useless. Also about 37°C is body temperature. The liver that was at 25°C had a huge amount of bubbles (a 4 on the scale) and the 0°C still had some bubbles but not as much (a 2 on the scale). The boiled liver had no bubbles. My hypothesis was
Premium PH Enzyme Acid
Liver Cancer‚ each year about 700‚000 people worldwide will be diagnosed; 600‚000 will die. Cancer is very serious‚ although liver cancer is not the leading most fatal cancer. Malignant tumors in the liver are usually hepatomas. Hepatomas are also known hepatocellular carcinomas or HCC. These HCC’s are only responsible for two to four percent of cancer. HCC’s are also not common in the U.S. They are found mostly in the Asia region of the world. Liver cancer is also found in children but is commonly
Premium Cancer
to the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance‚ there were 79‚466 patients on the U.S. National Waiting List as of January 1‚ 2002‚ with only 6‚148 donors in the country that year. In response to the organ shortage‚ scientists have made recent advances in transplant technology with the development of two new types of organ replacement: xenotransplantation and artificial organ replacement; the latter of the two types consists of either synthetic or natural materials. However‚ because xenotransplantation poses
Premium Organ transplant Liver Artificial organ
Discussion: The liver homogenate was expected to have the highest amount of protein concentration‚ DNA concentration‚ and total glucose when compared to the other homogenates. The liver was the biggest organ in B. taurus and it carried out numerous functions such as producing bile‚ synthesizing proteins for blood clots‚ and recycling old red blood cells. The liver ended up containing the most DNA concentration‚ but it was surpassed in protein concentration by the kidney. The protein concentration
Premium DNA Chemistry
Hair Transplant Recovery Timeline Hair transplant surgery is moderately complicated and takes about 4 hours to complete. Since‚ the results of the surgery greatly depend upon the skill of the hair transplant expert‚ it is a must that you invest some time and efforts to research for the best hair transplant clinic in your area. The next step is to schedule a preliminary meeting with hair transplant expert. During this meeting‚ the doctor will try to assess the causes behind your hair loss
Premium Surgery Hair transplantation Alopecia areata
An Ethical Implication of Organ Transplants Nickolus Sorenson Health Care Ethics and Medical Law Instructor: Kymberly Lum September 24‚ 2012 All aspects of health care face the inevitability of moral and ethical issues arising on numerous fronts. The organ donation and transplantation field of medicine is no exception. Each day‚ approximately 18 people die waiting for an organ to become available for transplant (Taranto‚ 2010). In the grand scheme
Premium Ethics Morality Health care