THE LUNGS The left and right lungs (Figure 23-7a‚ b) are situated in the left and right pleural cavities. Each lung is a blunt cone‚ with the tip‚ or apex‚ pointing superiorly. The apex on each side extends into the base of the neck superior to the first rib. The broad concave inferior portion‚ or base‚ of each lung rests on the superior surface of the diaphragm. Lobes and Surfaces of the Lungs The lungs have distinct lobes separated by deep fissures (Figures 23-7a‚b). The right lung has
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& Lungs The heart and lungs are two separate organs‚ but are “intimately connected” for the proper function of a healthy body. With the function and purpose of both organs‚ one cannot work without the other. The lungs inhale oxygen‚ and then exhale the carbon dioxide and other wastes out of the body. With the heart‚ it pumps blood through the lungs to pick up the oxygen and deposit the waste from traveling through the body. First we start off describing the functions of the lungs and its
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a syndrome that results from recurrent epileptic seizures that can be traced back to the temporal lobe. In general‚ epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells‚ or neurons‚ in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. Neurons normally generate electrochemical impulses that act on other neurons‚ glands‚ and muscles to produce human thoughts‚ feelings and actions (NINDS‚ 2006). In temporal lobe epilepsy the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed
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School Lung Cancer Lung cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs”. These abnormal cells do not carry out the functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow‚ “the abnormal cells can form tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung‚ which provides oxygen to the body via the blood”. There are two major types of lung cancer‚ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Staging lung cancer is
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Parietal Lobe The Parietal Lobe is one of the four lobes that acts as the control center of the brain‚ and is located in the back of the head directly under the skull bone. Since the parietal lobe handles functions of focus‚ cognition‚ and perception‚ a person’s spatial perception or sense of touch‚ and visual perception or differentiation (identification) of size‚ shapes and colors will be challenged. . Damage to the Parietal Lobe impair the processing of visual images and other sensory input
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The black lung movement was a movement formed in the late 1960’s in which the miners fought for the health benefits to cover black lung disease. Black lung is directly caused by mining and working with coal. Mildred Mullins wrote this poem and hung it on the coffin of her dead husband in the Capital to display what was going on‚ “Compensation we are asking‚ While alive and still gasping; When life is o’er and hymns are sung‚ Then they’ll know we have black lung.( “Charleston Gazette” 15)” The miners
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comparison of physical activity habits as well as quality of life for people with temporal lobe epilepsy. Physical activity will have an effect on quality of life for those with temporal lobe epilepsy. For this study thirty-eight patients with temporal lobe epilepsy‚ as well as twenty controls were asked to participate in the project at the epilepsy clinic of the University of Campinas. Each participant went through various studies concerning their health‚ quality of life‚ physical activity‚ medications
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There are four lobes of the brain. You have the frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ temporal lobe‚ and the occipital lobe. The frontal lobe is of course located in the front of the brain and performs reasoning‚ expressive language‚ motor skills‚ and high level cognition. This part of the brain gets information from different lobes throughout the brain to carry body movements. The parental lobe is the middle section of the brain‚ it processes tactile sensory information like touch‚ pain‚ and pressure
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1. The role of the frontal lobe in this experience is the process of voluntary muscle movements and emotional control. When I jumped‚ that was my frontal lobe acting upon what I had just perceived to be a snake. Also as I quickly changed from being stunned to laughing‚ that was my frontal lobe controlling my emotions. 2. The role of the occipital lobe in this specific situation was allowing me to visually see the snake/dark green ribbon. At first‚ my occipital lobe assisted me in seeing a “snake”
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Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world‚ according to the World Health Organisation. In the UK‚ it ’s the second most-frequently occurring cancer among men (after prostate cancer)‚ accounting for 1 in 7 new cases‚ and the third most-frequently diagnosed cancer in women (after breast and bowel cancer) accounting for about 1 in 9 new cases. However‚ numbers have dropped considerably in recent times‚ by about 16% in the last decade alone. Dr Patrisha Macnair last medically reviewed
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