a day‚ sometimes even 3 hours. He had irregular eating schedule and sometimes skip meals so he had stomach ache. 4. Health history a. Personal health history He had had asthma and was cured after he learnt swimming at 10 years old. He had the appendicitis
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Digestion Review Questions 1. Certain organisms are able to store energy from the Sun in energy-rich compounds. Which event best illustrates this activity? A) B) C) D) A fox captures and eats a young rabbit. A caterpillar is eaten by a blackbird. Lettuce produces organic substances. Bacteria change organic material into simple nutrients. 2. Which phrase is an example of autotrophic nutrition? A) B) C) D) a cow eating grass in a field a mushroom digesting a dead log an apple tree making its own
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The Blood/Circulatory System Anatomy & Physiology I March 18‚ 2013 The blood system is part of the circulatory system. I am going to be focusing on the blood and the diseases which affect the blood. The blood‚ heart and blood vessels form the cardiovascular system which links the body’s internal and external environments together‚ by transporting substances between the two. Blood is a type of connective tissue that carries nutrients‚ oxygen and wastes through the body. Blood cells are formed
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Purpose The digestive system prepares food for use by hundreds of millions of body cells. Food when eaten cannot reach cells (because it cannot pass through the intestinal walls to the bloodstream and‚ if it could would not be in a useful chemical state. The gut modifies food physically and chemically and disposes of unusable waste. Physical and chemical modification (digestion) depends on exocrine and endocrine secretions and controlled movement of food through the digestive tract. Mouth Mouth
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Hallucinations vs. dillusions Hallucinations-false perceptions having no relation to reality and not accounted for by any exterior stimuli. Delusion- Acute‚ reversible state of disorientation and confusion without drowsiness. DT’s- hallucinations‚ tremors‚ seizures‚ elevated BP & Pulse Tardive Dyskineasia- from neuroleptic meds‚ antipsychotic drugs (Haloperidol‚ fluphenazine‚ trifluoperazine)-facial grimacing‚ tongue thrusting‚ jaw swinging‚ repetitive chewing. Psychotropic drugs- antidepressants
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She told us‚ “You have to have appendicitis‚ and you need to get your appendix taken out. Fortunately it’s not ruptured‚ but we don’t want to take any chances so you’re having surgery sometime today.” I was (to be expected) in shock. I had never had surgery before‚ or been under anesthesia
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Zora Neale Hurston Research Paper In the 1900’s it was bad enough to be colored‚ needless to say worse if you were a woman. Zora Neale Hurston had the misfortune of possessing both of these traits during this misogynistic‚ segregated era. Born in Nostulga‚ Alabama‚ on January 15th 1891‚ she experienced segregation at a young age living in Eatonville Florida for most of her childhood. After going through many hardships in her life‚ including the loss of her mother at age 13‚ she would be accepted
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INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY The purpose of this document is to introduce root words and their definitions. These words play a vital role in Biology because many scientific terms are based on these words. Because these root words are Greek or Latin in origin‚ their meanings have remained consistent throughout time. By becoming familiar with root words and their definitions you can determine general meanings of many terms by simply applying these root word definitions. For example‚ the
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In this modern era‚ the traditional medicine is still important to society. Nowadays‚ most people in Zambia are resorting to traditional healers and herbalists who claim that are able to solve problems ranging from bringing good luck‚ penis enlargement‚ beauty enhancement‚ passing examinations among others. Traditional healers are people who make others believe in their customs and practices in order to make them get well or to heal them while herbalists give medicinal herbs which are mainly extracted
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Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Henoch-Schonlein purpura‚ also known as HSP‚ is a type of vasculitis‚ a group of disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation. In HSP‚ the inflammation causes bleeding in the capillaries in the skin‚ joints‚ intestines and kidneys. Although HSP can affect anyone‚ it occurs most often in children between the ages of 2 and 11‚ affecting boys more often than girls. HSP is the most common form of vasculitis in children‚ with an annual occurrence of 140 cases per one million
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