The Digestive System is the name given to the sequential process that our bodies perform when ingesting food‚ and the breaking down of macromolecules into micromolecules so that the body can absorb it’s nutrients into the bloodstream and it’s cellular system to obtain energy for cellular respiration‚ and the excretion all indigestible waste products. This happens within the digestive tract‚ which starts at the Mouth or Oral cavity and ends at the Anus. (Reference Appended image 1‚’ The Human digestive
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Ad1 Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components‚ to a form that can be absorbed‚ for instance‚ into a blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism; a break down of macro food molecules to smaller ones. The digestive process also involves creating waste to be eliminated. The digestive track (gut) is a long twisting tube that starts in the mouth and ends at anus. It’s made up of a series of muscles that coordinate the movement of food and other cells that
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half of all long term smokers but these diseases may also be contracted by non-smokers. A 2007 report states that about 4.9 million people worldwide each year die as a result of smoking. Among the diseases that can be caused by smoking are vascular stenosis‚ lung cancer‚ heart attack and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Smoking is a hard habit to break because tobacco contains nicotine‚ which is highly addictive. Like heroin or other addictive drugs‚ the body and mind quickly become so used
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Hydrocephalus is derived from the Greek word –hydro which means water‚ and cephalus meaning head. Hydrocephalus is also known as water head baby‚ which is water on the brain. Hydrocephalus is medical condition that 1 out of 500 babies are born with. The first thing that comes to a parent mind when having a baby is whether it will be healthy or not. Hydrocephalus is a medical condition in which‚ there is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the cavities (ventricles) of
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Turner’s syndrome (and is still sometimes described in this way); however‚ the genetic causes of Noonan syndrome and Turner syndrome are distinct. The principal features of Noonan disorder include congenital heart defect (typically pulmonary valve stenosis) also ASD‚ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ short stature‚ learning problems‚ pectus excavatum‚ impaired blood clotting‚ and a characteristic configuration of facial features including a webbed neck and a flat nose bridge. The syndrome is named after
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with many possible etiologies‚ risk factors and co-morbidities." Common etiologies seen in the vast majority of patients with LBP include lumbar strains/sprains‚ disc herniation‚ or degenerative conditions‚ such as lumbar osteoarthritis‚ spinal stenosis‚ and spondylolysis to name a few (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NINDS] “Low Back Pain‚” 2014). However‚ there will be a small percentage of patients‚ whose back pain could be indicative of something serious‚ such as spinal
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sources of low back pain: * Muscle spasm (very tense muscles that remain contracted) * Other medical conditions like fibromyalgia * Ruptured or herniated disk * Small fractures to the spine from osteoporosis * Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) * Spine curvatures (like scoliosis or kyphosis)‚ which may be inherited and seen in children or teens * Strain or tears to the muscles or ligaments supporting the back * Infection of the spine (osteomyelitis
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Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular overflow obstruction (sub-aortic stenosis) and even cardiomyopathy. This means hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart disease present from birth which can weaken the heart’s pumping by the thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular creating a blockage where it is hard for
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cervical spine MRI without contrast of 9/5/13. Conclusion: Stable appearance of the cervical spine with several small central disc protrusions with minor mass effect on the ventral cervical cord without cord signal change. No significant foraminal stenosis. Chronic maxillary and sphenoid sinusitis. MRI of the lumbar spine done on 5/9/16: Conclusion: shallow broad base disc protrusion L4-5 without clearly evident abutment of the traversing right L5 nerve roots. Slightly eccentric to the right L5S1
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BT is a 95 year old Caucasian female that lives with her husband and has spent 39 years working as a missionary. She presented to the emergency room at Milford Memorial Hospital on March 17‚ 2012 complaining of diarrhea for the past 6 days‚ up to 5 times a day. She also reported loss of appetite and weakness; upon admission to the emergency room she vomited once and verbalized cramping in the upper abdominal region. She was admitted with acute infectious colitis‚ acute renal failure‚ and dehydration
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