Cirrhosis Basics The liver is one of the most important organs in your body and weighs about 3 pounds. * It sits in the upper right side of the abdomen‚ below the ribs. * The functions of the liver include: * Making bile. * Changing food into energy. * Cleaning alcohol and poisons from your system. * Cirrhosis occurs when the liver is permanently scarred or injured by chronic conditions and diseases. * The scar tissue that forms in cirrhosis harms the structure
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PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION DEFINITION: PERIPHERAL- Relating to or situated in the periphery of an organ or part of the body in relation to a specific reference point. Away from the center of the body. PERIPHERY – the part of the body away from the center. CIRCULATION –movement in the regular course‚ as the movement of the blood through the heart and vessels. PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION-transport‚ passage‚ or movement of blood away from the center (heart)‚ the route is the upper and lower extremities
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The sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell have red blood cells that have mostly hemoglobin’s‚ Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped or crescent shaped and have trouble going through small blood vessels. When sickle-shaped cells block small blood vessels‚ less blood can get to that part of the body. Tissue that does not get a normal blood flow eventually becomes damaged.This is what causes the problems of sickle
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Contents Page 1. Introduction Task 1 Page 2. Labelled diagram of the Bones of the cranium. Page 3. Labelled diagram of Bones of the face. Page 4. Labelled diagram of the bones neck‚ chest & shoulder. Task 2 Page 5. Labelled diagram showing the position of the Muscles of the face. Page 6. Labelled diagram showing the Muscles that move the head Page 7 .Chart showing the action and location of the muscle of the face. Task 3 Page 8 (A). Describe briefly the function and composition of blood
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Beta Thalassemia Beta thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder characterized by the abnormal production of a blood protein called hemoglobin. This condition is caused by a mutation within the gene that is responsible for the healthy production of hemoglobin. In healthy people‚ hemoglobin carries oxygen to tissues and cells throughout the body. Patients with beta thalassemia do not have adequate levels of oxygen within the blood‚ which can cause anemia. There are two main types of beta thalassemia
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Cirrhosis is the 11th leading cause of death by disease in the United States. Almost one half of these are alcohol related. About 25‚000 people die from cirrhosis each year. Description/Definition Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of normal‚ healthy liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue‚ blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should‚ as well as regenerative nodules leading to progressive loss of liver function
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thigh‚ approximately 1 mm in diameter. CHEST: Clear breath sounds bilaterally. No rales or rhonchi noted. HEART: Normal sinus rhythm. There is a holosystolic murmur. No friction rubs noted. ABDOMEN: Normal bowel sounds. Liver‚ kidneys‚ and spleen are normal to palpation. GENITALIA: Tests normally descended bilaterally. RECTAL: Prostate 2+ and
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Enrichment Questions Instructions: This is an honors level course. Answer all questions fully using complete sentences. If you want full credit‚ please provide plenty of details. 1. How is the concept of homeostasis related to aging and disease? Provide examples to support your thinking. • The body is constantly changing‚ no matter what age. It has to maintain homeostasis or balance at all times or if illness/death occurs. If your body is weakened‚ it then becomes harder
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of a tiny little move in the mitochondria. Taking therapeutic amounts of CBD and THC‚ steadily‚ over a period of time‚ will keep metabolic pressure on this cancer cells death pathway! Typically CBD moves to the densely packed CB2 receptors in the spleen‚ home to the body’s immune system. From there‚ immune cells seek out and destroy cancer cells kind of like a special ops team ! Chemo therapy also helps cure cancer but in a more dangerous way. Basically‚ the doctors inject the chemical directly
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and how much is nonfat (bone‚ muscle‚ body water‚ organs‚ and other body tissues). (Wikipedia). The total amount of body fat consists of essential fat and storage fat. The essential fat is the fat in the marrow of bones‚ in the heart‚ lungs‚ liver‚ spleen‚ kidneys‚ intestines and muscles. Essential fat is necessary for the body to function. The essential fat of women is higher than that of men. The fat that accumulates in adipose tissue is called storage fat. Storage fat is located around internal
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