T3, T4 is a hormone from the thyroid gland that increases metabolic rates. So this hormone is…
Toxic substances come in all shapes and forms. Often they have varying visible outward effects, but often enough the damage and problems lie under the surface. The Endocrine System is the chemical communication system between cells. Special glands secrete chemicals which travel throughout our body and bind to complimentary receptors (Barnes, 2014). These chemicals, or hormones, are responsible for regulating growth, behavior and many more aspects of our bodies and behavior. In recent times…
Femoral Popliteal Bypass A femoral popliteal bypass is a procedure to go around (bypass) a blocked artery in the leg. The artery may become blocked with plaque, which is a buildup of fat. Arteries carry oxygen and nutrients to the body. The femoral artery is in the upper part of the leg. It is the main artery that carries blood to the leg. Popliteal arteries are in the back of the knee. These arteries take blood to the lower part of the leg. This procedure uses a graft to bypass the blocked…
Seborrheic dermatitis is a common skin disorder that is most prevalent in infants and adults, although some adolescents were reported to have this condition also. This disorder is a primary diagnosis, including symptoms such as skin flakes, patches of greasy skin, itching, and redness in areas of the scalp, hair, eyebrows, beard, or mustache. More than 3 million cases of seborrheic dermatitis are reported each year, according to the Mayo Clinic and other sources. Fortunately, there is a wide…
Dermatology Clinic: Questions and Answers Case 1 1. What is your diagnosis? This patient exhibits signs and symptoms of iatrogenic Cushing syndrome with steroid acne due to corticosteroid withdrawal. 2. What factors may have contributed to the disease? The chronic treatment with high doses of prednisone contributed to the patient’s Cushing syndrome. However, steroid withdrawal may have caused her recent skin flare around her trunk and extremities. 3. What is the treatment of choice for this…
cancer death worldwide (Santarelli, Lo Russo, Bambini, Campisi, & Lo Muzio, 2009). The umbrella term HNC includes a heterogeneous group of lesions at several sites including the oral cavity, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, larynx, pharynx and salivary glands (World Health Organization, 2005). Surgery and radiotherapy (XRT) are the main treatment approaches for HNC, with good clinical outcomes expected depending on a range of patient factors, site/location of tumor, clinical stage and…
A hot day, a workout, a nightmare, and the moments before a first date, all have something in common. The production of sweat. It is strange that sweat can be produced by these drastically different activities and moments, but, none the less, sweat is produced in each. Every action, situation, or time that a person sweats can be related to another time that a person sweats. Sweat is the single similarity between working out hard and laying in a bed all day eating cheetos. Furthermore, brain…
1. Explain the roles of hormones in sexual development. Hormones arouse cells and organs to specific activities and influence the way we look, feel, develop, and behave. 2. Describe the anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems. The visible part of the male sexual anatomy are the penis and the scrotum, the pouch that contains the testes. The testes makes testosterone and sperm. Immature sperm is stored in the epididymis. Inside the body are several structures involved…
Although the function of ICAM5 in the pituitary is unknown, its roles in the brain as a cell adhesion molecule have been extensively studied. ICAM5 is abundantly expressed in the dendritic filopodia and plays an important role in synapse formation with presynaptic axons, via the extracellular matrix molecule, vitronectin (63), and/or β1 integrins (32, 64). Once these connections are established, the extracellular domain of ICAM5 is cleaved, disrupting the cytoplasmic actin cytoskeleton through…
adults Introduction Human Growth Hormone is one of the major hormone found in endocrine system in your body. It is an essential hormone that stimulate the body growth, normal brain function and secreted by the somatotropin cells in anterior pituitary gland. There are a condition of abnormal body grow such as pituitary gigantism and pituitary dwarfism which the body over create grow hormone or doesn’t create enough GH. According to the Children’s Health study, the estimate between one in 14,000…