Marsha Strang Professor English 1302 20 November 2014 A Mandate to Vaccinate The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most contracted sexually transmitted disease in the United States today. This disease is harming both men and women and it is estimated that 20 million are infected and an additional 6 million Americans will become infected each year. Initially there was only a two vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix ) available to protect young women against major strands of the HPV virus, but we…
The nervous system carries data to and from the brain and spinal cord to various bodily parts. There are three main functions of the nervous system, including sensory input, integration of data and motor output which occurs in the Brain and/or Spinal Cord. Sensory input is described as when the body gathers information of data, which correlates with the human senses such as touch, taste and sight. Integration of data occurs in the brain only once the brain has processed the information and is…
Introduction The gastrointestinal tract (GI) comprises of the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and the anus. Also, digestion process start from the mouth; the ingestion of food stimulate the salivary secretion (mouth), the food is chewed before its passage through the esophagus down to the stomach where mechanical and chemical digestion takes place. Pepsinogen from the chief cells helps with the digestion of protein, amylase from the saliva and…
Fetal Pig External Features Structure Location Colour Texture Function Image Anus Just under the tail and after the rectum Same colour as skin (light pink) Valve-like and scrunched up; feels and looks like a sphincter Valve-like muscle at lower end of rectum. The opening through which feces pass out of body Scrotal Sac In males, it is located just under the anus and bulges out from the skin Same colour as skin (light pink) Feels muscular/like skin Contains the testes Urogenital Opening…
oxyuriasis. Pinworms infection most often occurs in children, could even affect up to two-thirds of children aged 5-10 years. The worm, which on average has a body length of 5 to 13 millimeters, usually put its eggs on the folds of skin around the anus at the time the sufferer being asleep. Pinworms eggs can survive for two weeks. Pinworms eggs at hands of sufferers can move on any object it touches like: Sheets and pillowcases. Towel. Children's toys. Kitchen appliances. Toothbrush. Home…
stage and the tertiary stage. During the primary stage, it is possible to notice single or multiple sores. Because the sore is painless, it is easy to go unnoticed. In the secondary stage, skin rashes or mucous membrane (sores) in the mouth, vagina or anus become noticeable. Rashes can look rough, red, or reddish brown on the palms of your hands and feet. Other symptoms in this stage include, headaches, fever, swollen feet, weight loss and muscle aches. The latent stage includes no sign or…
• Being overweight. • Having diabetes. SYMPTOMS • A red, pink, or brown rash in the groin area. The rash may spread to the thighs, anus, and buttocks. • Dry and scaly skin on or around the rash. • Itching. DIAGNOSIS Most often, a health care provider can make the diagnosis by looking at the rash. Sometimes a scraping of the infected skin will be taken. This sample may be tested…
Wolf’s small intestine is similar to other mammals in structure and function. Except that wolf’s small intestine is shorter than other non-ruminants. There is a trend in digestive system lengths correlate to an animal’s diet (Strack and Linzey.) Carnivores like wolves have less complex and less variety of diet (Strack and Linzey.) Unlike humans, wolves have smaller pancreas, which mean less enzymes produced(Griffiths and Ruish.) Wolves need to eat digested food with enzymes or easily digested…
have evolved from Deuterostomes, a superphylum which consists of vertebrates. The main characteristic of Deuterostomes is their embryological development, where the blastosphere develops into the anus, and the mouth is developed at the opposite end. The digestive tract than forms in between the anus and the mouth, connecting both to each other. The earliest fossil record of Deuterostomes, the Kimberella, an organism similar to a jellyfish, is believed to have appeared over 558 million years…
Ruth Rosa Prof. Michael Bross Unit 1 Final Draft February 11, 2015 “After Auschwitz” “After Auschwitz” by Anne Sexton speaks about the anger a person has against man. Reading the poem, one can easily recognize the anger Sexton has towards the Nazis. The narrator, in the poem, blames the Nazis for killing millions of innocent people, but it also seems as if she is blaming man in general. The narrator also mentions the potential of a man and his corruption. As for Sexton, she portrays the…