Bile

Ashgrove Avenue seemed longer with each forced step. Billie’s feet dragged across the roughly paved road. Every step drained her of motivation. The bruises reminded her why she was in so much pain; not because her arms, legs or head was throbbing but because no love was given. Her father was always too ‘busy’. Every time it would be something different; one day it would be work and the next would be another girl. She put the devil’s stick between her lips, inhaled his ghastly breath and exhaled…

In light of this, many physicians defended their position much like the writer of The Science of Medicine who stated in his public speech, “Our practice is limited by the instruments made available by Nature or by Art. When a man is attacked by a disease more powerful than the instruments of medicine, it must not be expected that medicine should prove victorious.” The writer soundly defends medicine’s role as a techne by pointing out the fact that medicine has its limitations and if a disease is…

How the human body works Cell membrane: A cell membrane is a thin layer that forms a semi- permeable barrier around the outer surface of the cytoplasm of the cell and controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell. Nucleus: It contains DNA for making new cells and organisms and also controls the reaction in the cell. Chromosomes: Thread- like structures found in the nucleus of the cell which carry the genetic information Cytoplasm: The liquid gel which makes up a lot of the body of…

Objective I. To learn how to inoculate the nutrient broth properly in preventing contamination to the nutrient broth and the culture Escherichia Coli. This is done by sterilized the loop and sterilized the neck of the tub with heat from before use and before put the cape on. II. To learn how to do a simple streak of an E. coli culture on a nutrient agar plate with one stroke from start to end like a “Z”. III. To learn how to do a complex streak where we grow E. coli culture on the nutrient…

He believed that each of the four humors had a direct pairing with an individual temperament. He theorized that an excess of black bile correlated with feelings of melancholy and gloom, an excess of phlegm correlated with feeling phlegmatic or calm, an excess of yellow bile correlated with choleric or energy, and an excess of blood correlated with sanguine or cheer. While many thought that blood was a byproduct of humans consuming food, Galen theorized…

Nervous tissues have neurons and nerves that support cells. Its function is to send impulses to different areas of the body. It reacts to stimuli and conducts impulses to different organs in the body that carry a response to the stimulus. Nerve tissues are in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves which are all made up of neurons. http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/humanbio/4/lchb4_3a.html Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system is made up of your heart, your blood…

How Honey is Made Everyone knows where honey comes from, but what many people are not aware of is the process of how it is made. Bees are responsible for making this thick, golden liquid using the nectar from flowers. Nectar is a sugary substance that bees extract from flowers using their long tongues. The nectar is then stored in what is called their extra stomach. In their stomach, the nectar mixes around with enzymes that transform the nectar into a substance that is able to last longer in…

and other refuse from various shops that lined the sidewalks.” For this reason the Romans used the aqueducts to supply a constant flow of water through trenches in the streets. These trenches would help wash away the filth to reduce the amount of bile buildup the streets saw…

I’m sure that at one point or another in your life you’ve heard of the digestive system & the physical changes (a change in appearance) & chemical changes (irreversible changes that start with one thing & end with another) which occur during this process. But did you really learn what the digestive truly is & does for our bodies? Did you learn that not only do we see physical & chemical changes in nature but also in our bodies? If not, I’m here to tell you all about it. Put on your seatbelts &…

Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s Disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that typically affects the distal ileum and colon but can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. This disease causes inflammation to the lining of the digestive tract which can be both painful as well as debilitating for the sufferer and, unfortunately, in severe cases this may lead to life threatening conditions. The exact etiology of Crohn’s remains uncertain but studies have indicated that the disease is…