Cerebrospinal fluid

Discussion There are many ideas about why we sleep, but the most common one (that people know) is to gain restoration. Essentially, all energy burned throughout a single day is restored when we sleep. Depleted during the day, rebuilt during the night. What’s important to note is that many genes found within the brain are only stimulated and active during sleep; more importantly, these genes are associated with restoration and metabolic pathways, so this idea makes sense. The most profound and…

Average humans spend about one third of their life sleeping, but I probably spend about half of my life sleeping. Catching z’s is one my favorite activities to do, I love getting into a cozy bed after a long day, turning on Netflix, and falling asleep to House of Cards. During the day when I feel dog-tired or enervated, I orchestrate a tranquil nap. After a good night sleep or day time nap, I always feel like a rejuvenated newborn baby. That grinded my gears, and prompted me to think, why do we…

• Clinical Appearance This refers to any specific signs and symptoms that are related to the development of an infection or disease. The appropriate description of the clinical appearance often leads to a diagnosis of the illness. • Stained culture/histology examination False coloration of a substance to aid in the inspection of tissues, microorganisms, or other cells under a microscope. • Tests for antibodies to the microorganism Antibody tests rely on on the fact that there are specific…

brain as well as neuronal dysfunction and death. There are six current hypotheses as to cause and all hypotheses seem to be somewhat relative. Diagnosis is achieved with neuropsychological testing, neuroimaging, genetic, blood, and cerebral spinal fluid testing, as well as up and coming urine and retinal tests. Symptomatic pharmaceutical treatment is available. Etiologic treatment is still being tested, however, preventive measures seem to be key. This disease, although complex, could be…

Although some believe otherwise, the brain does not actually touch the skull. It floats in a layer of cerebrospinal fluid. So since it floats and is not attached to anything it has no other option but to hit the front and then to back of the skull when one comes to an abrupt stop on the field. This is called skull-rattling and may cause a concussion due to the…

Cancer in a child is not very common. If a child does have cancer most of the time is it acute lymphocytic cancer. (Zhang). Cancer is usually treated by chemotherapy which is a cancer fighting drug that can be inserted into a vein, muscle, cerebrospinal fluid, or just taken as pills. The side effects to chemotherapy may vary from hair loss,…

What is Cerebral Palsy • Cerebral Palsy is the impairment or lost of motor function of the body ()("Definition of Cerebral Palsy - What is CP? | CerebralPalsy.org"). The cause of cerebral palsy is brain damage. The brain damage is a result of irregular brain development of the brain before , during and after birth ("Definition of Cerebral Palsy - What is CP? | CerebralPalsy.org")). Cerebral Palsy can affect one's gross or fine motor skills and oral motor functioning("Definition of Cerebral…

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Autoimmune disorder are devastating to individuals because one’s own body is doing the damage to the system. An auto immune disorder is low activity or over activity of the immune system. In the case of over activity the body attacks and damages its own tissues, which is known as an autoimmune disease (WebMD, 2015). Autoimmune diseases affect up to 50 million individuals in the United State, and of that 75% of them are women (Roddick, 2015). Autoimmune disease occur…

acceleration). Sensory receptors can also be classified by modality of stimulus. The five are chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and nociceptors. The chemoreceptors detect chemical, either molecules or ions dissolved in fluid. That can be inhaled air to food or drink ingested. Also located in some of humans blood vessels that help monitor the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. Therefore influencing our respiratory rate. Thermoreceptors respond to…

diseases may be difficult. Treatment varies with the cause. No specific pharmacologic treatment is available for most cases of viral meningitis; these patients are managed with supportive therapy, which includes analgesics, antiemetics, intravenous fluids, and prevention and treatment of…