Glands

The circulatory system is composed of vessels that take blood from the heart, thin-walled capillaries where exchange occurs, and vessels that return blood to the heart. Blood is pumped by the heart simultaneously into two ways the pulmonary and systemic circuits. The pulmonary system takes blood through the lungs where gas exchange occurs and the systemic system transports blood to all parts of the body where exchange with tissue fluid takes place. In practical terms, we can think of the…

Case 3: Ethical Issues in Treatment Choice The counselor was ordering an anti-depressant for Mr. L and she afterwards discovers that Mr. L also is taking herbal mixtures correspondingly. After Mr. L was encountered concerning the consumption of these herbal mixtures alongside using the anti-depressants that it isn’t beneficial on behalf of Mr. L, so he discontinues his therapy. It remains in his beneficial awareness to take the recommendation that your doctor happens to be revealing. The…

The counselor was ordering an anti-depressant for Mr. L and she afterwards discovers that Mr. L also is taking herbal mixtures correspondingly. After Mr. L was encountered concerning the consumption of these herbal mixtures alongside using the anti-depressants that it isn’t beneficial on behalf of Mr. L, so he discontinues his therapy. It remains in his beneficial awareness to take the recommendation that your doctor happens to be revealing. The physician was situated to advise Mr. L to…

learn more about my skin’s defense, disorders, diseases, etc. The integumentary system is one of the twelve different body systems we have. This system consists of the main component’s skin (cutaneous membrane), hair, nails, sweat (exocrine) glands, and other side components as well. The skin has various layers that go in a specific order. The epidermis is the outermost layer that you can…

in men, it is extremely rare, because of the fact that most men do not normally have lobules which are glands in the breast that produce milk. (NBCF) There are also only four stages of breast cancer. The most common type of breast cancer is infiltrating ductal carcinoma. There are five stages of breast cancer. Stage 0 is when the cancer cells have not yet spread out of the ducts of milk glands. Males have these, despite the fact that they do not have the lobules on the end. Stages I…

24 hour period. Our Circadian Rhythms reset about every 24 hours and sleep is needed during every one of these periods to keep our bodies working correctly. Our bodies are tired by night (or whenever our normal sleep time is) and our Pineal Gland (same gland that produces DMT)secretes Melatonin. Melatonin is a sleep hormone that our bodies produce when in it is time for us to go to sleep. Melatonin helps make us sleepy.…

Cushing’s Disease Description Cushing’s Disease is an adrenal gland disease in which there is an excess of the steroid hormone, cortisol, within the body. With Cushing’s Disease the body releases too, much of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). This disease is rare as it effects 10 to 15 people per million each year. Women and men both can be diagnosed with this disease, but women tend to be affected more than men. The disease can be fatal is not treated correctly and promptly. Etiology…

Why am I having this test? The fractionated plasma-free metanephrines test is used to screen for a type of adrenal gland tumor called pheochromocytoma. You may have this test if you have symptoms of pheochromocytoma or a family history of this type of tumor. What is being tested? This test measures the amount of metanephrine and normetanephrine in your blood. Metanephrine and normetanephrine are substances that appear in your blood after adrenaline and other hormones break down. Increased levels…

Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid is underactive. In its underactive state, the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone (T3 and T4). When these hormones are not produce adequately to meet the bodies need, it can have major effects on the other chemical that sustains the body, affects the metabolism system, the cardiac system and the body as a whole. Causes of hypothyroidism include, radiation therapy, treatment for hyperthyroid, autoimmune disease, thyroid surgery,…

between gyri and sulci. Some internal structures I struggled to point out was the hippocampus and the pineal gland, in the future, I would do a further analysis of the clear difference between these two features. Doing the dissection with my partners was very interesting and it was a lot easier to see the difference between most features on an actual sheep brain. We…