Hypothalamus

Introduction Osteopathic medicine prides itself on being able to “recognize the body’s ability to regulate itself and mount its own defences against most pathologic conditions” (DiGiovanna, Schiowitz, & Dowling, 2005) Homeostasis can be referred to as the “maintenance of static or constant conditions in the internal environment.” (Guyton & Hall, 2000) Osteopathy and its principles, aim to regulate the bodies’ natural function including the use of osteopathic techniques to maintain the health and…

LIMBIC SYSTEM AND TINNITUS Introduction A human body is a very delicate and complicated group of systems and organs that work together. We can say that each part of the body is controlled by and connected to several many organs. Thus, many diseases and disorders in one organ can actually indicate the error in completely different organ or system. That brings us to this, The limbic system and Tinnitus. A person who has tinnitus is a person who is continuously hear noisy and annoying voices and…

Depression, a dark cloud of emotions. A sense of drowning. Depression, a feeling of being completely alone even when surrounded by people. It is something that is felt by so many people, yet isn’t as recognizable as many other disorders of today. You always hear about the people who are suffering from the physical illness but not the mental illnesses. Someone we love or who we see everyday could be suffering from this dreadful disorder and you wouldn’t know. It’s a feeling that can be…

body. Sleep is important as our bodies need sleep to function as certain functions are restored within the body. The biological approach states that sleep occurs in a circadian rhythm known as the sleep-wake cycle occurs over a 24-hour period. The hypothalamus is located in the brain and contains the superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN) which controls the circadian rhythm. The SCN controls sleep patterns by receiving visual cues from the visual system and passing signals to the pineal gland. The pineal…

Since the Wellbutrin XL had intolerable side effects for J.D. she was switched to 30 milligrams of Cymbalta (duloxetine hydrochloride) delayed release, an atypical antidepressant, once a day. This dosage is within normal prescribing range (Preston et al, 2013). Duloxetine hydrochloride has the added benefit of being prescribed for pain as well as GAD (Brown University, 2014), which was important since J.D. suffers significant pain due to the degenerative disc disease in her back and anxiety…

Various aspects can be considered when considering diversity. These aspects can be factors of the development of the human body itself. Some may be hereditary, inborn and some can be a result of exposure to unhealthy surrounding. A person grows, but there are cases where growing exceeds the normal rate and reaches to extreme compare to other people. This occurrence is called acromegaly, in which the secretion of growth hormone (GH) in the pituitary gland exceeds its normal production even after…

21. State 3 lifestyle choices that can help prevent or control type 2 diabetes. (max. 3 marks) There are 3 distinct lifestyles choices that can help prevent or control types 2 diabetes, they include: Consuming low glycemic foods that are rich in nutrients and fibre as part of a healthy diet. participating in physical activity regularly with moderate exercise maintain a healthy body weight All these choice can help an individual prevent type two diabetes. By working on choices one and two you…

Anastrozole and letrozole are triazole derivatives that act as potent, competitive, nonsteroidal inhibitors of aromatase. Aromatase is an enzyme which catalyzes the rate-limiting step in estrogen production. Letrozole inhibits estrogen production in the hypothalamus–pituitary axis, which results in compensatory increase in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and FSH and stimulates ovarian follicular development. The advantage of letrozole is that it avoids peripheral antiestrogenic effects on…

functions are processing auditory information; processing visual information; processing sensory information and order complex cognitive behaviours respectively. Same inside the midbrain, there is the limbic system which consists of the thalamus, hypothalamus, the corpus callosum, the hippocampus and the amygdala. Their functions are directing incoming information to the cerebrum from receptors; maintaining homeostasis; connecting the left and right side of the brain, retrieving memory and…

function of this system is to secrete hormones into the circulatory system. In females amenorrhea often occurs which mean they do not menstruate. Long-term amenorrhea can affect bone density and increase your risk of infertility. This is cause by the hypothalamus, which stops releasing the hormone gonadotropin, which is responsible for starting…