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Running about ten miles daily and regular weight lifting is my everyday routine in order to maintain the body that I want…in other words, I love food so I have to work out to be able to continue to fit into my clothes. I always envied my dear friend, Jenny (I envied her in a good way) because she never exercises and cares less about what she eats. One would think that these reasons are grounds for obesity, but not in the case of Jenny. Her body is as beautiful as Jennifer Lopez’s body…even…

Concerning nanotechnological consumer products, the most rapidly growing is the use of nanoparticles (NPs).(47) So far the knowledge regarding the safety aspects of NPs is still in its initial phase and greater efforts is needed to understand the interaction of NPs with the human body. (48) Several studies have reported that NPs always showed more serious toxicity than bulks and suggested that their size and the dose were the key factors influencing NPs toxic effects.(49) Despite of this, large…

disorder, which occurs in children and characterized by progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Children with Tay-Sachs are born with the absence of an important enzyme, hexosaminidase A (HEXA). This enzyme is found in lysosomes, where it breaks fatty acids called GM2 ganglioside. The absence of hexosaminidase A causes GM2 ganglioside to build up in nerve cells to toxic level, causing its damage and the symptoms of the disease appear. In 1881, British…

1. Differential diagnosis (names of possible bacteria) You should include at least 6 most relevant bacteria that can cause signs and symptoms given in the case study and rationale for including each of them (1 sentence maximum for each). An elderly man at the hospital emergency has symptoms of high temperature (at 103oF) and an above respiratory rate. Possible bacterial pathogens that could have caused his illness are: Haemophilus influenza – this bacterium, which is more susceptible to the…

The purpose of this EEI is to create and analyse an experiment that relates to and supports the theory of osmosis in biological cells. Cells are the biological building block for all life; all living organisms have cells also. Cells provide structure, absorb nutrients from food and convert those nutrients into energy so that the cell can carry out specialized functions. There are two main categories with most organisms and their cells; prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The distinctive difference…

Body Planes, Regions, Cavities, and Directional Terms The fundamentals of learning the body in the medical field are body planes, regions, cavities, and directional terms. First up are the body planes, which the definition of a body plane is simply a two-dimensional surface. The dimensions of the body plane are both of length and of width and the body planes are used to describe the different locations that are located in the body or are just used for the point of location. There are three…

typically through cilia that moves the trapped microbe up our throat. The hair in our noses traps microbes found in the air we breathe. The digestive system also has barriers put in place like stomach acid which has a pH of 2 and saliva which contains lysosomes that destroy microbes. Vomit and the passing of feces are methods of physically expelling any microorganisms. Urine gets rid of any foreign body found in the…

Textbook Reference: 6.4 What Are the Active Processes of Membrane Transport? Page: 120 5. Barrier formation is only one function of the cell membrane. Describe some other functions of the membrane and discuss how the membrane is suited for those functions. Answer: Membranes function in processing energy transformation and in the organization of chemical reactions. Integral and peripheral proteins contribute to these functions. The membrane serves as a holding site for the catalytic enzymes…

Gaucher’s disease if you haven’t heard of it already is a metabolic disorder one of the most common for lysosomal diseases and it is inherited. It can also be carried and not known by the individual, a carrier only has a single gene mutation that is associated with the disorder. In order actually have Gaucher’s diseases an individual must have two mutations in the GBA gene; one from each parent. Gaucher’s is when the metabolism and storage of fats is irregular; this can be quite harmful due to…

INTRODUCTION Two significantly important highly pathogenic infection diseases namely Legionellosis and Influenza remains even today a threat to global health. They can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure but they can also generate hospital-acquired infections.1 Moreover Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection. The cause of influenza was definitively resolved back in 1930s with the isolation of swine influenza; a virus which when administered…