Organs

The liver also produces chemicals to help with blood clotting. The liver filters food from the digestive tract and turns them into proteins and energy. On the back of the liver there is a small pocket like organ that holds fatty foods until digestion. When a person develops liver disease, the organ is not able to properly form proteins to clot the blood and process foods, which explains the common vomiting and excessive bleeding a patient may experience. Liver disease reduces the overall…

have these in the womb but eventually form into the inner ear. The second feature is a notochord, which is used to support the nerve cord. The third feature is a dorsal nerve cord, which is a bundle of nerve fibers that connect the brain to all other organs and muscles of the body. The fourth feature is a post-anal tail. This is another feature that humans outgrow in the womb. The final feature of Chordates is that their blood is contained in…

“More than 123,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. Some won’t receive a transplant in time, some suffer through years of pain and medical care before finally receiving the transplant they need, and others are rejected the opportunity of a transplant because they don’t meet the criteria. The average waiting time for a heart transplant is 4 years, a kidney transplant 5 years, and a liver transplant 11 years,” (Life Donor Program). Although theologians, politicians, preachers, and the…

the list has to be narrowed down very carefully to receive a donor heart. The patient may not be considered a good candidate for a heart transplant if they smoke or have an alcohol abuse problem, have an infection, cancer, bad diabetes, or if all organs are not healthy. In fact, it cannot be performed at all if any of those issues are in occurrence.(Michael C. Fishbein, MD "Heart Transplant: Who needs a heart transplant") This brings me to my first reason why an LVAD is a better alternative than…

For my individual research assignment, the question I must answer is “should the liver allocation system be maximally fair or maximally efficient at producing added years of life from organ transplant?”. The main dilemma is should we give a liver which is a rare and valuable resource to someone far away but won’t survive without it. Or, is it more ethical to give it to someone who is closer but is not in as critical condition. At first glance, I tend to think that everyone should have a fair…

When a loved one dies, there are many things that can be done with the body. There is the choice of embalmment for a funeral, cremation, organ donation, or donating the body to science. It is apparent what happens when the body is embalmed, cremated, or the organs are donated to save a life, but there are endless possibilities for what happens to a body donated to science. So, what exactly happens when someone’s body is used to further scientific research? This question is exactly what Mary…

resuscitator to be put on him. Living will is a legal document that states if the patient wants to be on any life-prolonging machine. An example of that would be life support. Uniform anatomical gift act allows anyone the age of 18 or older to be an organ donor to anyone in need after death is pronounced. And example of this would be if someone got into a car accident and died, they could use his eyes to someone that has ‘bad’ eyes.…

Next to the brain, the heart is the most vital organ in the human body. The brain makes the heart function, but without a heart nothing else functions. In fact, in the absence of brain function, a human body can be kept alive for a surprising length of time as long as the heart can be made to beat. The heart pumps blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels for a daily volume of 2,000 gallons of blood. That's enough to fill a 10 x 20-foot pool 10 feet deep, and the heart does this by beating…

experiencing the confluence of these processes has been the international organ trade. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, improvements in medical practices and the introduction by pharmaceutical companies of drugs to prevent organ rejection meant that organ transplantation became a viable and effective therapy for end-stage organ failure (Cho, Zhang, and Tansuhaj 2009; Kelly 2013). However, the access of patients to organ transplantation varies according to distinct national situations,…

not rare when people steal another person’s organs to sell it for money.” the nurse continued to say. “But why would someone want to steal an organ? What could they possibly get out of it?” said Janice. “If you found your surgeon off a sketchy website then there is a high chance that it will be sold…