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Annotated Bibliography Source 1: Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease. (2010). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2-2. This journal article talks about the causes and treatment of feline lower urinary tract diseases. There is an entire section about bladder stones and the causes of it and treatment of it. Since the article is from a professional organization, it does take a didactic approach to explain causes of the infection. For specifically bladder stones, the article…

are usually used around Halloween, New Year’s, or at parties. There are three factors that make up the glow stick. In a glow stick, one of the chemicals is often hydrogen peroxide and the other active ingredient is a harmless chemical named phenyl oxalate ester. The chemical reaction between these two substances produces enough energy to make light, but it doesn't create enough energy to make heat or explosions. There also need to be dye in a glow stick. The glow stick gets color when the…

deposition or formation of urinary calculi (Kidney stones, calculi, uroliths) in any part of the urinary system i.e the kidney, the ureters or the urinary bladder. Urinary calculi are an aggregation of solute materials from urine such as calcium, oxalate, phosphate and uric acid which forms stone (Singh SK., 2011). The size and nature of urinary calculi governs overall clinical manifestations of this complaint whereas urinary chemistry is one of the important factors…

this would be if go outside during a fall night and see a firefly glowing during the night fall using its Chemiluminescence. There are chemicals inside one simple glowstick. These chemicals inside the glowstick are called fluorescent dye, diphenyl oxalate, and hydrogen peroxide. Fluorescent dye is a chemical compound. It is a…

organic compounds found in plants is the oxalic acid. It is commonly found in leafy greens, and nuts, as well as in some fruits. Spinach is known to have the highest amount of oxalic acid in vegetables of about 750 mg for every 100 gram serving (Oxalates In Spinach – Is Oxalic Acid A Green Smoothie Health Concern?, 2015). The usual amount of oxalic acid that people usually take in is not toxic and harmful. The danger, however, is when oxalic acid exceeded the maximum allowable limit of the human…

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) : is an edible flowering plant in the family Amarathacea native to central and western Asia. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), which grows up to 30 cm tall. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular, and very variable in size from about 2–30 cm long and 1–15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem. The flowers are inconspicuous,…

outcomes in gentle to serious peptic ulcers. 4. Gallbladder/Kidney Stone: Alongside lemon juice, lemon peels too are utilized as a part of cooking around the world. However, it has been discovered that these peels contain colossal measures of oxalates. The oxalates transform into gems inside our body and intrude on calcium retention to a vast degree. The unabsorbed calcium hardens inside our kidneys and gallbladder as…

Kidney stones are made from mineral and acid salts (Mayo Clinic). Kidney stones are often formed in our kidneys, usually because of urine becomes highly concentrated, which allow the minerals and salts to stick together and form the stone (Mayo Clinic. The picture below from the New York Times, shows where kidney stones are usually formed, in the major calyces, where they then travel down the ureter, where it usually becomes painful (NYT). There are several objectives to this experiment:…

depends on what type of stone is formed. Stones come in a variety of sizes, shapes and color but there are four main types. The calcium stone is the most common and is formed when calcium that remains in the kidney collects over time and combines with oxalate in the urine. The struvite stone is more common in women than men and is made of ammonia. It usually forms after a chronic urinary tract infection and can become quite large, sometimes with little warning. Another common type of stone is…

Kidney stones, also known as renal calculi, are essentially smaller sized deposits of calcium which can be found in the nephrons and vary in size and shape. The stones have the opportunity to increase and travel down into the urinary tract, which can cause extreme pain throughout the body. Stones occur when salts in the urine form into a solid crystal. They can potentially block the flow of urine in the body and cause infection, kidney damage, or could lead to kidney failure. A sudden change or…