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1,563 wordsThis essay will critically review some of the major uses of renal micro puncture techniques, focusing in particular on the stationary method, free-flow micro puncture and renal micro perfusion, the latter including both in vivo and in vitro methods. The essay will conclude with a short review of other uses of micro puncture. Were and Richards (1924) were the first people to use micro puncture successfully on the kidney. They successfully inserted a micro pipette into the glomerulus of a single a...
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1,909 wordsFor years, anabolic steroids have been used by competitive athletes have used to improve performance through muscular size or strength, and by noncompetitive weight trainers for purely cosmetic physique enhancement. In the vast majority of cases, users of that have taken steroids for prolonged periods have reported considerable gains in physical size and strength. However, a large number of side effects and health risks have been linked to extended use of anabolic steroids. Research has indicate...
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Urinary Tract Prostate Gland
1,788 wordsHow do the urinary system work? ? Your body takes nutrients from food and uses them to maintain all bodily functions including energy and self-repair. After your body has taken what it needs from the food, waste products are left behind in the blood and in the bowel. The urinary system works with the lungs, skin, and intestines -- all of which also excrete wastes -- to keep the chemicals and water in your body balanced. Adults eliminate about a quart and a half of urine each day. The amount depe...
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Urinary System Risk Factor
1,845 wordsThe urinary system has many different organs in order for it to work as a whole. Each organ does different functions. The urinary system consists of the two kidneys, the two ureters, the bladder, the two sphincter muscles, the nerves in the bladder, and the urethra. After your body takes what it needs from the food you eat waste products are then left behind in the blood. The urinary system works with the lungs, skin, and intestines to keep the chemicals and water in your body balanced. The urin...
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Autoimmune Diseases Organ Transplantation
2,135 wordsINTRODUCTION In order to provide a detailed analysis of recent pharmacological developments involving the human immune system, it is firstly necessary to introduce the innate and adaptive immune responses. Immunosuppressants and immuno modulators will be differentiated between and a selection of new and often experimental drugs belonging to each category will be provided. Specific drugs will be described including the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic's involved with each type. The possible c...
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Healthy Child High Risk
670 wordsThere are three people; a parent, a sick child in need of a kidney and a healthy child who is willing to donate a kidney (All three of them are in the same family). The parent feels very worried about this problem. If the operation does not succeed then there would be a very high risk of both her children dying. If the operation is not done then one of her children will be healthy and then the other one will always have to go to the hospital to use the kidney dialysis machine to clear out all th...
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Urinary And Digestive System
1,151 wordsDigestive and Urinary System Lesson 1: The Digestive System Terms: q Digestion: q Absorption: q Elimination: q Mastication: q Peristalsis: q Gastric Juices: q Bile: Functions of the Digestive System: q Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination. q Digestion occurs in the digestive tract which includes: 1. Mouth: Mastication occurs and enzymes produced by salivary glands starts digesting carbohydrates. 2. Esophagus: 10 in. long and extends from the pharynx to the stomach. Food moves down the esophagu...
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Coronary Arteries Beta Blockers
2,398 words... ot a frank heart attack. The condition is stabilized with antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, nitrates and beta blockers. Diagnostically, an angiogram or (after stabilization) a stress test is often performed to confirm whether or not the presenting symptoms were truly from the heart and if so, whether an angioplasty or bypass operation is needed. RETURN TO TOP -V- Varicose Veins-These are dilated veins in the legs that do not drain the blood out of the legs properly. They occur with aging ...
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Urinary Tract Kidney Stones
627 wordsKidney stones are hard, crystalline deposits in the kidney. They are usually hexagonal, eighty percent of which are made of calcium. These calcium stones are two to three times more common in men, and are most likely to reoccur. The calcium oxalate versions most likely result from eating specific food. One percent of stones are cystine stones, which have to do with the hereditary disorder cystinuria. Struvite makes another small percentage, and grow very large primarily in women, producing kidne...
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Kidney Failure Sq Km
2,426 wordsAccess in quality care for dialysis patients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Description of selected community (location, statistics, etc) Philadelphia is the second largest city on the East Coast (North America). The city of Philadelphia is located 100 miles south of New York and 133 miles north of Washington, D. C. The city ranks fifth in the nation. Population of Philadelphia reaches 5. 8 million people. (Philadelphia Facts & Figures) Metro: 6, 188, 463 (2000 census) 5, 892, 937 (1990 censu...
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People With Diabetes Congenital Heart
375 wordsCongenital Heart Defects and Drugs Congenital heart defects are mainly caused by one of three things. The first is a block of blood flow in the heart or vessels. The second is caused by blood flowing through the heart where its pattern is abnormal. Rare effects can happen such as when only one functional ventricle is present or when together the pulmonary artery (and aorta arise from the same ventricle meaning double outlet-ventricles. Another rare effect happens when either side of the heart is...
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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Johns Hopkins
1,713 wordsPED 540 Prof. Diabetes John Mclaughlin PED 540 Prof. Hager 3 / 10 / 00 Pledge: DIABETES In the United States, an estimated 16 million people have diabetes. Diabetes is a serious lifelong condition. Half the 16 million people who have diabetes do not even realize the condition exists and are not receiving treatment. 798, 000 people each year are diagnosed with diabetes. It occurs most often in adults, but it is also one of the most chronic disorder in children. It is estimated that 123, 000 child...
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Carbon Dioxide Uric Acid
925 wordsAim: Exretory System Excretory System Aim: To examine and understand the structure, function and differences between different types of excretory systems. The difference between excretion and egestion is that whereas excretion is the process of removing toxic waste by-products of the body s metabolism, egestion is the removal of indigestible remains / substances through the alimentary canal. Through egestion, substances that were not able to be used in the body are removed, and through excretion...
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Urinary Tract Kidney Stones
624 wordsKidneys Kidney Diseases Kidney Diseases Kidneys are paired organs, each sharing equally the work of removing wastes and excess water from the blood. Remarkably, a single kidney can do the job of both if one kidney is lost through injury or disease. It sometimes occurs, although rarely, that a person is born with only one kidney. Such people are able to lead normal lives. Diseases of the kidney range from mild infection to life-threatening kidney failure. The most common form of kidney disease is...
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Blood Pressure One Hundred
566 wordsIn vertebrates, kidneys Kidneys Kidneys In vertebrates, kidneys are the two major organs of excretion. Excess water, toxic waste products of metabolism such as urea, uric acid, and inorganic salts are disposed of by kidneys in the form of urine. Kidneys are also largely responsible for maintaining the water balance of the body and the pH of the blood. Kidneys play important roles in other bodily functions, such as releasing the erythropoietin protein, and helping to control blood pressure. Kidne...
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Kidney Stones Readers Digest
479 wordsKidneys, Who Needs Them? Kidneys perform many functions essential to the bodies functioning. The strain that is put on kidneys opens them up to many problems that can occur. Childhood sicknesses can result in failure of the kidneys to perform dialysis in later years of a persons life. Also, excessive minerals in the blood stream can cause kidney stones, which are very painful. Kidneys perform the basic functions of removing water and waste from the bloodstream, this process is called dialysis. A...
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