Essays on Anatomy

You legalize that your Pep-pen was left in the car, so you panic and begin sprinting back to the car to get it. ‘ The Assignment: Name and describe all of the anatomic structures and physiological actions involved with this incident including hearing and seeing the bee, turning your head and swatting at the bee….

SCENARIO 1 The Transmission of Impulses across a nerve fiber that lead to contraction of muscle The Anatomy      Axons of efferent (motor neuron) that comes out of the brain pass along the spinal cord via the corticospinal tracts. The axons then pass to the muscle fibers; they then divide into several unmyelinated branches. The…

The coughing, sneezing, vomiting, and the restless nights is a place where we have all been quite a few times; and sometimes it feels like it could be for the last time. What people don’t think about is why all this is happening to them. Little do we know our cells are undergoing just as…

1. The skeletal system is involved. 2. Bone tissue is the primary type involved 3. Connective tissue is the specific type of tissue involved 4. Osteoblasts are the specific types of cells that produce the normal microanatomy of the tissue. 5a. With ageing, bone mass decreases. This is espeically true of women following menopuase. Estrogen…

Connective Tissue As the name implies, connective tissue serves a “connecting” function. It supports and binds other tissues. Unlike epithelial tissue, connective tissue typically has cells scattered throughout an extracellular matrix. Loose Connective Tissue In vertebrates, the most common type of connective tissue is loose connective tissue. It holds organs in place and attaches epithelial…

Many people have to deal with many illness and diseases that can attack the body in many ways. Some as AIDS/HIV, Sickle Cells, High Blood pressure, different types of cancers and Diabetes ,which is my topic of choice. This topic is very passionate about this topic because diabetes unfortunately runs in my family. I have…

Blood pH and Homeostasis The pH of any fluid is the measure of hydrogen ion (H-) concentration. A pH of 7 is neutral. The lower the pH, the more acidic the blood. A variety of factors affect blood pH including what is ingested, vomiting, diarrhea, lung function, endocrine function, kidney function, and urinary tract infection….

I have just learned about Everyman’s departure from this world and I would like to offer some instructions on how to correctly handle his corpse during your time of grieving. I understand that beauty couldn’t follow him into heaven, but we can keep it with him on earth for as long as possible through a…

Factor V Leiden (FVL) is a condition in which the individual has a greater risk of developing clots within the blood vessels (thrombosis) due to inability to deactivate clotting factor V.  It is caused due to a change or mutation in the gene responsible for expressing Factor V.  The mutation is known as ‘prothrombin 20210’…

14 total number of phalanges in the hand 8 total number of carpals in a wrist scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum and pisiform name the carpals lateral to medial in proximal row trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate carpals in the distal row (lateral to medial) the scapula does not articulate with the axial skeleton (the clavicle does…