Essays on Bone Page 3

The skeletal system is primarily composed of bone tissue, a type of connective tissue produced by osteoblasts. As individuals age, especially postmenopausal women, their bone mass decreases. Estrogen has a protective role in maintaining healthy bones by inhibiting osteoclast activity. However, after menopause when estrogen levels drop, osteoclast activity increases. This ultimately leads to a…

Should parents pay a blood bank to store the blood from their newborn baby’s umbilical cord and placenta, in case that child or another family member ever needs it to treat cancer Expectant parents are being urged to do so by companies that have sprung up during the past few years to sell cord-blood banking…

FORMATION OF TISSUE FLUID AND EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS IN THE CAPILLARY NETWORK In a capillary network, two opposing forces mainly determine the movement of fluid between the blood and tissue fluid: the hydrostatic pressure difference the osmotic potential difference between the blood and the tissue fluid. In the part of the capillary network near the…

Cao gio means to “catch the wind” in Chinese and is used to draw off and release excess wind in the body. Respiratory infections are referred to as wind illnesses and are responsible for fevers, muscle aches, low energy, and chills. If the marks that are left after coining are very light, then the illness…

Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by low bone mass and impairment of bone tissue ensuing in compromised bone strength and addition in hazard of break, peculiarly of the hip, spinal column and carpus. In grownups, a normal procedure called reabsorption takes topographic point where there is a day-to-day remotion of little sums of bone…