Medical Science

Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body via arteries and in simple terms blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. It is generated by the heart pumping…
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Sleep is a daily visitor in life for the majority of us, isn’t it? But how many of us have really gone to its roots to explore it? It is a scientific fact that ‘sleep’ is one of the basic…
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Anatomically speaking, the small intestine is divided into three parts. These are the duodenum which is the first part of the small intestine. It is connected with the stomach and there is a valve between the stomach and the duodenum…
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The parathyroid gland in humans is a 4 glands that are situated in the posterior or behind the thyroid gland. There is a capsule of connective tissue that separates the parathyroid gland from the thyroid gland. The parathyroid gland is…
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The cell is an amazing entity which is capable of sustaining life.  It is interesting that this integral entity has a form of life.  On the other hand, if we synthesize the cell from its molecular components then there would be a…
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Veins are the blood vessels which carry oxygen depleted blood from the peripheries and end organs of the body. These blood vessels appear bluish due to the oxygen depleted nature of the blood and will consist of a thin wall…
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Our brain, the “crown” that sits on top of our heads is one of the most difficult things to understand and yet it’s a part of us. Its development greatly varies as in order to understand it, we need to…
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Senescence: a biological term that basically means aging. It encompasses all of the biological processes of a living organism’s approaching an advanced age (i.e., the combination of processes of deterioration which follow the period of development of an organism). The…
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The cardiac cycle is the term given to the processes that takes place during a single contraction and relaxation of the heart muscles. The term can also be explained based on the path taken by oxygen depleted blood to become…
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There are many causes of snoring. But the one thing that all will agree upon is the fact that snoring is the result of a blockage of the air passage to the lungs. Even though this condition affects millions of…
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