Medical Science

The lungs bring in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, providing the essential elements of life. The capacity of the lungs to exchange these gases in the blood is an indicator of the respiratory system’s efficiency and directly impacts all body…
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Looking around, we see so many different shapes and colors. Vision is one of the most important senses out of the known five, we use to obtain information. After some getting used to, we sometimes forget how great a gift…
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The misconception that humans use only 10% of our brains has persisted for years without any scientific basis. The brain is easily the least understood of human organs, due to an unfathomable complexity that rivals any object in the known…
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The cranial nerves are the major nerves running into the brain from the brainstem, or originating from the brain itself. There are twelve recognized cranial nerve pairs, numbered with roman numerals. These nerves serve the face and the five traditional…
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Vision, or sight, is the process by which a person “sees” using their eyes. Sight works much like a camera – vision is achieved using a refractory lens that focuses light waves (the picture) onto nerve endings (the film), which…
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The skin is one of the many miracles of the human body. It performs many essential tasks, such as protecting deeper tissues from damage, regulating body temperature, keeping water and bodily fluids inside the body, and keeping bacteria and other…
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Memory is the term used to refer to the brain’s information processing system. This system stores, manages, and retrieves information and consists of sensory memory, short term memory, and long term memory. Long term memory is the part of memory…
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The gastrointestinal system is a complex system of organs which are responsible for digesting food and absorbing nutrients that you need in order to survive. The duodenum is a part of gastrointestinal system, located just below the stomach. The structure…
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Hippocrates is the father of modern medicine and author of the Hippocratic oath which all newly qualified doctors in the west have been required to swear since the 4th century and it is in fact the most widely known Greek medical…
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Hematology is the branch of physiology that addresses the study of blood. Blood is an essential component to human life that serves and carries out many vital bodily functions. Blood facilitates metabolic processes that encompass transportation of oxygen to other…
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