When discussing this question it can be quite misleading to assume that the brain is entirely under our volitional control. In fact many parts of the human brain, such as the cerebellum, the mid brain and the pons, control essential…
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It’s normal for parents to dream and imagine what their new baby may look like. One trait that often gets a great deal of pondering is the tint of the windows to the soul, eye color. While it may be…
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Hippocampus is a brain structure responsible for emotions, long term memory and spacial navigation. It is a part of the Limbic system of the brain. It is sea horse like structure situated beneath the cortex of the medial temporal lobe….
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Brain development is one key aspect looked at by all of us in our children although we don’t pay much attention to our own developments. But, as parents, there are few things we should know in order to optimize brain…
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A mast cell or mastocyte is formed from precursor cells in the bone marrow and depend upon stem cell factor for their survival. Immature mast cells are released from the bone marrow into the blood. The precise characteristics of the…
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Artificial immunity, or artificially acquired immunity refers to immune defences against pathogens which the body has not acquired naturally. These include vaccines and, less commonly, immunoglobulin injections of antibodies. Immunity is a state achieved when the body’s immune system is…
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Venous return is the term that we used to describe ‘returning back of the blood into the right atrium via the venous system. Being a more passive type of activity than the much forceful cardiac ejection of arterial blood, it…
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HUMAN VERMIFORM The appendix is a “worm-looking” organ which is attached to the cecum in the lower right of the “quandrant”. It was Darwin’s theory that the appendix was a left over, no longer valuable organ, which had dangled since…
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Bones are the structures which keep our self together and its consistency would be vital in supporting the everyday functionality that we enjoy. Although it starts as any other soft tissue mass, the bones would actually be formed when they…
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Doctors have long considered appendix, a narrow, muscular worm-like pouch found at the intersection of the small and large intestines, a vestigial organ, and they advocated its surgical removal as a preventive measure when it got infected. It was considered…
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