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Blood Divisions
Looking at the red fluid known as blood oozing out of a deep wound, it is an arduous task trying to fathom that, red substance flowing comprises of divisions within it. Yet, it is. The divisions of blood as a tissue falls within the medium and the constituents in the medium (plasma) and the blood…
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What is Blood?
Have you ever wondered too? Contemplated on what really blood is aside the red highly viscous fluid that seeps out when you get injured. Ever racked your brain over and over again trying to find out what else goes into that thing called blood? Well in this article, we will look briefly at what blood…
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Ischemia
To begin with, ischemia is not in itself a medical condition such as Diabetes, hypertension, etc. but a situation brought about by an abnormality and leading to other conditions some of which are severe and life threatening. Ischemia can occur at any location in the body where blood is supplied. Tissue ischemia is a condition…
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Connective Tissues- what do they do??
Featured Image Courtesy: TNSDiary Looking at the functions of connective tissues from the perspective of it’s name, they literally work to connect the various sections of the body together. Yet, that is not the only function played by connective tissues. In this article, we shall look at four of the major functions played by connective…
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Replication
DNA is the basic information centre of all living things, storing every little detail of the organism encoded into it’s proteins and stored for replication or reproduction of new cells. DNA holds the cell’s essential biological information, written within the base code in the centre of the double helix (Ross and Wilson, Anatomy and Physiology,…
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Disease causing Processes
Featured Image Courtesy; TNSDiary Pathogenesis may occur as a result of a variety of factors and abnormalities which may either be internally initiated or developing from external factors. Processes giving rise to disease may be one or more of a multiple origins. In this article, we are considering six (6) of the most common processes…
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Disease associated Terminologies
Getting familiar with all the terminologies used by healthcare professionals is something practically impossible especially for the individual without any health background. Even for healthcare personnel, continuous improvement in academics and exposure keeps adding up to ones list of vocabulary in health related cases. In this article, we are looking at only seven (7) of…
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Carcinogens- what are they?
Featured Image courtesy: Live Science You probably must have heard of carcinogens and the dangers they pose to life and health. Their tendency to cause abnormalities and disorders of various types. But then what at all are these carcinogens? Carcinogens or carcinogenic substances generally are environmental agents known to cause malignant changes in cells by…
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Glands
Featured image courtesy: Byju’s Glands are groups of epithelial cells that produce specialised secretions. These secretions perform specific functions in the body and are produced based on the body’s needs and demands. This ensures that their quantity in the body remains fairly constant with the help of the body’s own regulatory mechanisms. Usually handled by…
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What is a Connective Tissue?
Tissues basically are a large collection of cells working together to achieve specific functions. Connective tissues are one out of the four manor types of tissues found in the human organism. The other three types being; Out of these four types of tissues, the connective tissue is the most abundant in the body. Connective tissues…
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