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Digestive Histology – outline notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 6, 2011 | 7:25 am | 0 Comment
INTRODUCTION: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true }); The focus of this lab is digestive system histology. Remember histology is the study of tissues. The goal of histology is to not only understand the microanatomy of cells, tissues, and more...
Digestive System Anatomy
By CPR St. Louis at October 6, 2011 | 7:13 am | 0 Comment
INTRODUCTION: The anatomy of the digestive system can be divided into the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) and accessory organs. The GI tract is a long muscular tube that extends from the mouth to the anus. The material within this tract is considered to be outside of the body. Ingested materials must be first digested (broken down) and then absorbed across the more...
Fetal Circulation – outline notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 5, 2011 | 5:59 am | 0 Comment
The lungs of a fetus are non-functional. There are special structures that allow blood flow to bypass the fetal lungs. Not until birth do the lungs gain their normal function. Umbilical Cord -Umbilical Vein – high Oxygen and nutrients from mother to fetus -Umbilical Arteries (two) – Carbon dioxide and waste from fetus to mother (adsbygoogle = more...
Clinical Terminology | Blood Pathologies
By CPR St. Louis at October 5, 2011 | 5:38 am | 0 Comment
Red Blood Cells --Anemia - blood has abnormally low oxygen carrying capacity Causes: -insufficient # of RBC’s -hemorrhagic anemias - blood loss -hemolytic anemias - RBC’s ruptured -aplastic anemias - destruction of red bone marrow -decreased hemoglobin content -iron deficiency anemia -microcytes - small pale RBC’s -pernicious anemia - B12 deficiency more...
Pathway to Cancer – lecture notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 3, 2011 | 10:29 am | 0 Comment
I. Understanding Cell Fundamentals A. Fertilization Occurs in Fallopian tube B. Zygote 1. Sperm meets egg 2. Single cell contains all DNA a. Half from mom and half from dad C. Adult – 75 trillion cells (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true more...
