Anatomy and Physiology

2 months ago

Heyde's Syndrome.

Can Aorta valve replacement surgery (Aortic Stenosis) heal Heyde's syndrome? What is the success rate of TAVR surgery for an elderly patient suffering from Aortic stenosis and GI bleeding?

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4 months ago

Muscle stimulants are used to treat certain muscle diseases that are

Muscle stimulants are used to treat certain muscle diseases that are characterized by muscle weakness (decreased contraction of the muscle). Which of the two chemicals described below would be a good skeletal muscle stimulant?

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7 months ago

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of muscle spindles?

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of muscle spindles?

A. excite both alpha and gamma motor neurons
B. eventually synapses with alpha motor neurons that innervate extrafusal muscle fibers
C. have gamma motor neuro

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8 months ago

What do these parts do in both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system?

1.Blood vessels
2.Abdomen
3.Muscles

ton 452 1 Reply

9 months ago

Why would measuring BMR using oxgen consumption measurements in the laboratory n

Why would measuring BMR using oxgen consumption measurements in the laboratory not be a true measure of basal metabolic rate?

meg205 1369 1 Reply

9 months ago

Food mass and weight gain?

This might be a dumb question, but can a person increase their weight by more than the sum of the food they eat and the water they drink?

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CarbonRobot

A year ago

Collagen for body insulation?

I was wonder if collagen helps to keep the body warmer in the winter? It occurs to me that with age I have less collagen and more fat. Was thinking the collagen must of done more to keep me warm.

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A year ago

Appendix condition and their removal

I was wondering if anyone has studied appendixes that are removed due to appendicitis versus those that never get infected and aren't removed until maybe an autopsy? They say it's a vestigial organ that we don't need, but I wonder if t

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A year ago

Deafness caused by blockage of the ________ can be treated ________.

Deafness caused by blockage of the ________ can be treated ________.
a. middle ear; by high doses of ampicillin
b. pinna; by the fenestration surgical procedure
c. scala media; by cochlear implants
d. oval window; by cochlear impl

saairam 401 1 Reply

A year ago

Which of the following is true of hair cells?

Which of the following is true of hair cells?
a. Most afferent axons form connections with the outer hair cells.
b. Thick myelinated axons form connections with outer hair cells.
c. Outer hair cells play a more important role in hearin

saairam 462 1 Reply

A year ago

Skull and Face shapes. Variations?

Has anyone measured the dimensions of most heads and faces to know what face shapes and sizes are contained tightly within what human DNA can create? Basically what makes our faces distinct enough from nonhuman primates?

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A year ago

Heart rhythm with age?

How much does a healthy heart change with age? Do the beats become more erratic and less like a metronome with age? Do the electrical pulses change the degree to which the heart beats with a fractal pattern? What changes that can be detected?

CarbonRobot 200 1 Reply

A year ago

Functioning of respiratory rhythm center

Partial pressure pf CO2 in my blood has increased... Tell me about the way the message would travel in my brain to recover the normal concentration Use a flow chart and include pneumotaxic center

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Anonymous

A year ago

Losing fat through respiration.

My understanding is when people burn fat it leaves the body in urine and CO2 from breathing. If that is so, do they breathe out a high concentration of CO2 when they eat less or nothing for a while or anything that prompts the body to burn fat for en

CarbonRobot 185 1 Reply

A year ago

Compare and contrast neural, neuroendocrine, and endocrine reflex pathways.

colleen 1309 1 Reply

A year ago

anyone selling physioex 8.0 A N P answers?

is anyone out there selling answers to physioex 8.0 A.n.P exercise 5,6,7 all activities and review exercises .if so can i get sample questions just to be sure you have the right book and answers at least one from each exercise.please send me an email

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Nicholle87

A year ago

Lung efficiency with age?

I know a lung's elasticity may change with age, but how does it's ability to give us oxygen and expell carbon dioxide?

It has been brought to my attention that when we burn fat it leaves as carbon dioxide and water. I am wonderin

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A year ago

The 2000-meter Row: A Case in Homeostasis (case study)

Can anyone help me with this case study? i have attached the case study story to this message...thank you for anyone willing to help me! I need it by Wed 4-25-12 at 5:00 pm

At the start
1.) What is responsib

1 2 3 4

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Lukieboi

A year ago

Take the position of a runner in the starting blocks for a short running race. P

1. Take the position of a runner in the starting blocks for a short running race. Place one foot forward and one foot back while placing your hands on the starting line.

a. In what position is the hip joint for the forward leg (flexed, ext

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Anonymous

A year ago

Human being with two hearts.

Can there be benefits to have a Human being with two hearts after surgery?

The project involves neurosurgeons and cardiac surgeons with a possible success.

Prashant S Akerkar

Post Merge: [time]1668040517

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A year ago

Internal organs surgery in Humans.

Human beings organs viz Brain, Heart, Kidney, Lungs, Large intestine, Gall bladder etc are connected by Veins, Arteries & Capillaries in various systems of Human body.

In special surgery cases,(if possible), Can the Surgeon operating o

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A year ago

Using a flowchart, trace the pathway of a ham sandwich

Using a flowchart, trace the pathway of a ham sandwich (ham=protein and fat; bread=starch) from the mouth to the site of absorption of its breakdown products, noting where digestion occurs and what specific enzymes are involved.

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kenzie mae

A year ago

Human being species viewing the infrared spectrum.

Why Humans cannot see in the infrared spectrum?

Some snakes, such as pit vipers, are known to have the ability to detect infrared radiation. They possess specialized sensory organs called pit organs located near their eyes, allowing them t

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Anonymous

A year ago

Awareness contexts of dying were established by

Awareness contexts of dying were established by

A) Glaser and Strauss.

B) Merton and Coe.

C) Kavanaugh and Kamerman.

D) Becker and Kubler-Ross.

chardonae 221 1 Reply

A year ago

Compression sock negative effects?

Are there long term negative effects to wearing compression socks? I know they squeeze the leg to increase circulation, but could they be doing too good a job? Possibly making the body less able to maintain circulation in the legs without the socks?

CarbonRobot 263 3 Replies

A year ago

Hematocrit levels and polycythemia

There are various causes of high hematocrit levels, including living in high altitudes and kidney disease causing high EPO secretion. These all cause higher production of red blood cells (which is polycythemia). So would high hematocrit levels always

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kab170

A year ago

what is the frequency at which pulses will be delivered when you stimulate

what is the frequency at which pulses will be delivered when you click "stimulate"?

m_burns 811 1 Reply

A year ago

What type of learner performs best with study groups?

What type of learner performs best with study groups?
A) tactile/kinesthetic learner
B) visual/verbal learner
C) visual/nonverbal learner
D) any type of visual learner

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Anonymous

A year ago

Is it realistic to purposefully look for a person of your nationality?

The question, most likely, is more psychological. But is it realistic for a person of a certain nationality to purposefully look for a person of his own nationality? Or is it so impossible to fall in love? Is it all connected with o

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Anonymous

A year ago

Why are rod cells more light sensitive?

My understanding is rod cells are sensitive enough to register a single photon which I assume is just about the best you can do. But cone cells are maybe 1/200th as sensitive. Why is that? Any hypothetical way to create cone cells that are super sens

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A year ago

Human Species Hearing range.

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/10-animals-with-the-best-hearing/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_range

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

What is the Biologic

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A year ago

Why does the Sympathetic Nervous System have long lasting effects as opposed to the Parasympathetic NS?

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A year ago

Spine development. Really 18 years?

I read the human spine finishes development after around age 18. Is that true? Is cartilage still being built up at that time?

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A year ago

Child born with Two Hearts.

Can this be a rare case where a Child is born with Two Hearts and still surviving?

Can this be considered a Birth defect?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

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A year ago

Which of the following is wrong ?

which of the following is wrong ?
1. smooth muscle of the cardioesophageal spincter is not considered structural sphincter
2. sphincter barrier on the cardiac oriifice is created by valve like folds of mucosa
3. cardia is relaxed by pe

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A year ago

What is creatine needed for?

Most references to creatine online are in reference to working out and recovering afterwards. But I have read it is good for the brain as well. What else is creatine required for? I know creatine levels decrease with age as well.

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2 years ago

Bobby complains to his doctor of nausea and chronic fatigue, which has lasted about half a year. He

Bobby complains to his doctor of nausea and chronic fatigue, which has lasted about half a year. He has lost a lot of weight, and strangely, has a tan even though he doesn’t spend much time outside. His blood pressure is very low, and he has a weak p

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2 years ago

Please, help! Question from PhysioEx9, exercise 4

What are potential sources of variability when generating a glucose standard curve?

Please, need explanation because I did not understand this question.
Thanks.

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