Anatomy, Physiology and Neuroscience

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew the Mitochondrial content of different tissue types, particularly between the heart, liver and muscle. I just finished a lab where it was found that the succinate activity for the heart was higher, following the liver and then the muscle. I have been looking around and keep finding that muscle(skeletal) has more mitochondria which doesnt make sense to me because shouldnt its succinate activity be faster? Any help would be appreciated Jen

Kant faind in de Internetz wat ma problim iz. So, my lower jaw is "pushed back" a bit, my upper jaw "pusshed forward" a bit, and my front 4 teeth (upper jaw) kind of make a big angle, pushing my upper lip forward. I looked in da Internetz and found nothing, but maybe it's just my browser. It's old. Ooooooold. So, anybody of you dental surgeons can guess my MEDICAL problem? That would be nice of you. Thanks already! ~Mark

Today was a very hard day for me and my wife. We found out the pregnancy was in fact a incomplete molar pregnancy. Three doctors have made assumptions as to the cause of this, and nothing has been determined so far. The blood work has been submitted etc. And the removal is scheduled for 7 days out. I dont understand how a cause is not determined, Along with the removal being so far out. Any doctors (obyns) that have aquaintance with this issue please advise. Is this a long term problem? Is this going to happen again? And What causes this to happen?

Our blood consists of many components, i.e., red blood cell, white blood cell, ... To do it's role in the body, blood should have small viscosity. Which viscosity is the suitable range value in the our body blood vessel? And, which way can we measure blood viscosity similar to the human vessel condition?

I read that veins and arteries are supplied by other veins or ateries with blood. Im guessing. But how are those suppplied?

Does the use of corticosteroids have any effects in common with using adrenergic agonists, particularly the following? - Release of catecholamines - Arousal of the sympathetic nervous system - Stimulation of adrenergic receptors (directly or indirectly) I searched on Google Scholar for "corticosteroids" and "adrenergic" and found a few papers linking the two together, but overall my impression is that the only thing cortisol and epinephrine/norepinephrine have in common is that they are produced in the adrenal gland; otherwise they are essentially unrelated. Or have I totally misunderstood?

I am one of many Americans with a few extra pounds here and there (actually more than a few). I read recently that insulin (that which is naturally produced by the pancreas) inhibits the use of fat as an energy source. This causes our bodies to store fat rather than metabolize it. I wanted to know if there have been any studies on the average length of time insulin is in the body. Let's assume this is for non-diabetic human males. Does anyone know the answer, or know of any such studies regarding this issue? Thanks.

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Here is a picture of the Portuguese Man of war: http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/manowar1.gif This beautiful yet bizarre creature has tentacles that are extremely smooth, soft, tender, and silky. However, attached to these tentacles are nematocysts [stinging cells]. A nematocyst will inject poison into the bloodstream of the victim. The tip of the nematocyst will enter halfway into a capillary of the victim. Due to this, as soon as the poison is delivered, it rapidly spreads around the body via circulation. Here is what a human victim will experience if the poison of the Portuguese Man of War enters his/her bloodstream: 1. A tactile hallucination of sharp pai…

Taken from wikipedia: 'Because of various expression of α₁or β₂receptors, depending on the patient, administration of adrenaline may raise or lower blood pressure, depending whether or not the net increase or decrease in peripheral resistance can balance the positive inotropic and chronotropic effects of adrenaline on the heart, effects which respectively increase the contractility and rate of the heart' No citation, so it could be pure poop. Can't find anything else about it on the net. How would that work? How common is it to have low blood pressure as response to adrenaline?

What is the easy way to learn human anatomy. Since it is very very lengthy and too difficult to remember for a medical students the whole anatomy of human being then how it is possible to remember the whole anatomy

Do insects breath out in the same place they breath in? Threw the spiracles.

This seemed like the most likely place to ask a question about bird anatomy. So here's my question. If birds have hallow bones and blood cells are created in the bone marrow. Then; Where do birds manufacture thier blood cells at? thank you all.

Can anyone tell me why having high blood pressure is dangerous? What exactly is going on?

I have a dream that happens about once a year. It isn't always exact but it's always happening sometime each year. What makes it come back every time and is there some reason behind it?

So I tore the ligaments in my shoulder about 5 weeks ago was told to move it but take it very easy for a week so I did stretching and stuff. problem is it still hurts like hell and i cannot reach over my other shoulder to wash it etc, cause it hurts . Doc reccommended physio when I did it but I'm lazy and would rather learn the exercises here and do em at home than have some specialist bend me all over.

Hi, I am doing a science fair project on a Parkinson's disease and I am wondering how can a lack of dopamine affect movement, as such to cause Parkinson's Disease? Doesn't dopamine affect desire and motivation? So why does someone start shaking when there's a lack of dopamine? Thanks,

Can anyone recommend a technical book for the begginer on the brain? Is that even possible. Thanks.

Can mental faculties (imagination, reason, memory, etc.) function without input from the physical senses? Now, obviously we can use these mental faculties without "continuous" physical input (memory will retain past input, and we can work in the abstract with imagination+other faculties,) but if there was no original physical input to begin with, no information to use, can we still use our mental faculties? What does modern science say about this, and if you know, can you link to any sources?

I have read a number of reports which claim Endosulfan causesinfertility on men. Does anyone have any facts to support this? I would want toknow more about this.

Hi, I hope this is the right forum for this. If not, redirect me please. Imagine someone is stabbed with a knife, and this knife is thrown into a lake. About a week later, the knife washes up on the shore of the lake. A. -- Will it still be possible to extract DNA from this knife (blood, fingerprints)? B. -- And after two months? C. -- If the knife was covered in blood, will that blood still be visible somehow to the bare eye? Thanks in advance.

Hi: See page 1071 of http://books.google.com/books?id=nauWlPTBcjIC&pg=PA1071&lpg=PA1071&dq=portuguese+man+or+war+hypnotoxin&source=bl&ots=oOEifavQUD&sig=hKu2ipDhkWuB8bk59gnTa_-m4RA&hl=en&ei=6GIMTYrWEYnGsAOZg7WiAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=portuguese&f=false The Portuguese Man of War jellyfish produces a neurotoxin called "hypnotoxin" which depresses the central nervous system of humans and causes sensory/motor malfunctions. Where can I find more information on this hypnotoxin? In particular, what is the maximum non-lethal dose for the average adult man in his late …

Which factor is more important for the respiration during exercise? When maratoner is running the track, we assume, his physical ability is depend on respiration capacity. Between CO2 output and O2 input, which one is more important role on the exercise ability?

There are many researches about artificial blood. But commercialization of that product is not easy. If that technology is developed well, we can do blood plantation without fear of infection. What is the problem of that investment? How about this product? saline solution-----------------middle product -------------artificial blood-----------blood But the product test is not easy for human.

i heard that if you supress a sneeze you can rupture a blood vessel in your neck and die if you force open your eyes they could pop out if you sneeze to hard you could fracture a rib is this true