Digestion – 1 out of 11 systems!
Digestion, How to Understand and Cope Digestion is the body’s process to utilize food. It begins in the mouth, where rinding teeth produce small pieces. The three salivary glands secrete ptyilin, an...
View ArticleSPRAINS, STRAINS and FRACTURES
Is the pain in your ankle a strain, a sprain or a fracture? All three involve streching and tearing of normal tissue, but are not the same. A sprain is the stretch or tear of a ligament, the fibrous...
View ArticleBurns & treatment guidelines
Minor, or first degree burns, may be caused by intense heat, fire, friction, radiation, chemicals or any process which heats the skin to the point of damage. While a first degree burn, such as mild...
View ArticleOnychrocripitis
These doctors, how they like to scare you with big words. Don’t panic if told you have onycrochriptitis. No one dies from it, but it may affect walking and marching. If you don’t wear shoes, you’ll...
View ArticleBlood and Liver
Blood has been a subject of religious worship, superstition, magic, fear and pride since man evolved. Blood sacrifice was an Aztec rutual in which the conscious victim’s heart was cut out. Blood’s...
View ArticlePsoriasis
The following article by William Goldsmith M.D. proved his last printable medical precise. He contributed many articles to the Public Affairs office, thirty for the online medium of the California...
View ArticleThe Diaphragm
Diaphragm (Note to reader: This article is not about contraception.) The diaphragm is a thin sheet of muscle stretched under the lungs, adhering to their bottom surfaces and the eleventh and twelfth...
View ArticleOur Marvelous Knees
Anatomy of the knee You probably have some knowledge of the anatomy of the heart, lungs, digestive system. But the knee? It is the largest joint in the skeleton. It is formed by the femur, the largest...
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