Medical Science

What’s the point of eating food if your body can’t use it? The importance of the small intestine can sometimes be forgotten, but this body organ is essential to living a healthy life. It is responsible for the process of…
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The cervical spine consists of the first seven vertebrae of the spine (C1-C7), starting at the base of the skull. This part of the spine provides support for the head, holding it above the shoulders via the neck, as well…
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The heart is the muscle that controls the flow of blood to all other regions of the body and is one of the most vital components of the human body. Anatomically, the heart consists of four chambers, the upper right…
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AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease spread by those who have unnaturaldesires, lack proper hygiene, mingle with more than one partner and performunfaithful acts against their spouse. As far as I know AIDS has been blamedon man. I haven’t heard…
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Episodic memory is the phenomenon of being able to recall experiences in the past. Some have descriptively dubbed it “mental time travel”. Episodic memory is different from all other memory systems because it takes place in the past, built by…
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Students often become confused during discussions of genetics, when it comes to the terminology associated with chromosomes and chromosome number. What are homologous chromosomes? What are duplicated chromosomes? What are sister chromatids? How do all of these terms differ and…
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Before discussing the genetics of eye pigment and myopia, it helps to first review some of the terminology related to these aspects of heredity. * Alleles: Variations of a Gene * Alleles are variations of a gene. A diploid organism…
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Embryonic stem cell research has generated a significant amount of controversy and debate among its supporters and opponents. This controversy becomes intense over the question of whether the American federal government should fund such research. At the center of this…
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Mankind will become extinct unless we have genetic engineering. Due to genetic degradation, our DNA is becoming weaker and subject to more errors. Unless there is genetic engineering, mankind may not last more than another 100,000 years, if that long….
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Genetics is rife with potentially confusing scientific terminology associated with chromosomes and chromosome number. What is ploidy, and which cells are haploid? Which are diploid? What are homologous chromosomes? What are duplicated chromosomes? The intent of this article is to…
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