Medical Science

Women were never officially allowed to be physicians and pharmacists until the late 19th century. However, the tradition of women in the healing arts is as ancient as midwifery, shamanism and care-giving.  It has always fallen to females to be…
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According to merriam-webster.com, the heart is “a hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood.” The heart is an important part of the circulatory system, aside…
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The role of a forensic nurse examiner is a relatively new role in the health care system. It most likely attracts those nurses that like the excitement and challenge that this role presents. As the forensic nurse she will find…
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The Renaissance period started around year 1400 and ended around 1700. This was a great time of intellectual growth, advancement in medicine, and artistic development all over Europe. Scientists were starting to move from more conservative views of medicine, in…
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There has always been injury and disease and from the time people were intelligent enough to use tools, there have been medical interventions. The only way to know what these practices were is to study the clues left behind in…
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The standard definition of a pheromone is “a form of chemical communication between members of the same species.” How pheromones work depends on what the end result of the communication is supposed to be, and what’s doing the communicating. The…
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The structure of the human ear is divided into three anatomical sections – the inner ear, middle ear and outer ear. The anatomy of this unique part of human physiology makes hearing and balance possible. Anatomy of the outer ear…
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The spleen is a small organ in the abdominal cavity that is considered to be part of the lymphatic system, which also includes the lymph nodes. The lymphatic system consists of a series of vessels that parallel the circulatory system…
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The cochlea is the main structure of the human auditory system. It is not actually an organ itself, but a bony structure in the inner ear that contains the auditory organ. Sound waves travel into the outer ear canal, vibrating…
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Sex polysomies are the presence of more than two sex chromosomes in an individual’s genome. The normal genotypes are 46XX, female and 46XY, male. The number refers to the number of chromosomes in the genome, with X and Y as…
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