Phoenix Material Body Systems and Diseases Complete the table below for the required systems listed. You are required to list four to six of the main organs of each body system‚ one or two sentences explaining the function of the system itself in your own words‚ and a short list of five to six major diseases that afflict each system. This assignment is due in Week One. System Organs in the System Function of the System Major Diseases Afflicting the System Example: Immune System Thymus Lymph Nodes
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Heart disease is a chronic health disorder that accounts for 30% of all deaths. Heart disease has many risk factors‚ such as genetics‚ unhealthy eating habits‚ lack of physical activity‚ and smoking. Here‚ we will discuss those risk factors‚ and discuss ways to diminish those risk factors. Heart disease or coronary artery disease is caused by a blockage in the blood vessels that supply the heart. The blockages are caused by plaque which contains cholesterol in large amounts that adhere to the artery
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ROLE OF FREE RADICALS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Recently‚ there has been an increasing awareness among people in the prevention of disease and more especially the role of free radicals in health and disease. The oxidative properties of oxygen play a vital role in diverse biological functions such as utilization of nutrients‚ electron transport to produce ATP and the removal of xenobiotics. Despite the fact that oxygen is essential for life‚ it can also provoke damaging oxidative events within cells
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Psoriasis | A disease affecting the integumentary system | Simaria HollandBio 201July 21‚2011 | | Psoriasis is a chronic auto-immune disease that appears on the skin. Psoriasis happens when the immune system sends out faulty signals that increase the production of skin growth resulting in the typical appearance of thickened‚ raised‚ and dry skin. It is estimated that 2% of the world ’s population suffers from this disease. There is no "cure" for those living with this disease. Psoriasis is
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Mental health is a state of the well-being in where a person realizes what their abilities are. It determines what how a person handles the stress‚ work and how to take part in the society. The main factors are how a person thinks‚ emote‚ interacts with one another. The determinants of mental health are multiple social‚ psychological and biological factors. These factors help determine the mental health of a person. Examples are a persistent socio economic are pressured into risks of mental health
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With reference to two contrasting examples‚ describe and explain the differences in their energy mix (25) The energy mix is the different uses of energy that country uses. The UK does not have a balanced energy mix‚ some sources of energy are oil‚ gas‚ nuclear‚ coal and hydroelectric power. The main sources of energy come from oil and gas this is because there are reserves in the north sea‚ however production of oil and gas peaked in the 1990s but has since fallen. Gas production and oil
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The challenges of the health fair we faced was meeting times and not enough people to teach the material too. The first challenge was meeting with our group to go over the making of our tri-fold. Our group found it difficult to find days and times to meet that worked with everyone’s schedule. We eventually were able to come up with times to meet and discuss the project. Another‚ challenge of the health fair that we faced was that there wasn’t a lot of people there at the thrift shop. We had to really
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HIROFILOS: A Medical Expert System for Prostate Diseases CONSTANTINOS KOUTSOJANNIS 1‚ MARIA TSIMARA2‚ EMAN NABIL1 1 Medical Physics Lab‚ Department of Physiotherapy TEI of Patras Psaron 6‚ Aigion 2 Department of Medicine University of Patras Rion‚ Patras GREECE ckoutsog@teipat.gr‚ http://aigio.teipat.gr Abstract: - Prostate gland diseases‚ including cancer are estimated to be one of the leading cause of male death worldwide and its management is based on guidelines regarding diagnosis‚ evaluation
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key changes include: 1. What is the difference between a. and a. **Independence**: The most obvious change was that the thirteen American colonies gained independence from British rule. This established the United States as a sovereign nation. 2. What is the difference between a’smart’ and a’smart’? **Political Systems**: The Revolution led to the creation of a new government system based on democratic principles. The United States adopted a federal system with a Constitution that established a
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The role of the immune system in Parkinson disease Last semester‚ I took a class with Professor Jia Shi‚ Pathophysiology of Disease‚ and we covered the role of the immune system in many diseases and in our body. This phenomenal system‚ the immune system‚ defends us when we are awake and asleep. It works around the clock without rest to keep all the invaders away like bacteria and viruses. Scientifically at the molecular level‚ there are proteins called Cytokines that are produced by
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