Alcohol related liver diseases are a wide range area which refers to a general term named as alcoholic liver diseases. Millions of individuals around the world get affected with liver diseases due to high alcohol consumption. Several risk factors have been analysed that affects the risk of development and evolution of liver disease. The primitiveness and estimation of alcohol related alcoholic liver diseases depends on the pattern and term of alcohol consumption‚ presence of liver inflammation‚ diet
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The liver is the largest organ in the entire‚ normal human body. It weighs anywhere from 2.5 to 3.3 pounds. With its large size it is also a very resilient organ. Up to 3/4 of its cells can be removed before is ceases to function. It is red-brown organ roughly shaped like a cone. The liver is located in the upper right abdominal cavity immediately beneath the diaphragm. Without the liver‚ we could not survive. It serves as the body’s chemical factory and it regulates the levels of most of the main
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The Liver is the largest internal organ in the human body. The liver is the body’s processing and “manufacturing” plant. It has hundreds of roles but the most important is adjusting and monitoring the chemical composition of your blood‚ breaking down food to convert it into energy when you need it. It also helps you fight infections. Its dark color is because of a rich blood supply. In the average adult is is about 8 inches wide‚ 6.5 inches long and 4.5 inches thick and weighs approximately 3.5
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Chapter one Introduction: Behavioural science is the systematic analysis and investigation of human behaviour through controlled and naturalistic observation‚ and disciplined scientific experimentation. It attempts to accomplish legitimate‚ objective conclusions through rigorous formulations and observation. Behavioral sciences could be categorized into three main forms psychology‚ sociology and anthropology. Insights from several pure disciplines across behavioural sciences are explored by various
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Diagnosis: Physical symptoms of liver trauma include blood loss‚ tenderness of the region‚ peritoneal irritation and its guarding. Haemodynamically stable patients with suspected live injury should be investigated for imaging studies. Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) is usually useful for both blunt and penetrating trauma. FAST has sensitivity from 75-94 % and specificity from 97-100 % for intra-abdominal fluid in trauma patients. FAST cannot distinguish between laceration and
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Alcohol and the Liver People in today’s society should be more cautious and aware of the adverse side effects that come with the lifestyle decisions they choose to make. Alcohol is one of those significant lifestyle choices that people should consider the consequences of when deciding to use it. There are three general classes that are in relation to alcohol: beers‚ wines‚ and spirits. Several alcoholic beverages are extremely popular; however the most consumed is beer. It has been around as far
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Liver cancer is a disease which begins in the cells of your liver. There are different forms of liver cancer. There is primary liver cancer‚ which arises in the liver or by cancer which forms in other parts of the body and then spreads to the liver. Most liver cancer is secondary or metastatic‚ which means it started elsewhere in the body. The most common form of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma‚ which begins in the main type of liver cell (hepatocyte). The other type is cholangiocellular
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BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH OR THE SOCIAL SCIENCE MOVEMENT Due to the fact that the classical and human relation approaches ignored the impact of social relations and of formal structure respectively‚ the behavioural perspective fused these approaches and added propositions drawn from psychology‚ sociology‚ political science‚ and economics. Such an approach differs from other behavioural sciences in its subject matter; worker behaviour in formal organizations. The pioneer of the behavioural approach to
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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 LIFE SCIENCES P1 VERSION 2 (OLD CONTENT) FOR PART-TIME CANDIDATES NOVEMBER 2011 FINAL MEMORANDUM – 24/11/11 MARKS: 150 This memorandum consists of 12 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over Life Sciences/P1 (Version 2) (Part-time) 2 NSC – Memorandum DBE/November 2011 PRINCIPLES RELATED TO MARKING LIFE SCIENCES 2011 1. If more information than marks allocated is given Stop marking when maximum marks is reached and put a wavy line and ’max’ in the
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THE HUMAN LIVER Steve Shockley SC235: General Biology 1: Human Perspectives Professor Alissa Rennie January 4‚ 2015 The Liver is the body ’s second largest organ‚ weighing about three pounds in an average adult. The human Liver performs many vital functions and is not like any other organ‚ it cannot be compensated by other organs or machines. It is positioned in the upper right side of the abdomen‚ just under the diaphragm. It’s a reddish brown color with four bulging lobes. The main
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