Diabetes Insipidus Diabetes insipidus is one of the Main chronically diseases of Pituitary Glands. A disorder in which deficiency of antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin) leads to excessive output of urine containing no sugar. It is caused by the failure of the posterior lobe to produce ADH because of trauma, infection, neoplasm, or inherited pituitary disease. […]
Angina pectoris is the medical term for chest pain due to coronary heart disease. This is a condition in which the heart muscle doesnt receive enough blood, resulting in pain in the chest. Angina is a symptom of a condition called myocardial ischemia . It occurs when the heart muscle (myocardiumspan>) doesn’t get as much blood (hence […]
The human heart is primarily a shell. There are four cavities, or open spaces, inside the heart that fill with blood. Two of these cavities are called atria. The other two are called ventricles. The two atria form the curved top of the heart. The ventricles meet at the bottom of the heart to form a […]
The skin is the largest organ of the human body. Its size (about 20 square feet in an average sized adult) and external location make it susceptible to a wide variety of diseases, disorders, discolorations and growths as well as to damage from the environment and the aging process. The severity and appearance of skin […]
UPPEREXTREMITY The upperextremity generally comprises of shoulder, elbow, forearm, and wrist. Pronation is the act of rotating the forearm so the palm is turned backward or downward.Supination is the act of rotating the forearm so the palm isturned forward or upward. The muscle that flex the wrist andfingers are bunched together along the volar surface […]
