What is Vitamin D deficiency?
Your body produces vitamin D naturally when it’s directly exposed to sunlight. You can also get vitamin D from certain foods and supplements to ensure adequate levels of the vitamin in your blood. What is Vitamin D deficiency? Vitamin D deficiency means you don’t have enough vitamin D in your body.Vitamin D is an essential […]
Parthenogenesis
parthenogenesis is defined as reproduction without fertilization, an ovum developing into a new individual without fertilization by a sperm.
Is It Safe to Eat Papaya While Pregnant?
You can eat papaya while pregnant, but you’ll want to make sure it’s ripe OR UNRIPE.because unripe or semiripe papaya contains some substance which can cause miscarriage or abortion. Pregnancy Trimester-Specific Guidelines: Unripe or Semi-Ripe Papaya: Ripe papaya Papaya can counter morning sickness and nausea, relieve constipation and heartburn and support foetal neurological growth and […]
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs)
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) Infections transmitted through sexual intercourse.Sometimes sexually transmitted infections are spread in ways other than sexual contact. For example, Sexually transmitted diseases [also known as Sexually transmitted infection] can spread to infants during pregnancy or childbirth. STIs also can spread through blood transfusions or shared needles.STIs are caused by bacteria, viruses or […]
Ear :Anatomy,physiology & Function
Your ears are paired organs, located on each side of your head.Human ear, organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes sound by transduction and maintains the sense of balance. What are the function of Ear? The ears perform two sensory functions, ●Hearing and ●Maintenance of body balance (STATO-ACOUSTIC ORGAN)• Anatomically, the ear can […]
Eye
Eye ●One paired eyes are located in sockets of the skull called orbits. ●The wall of the eye ball is composed of three layers . ●SCLERA: External layer which is composed of a dense connective tissue. IT IS WHITE PART OF EYE. ●CORNEA: The anterior portion of sclera is called the cornea. CHOROID: ●The middle […]
MIDBRAIN
MIDBRAIN • The midbrain is located between the thalamus/hypothalamus of the forebrain and pons of the hindbrain. • Posterior part of mid brain is tectum. • It contains both grey and white matter. • The dorsal portion of the midbrain consists mainly of four round swellings (lobes) called CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA. • A canal called the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT passes […]
15.Human biology basics everyone should know
Your body is responsible for thousands of extremely complex and fascinating processes every second. Here’s what you should know. 1.The human body has 12 systems The human body’s 12 systems work together to ensure that we stay alive, healthy, and thrive: 2. There are four blood groups: A, B, AB, and OYour lettered blood type […]
Gas Gangrene
Gas Gangrene Definition(Oakley, 1954) Gas gangrene is defined as a rapidly spreading, edematous myonecrosis, occurring in association with severely crushed wounds contaminated with pathogenic clostridia, particularly with C. perfringens. Previously, the disease was called malignant edema or clostridial myonecrosis. Etiological Agents Gas gangrene is always polymicrobial and is caused by many clostridial species. Established agents:C. […]
Hand hygiene: Back to the basics of infection control
Types of hand hygiene Hand Rub Alcohol based (70–80% ethyl alcohol) and chlorhexidine (0.5–4%) based hand rubs are available. The duration of contact has to be at least for 20–30 seconds. Advantage: After a period of contact, it gets evaporated of its own, hence drying of hands is not required separately. Indications: Hand rub is […]