Essays Tagged: "Gallbladder"

Digestive system, Heartburn

the causes.GallstonesA gallstone is a stone about the size of a pea, or marble which is made in the gallbladder. It usually consists of bile, cholesterol, uric acid, and calcium phosphorus. The major ... cid, and calcium phosphorus. The major cause of gallstones is the precipitation of chemicals in the gallbladder by stasis, which means that the substance is still. The liver produces bile, which is st ...

(2 pages) 81 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

This essay is about the digestive system organs and functions. It covers information about the path food travels.

eth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, colon, rectum, and anus. The pancreas, gallbladder, and liver are also key parts because of their functions in the digestive system.There a ... re enzymes are added here from the pancreas to help to further break down food. On top of that, the gallbladder releases bile which it had stored from the liver earlier. The bile is used to mainly bre ...

(3 pages) 188 0 4.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Disecting a Fetal Pig - Lab report

n partly digested food. A muscular valve in the common bile duct opens, and the bile flows from the gallbladder into the cystic duct, along the common bile duct, and into the duodenum.Pancreas - The p ...

(4 pages) 75 0 1.7 Sep/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Gall Stones

e waves will pinpoint the exact location. Waves are sent into the abdomen to create an image of the gallbladder. If stones are present, then the sound waves will bounce off the stones, revealing them ... attack, a doctor's visit would probably be the best idea. Gallstones are not secluded to the gallbladder and often flow out of it and into the cystic duct. The cystic duct is the channel throug ...

(5 pages) 3223 0 0.0 Mar/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Bear Bile

(1 pages) 1287 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Obestity MOVE program

ous health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, obstructive sleep apnea, and gallbladder disease. MOVE! Provides guidance on nutrition and physical activity and allows the patie ...

(15 pages) 140 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays

Challenges with Obesity

es and health conditions, which include type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, dyslipidemia, gallbladder disease, and hyptension (CDC, n.d.). The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness on ...

(16 pages) 201 0 1.4 Aug/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Study notes human nutrition

(2 pages) 38 0 0.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Science Essays

Nutrition and Fitness Paper SCI 100 Paradigms of Health

e associated with obesity include: Heart disease and stroke, High blood pressure, Diabetes, Cancer, Gallbladder disease and gallstones, Osteoarthritis, and Breathing problems, such as asthma. (WebMD.c ...

(4 pages) 248 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Obesity

is a very dangerous for the patients of obese, the disease which develops more severe to obese are gallbladder, heart disease, cancer of the breast, stroke, colon and prostrate and much more health r ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Jan/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays