Essays Tagged: "organ systems"

Cystic Fibrosis.

is not like any other common disorder. This disorder mainly affects three out of the many important organ systems there are. Cystic Fibrosis affects the reproductive system, the digestive tract, and t ...

(1 pages) 60 0 2.7 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Facts about Cystic Fibrosis.

out Cystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis is a chronic, hereditary disease that affects many of the body's organ systems.Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that affects more then 30,000 children and adults in the ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.4 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This essay is about the process of mitosis. Which is the eukaryotic cells way of dividing and multiplying. Also a from of reproduction on a cellular level.

g blocks are called cells. Cells are the most basic parts of life. Cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs make organ systems, and when you have every one of these put together in perfect stru ... tosis again. Mitosis is a never-ending process, which continues to go on and thrive in every living organism. It is the most frequent form of reproduction occurring among every single multi-celled euk ...

(3 pages) 52 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Foodborne illness and the dietetics profession

Food borne pathogens are microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites which infect food and cause illness. These causat ... pt the normal microflora of the gastrointestinal tract, though some also extend and cause damage to organ systems throughout the body. There are around 76 million illnesses and five thousand deaths at ... lderly individuals are at an increased risk due to insufficient acid secretion to rid of pathogenic organisms. Also, they may be part of the immunocompromised population which has problems fighting of ...

(9 pages) 120 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Earthworm Lab Report

ms but there are a large number of worms. All worms have three layers of cells. They also have true organs and organ systems, and a complex nervous system.The Lumbricus terrestris earthworm is a segme ... vous system begins with a bilobed brain that is found on the third segment on the dorsal side. This organ is a cream, fleshy, and soft. The next part of this system are the two nerve cords that encirc ...

(6 pages) 49 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Research paper on smoking

being the cigarette. This report examines the irreversible effects of cigarette smoking on various organ systems and challenges the notion that a few years of exposure to smoking will have no lasting ... to choose for themselves not to smoke. The knowledge of irreversible effects of smoking on various organ systems, can save your life.I will not recite the familiar litany of smoking-related health pr ...

(7 pages) 391 2 4.1 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Seven ways the animals survive and respond to their environment.

these substances through their skin. Most other animals, however, have evolved complex tissues and organ systems for respiration.Circulation: Many small aquatic animals, such as some aquatic worms, r ... om the body. Excretory systems vary from groups of cells that pump water out of the body to complex organs such as kidneys.Response: Animals respond to events in their environment using specialized ce ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.2 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Reasearch on smoking

being the cigarette. This report examines the irreversible effects of cigarette smoking on various organ systems and challenges the notion that a few years of exposure to smoking will have no lasting ... to choose for themselves not to smoke. The knowledge of irreversible effects of smoking on various organ systems, can save your life.I will not recite the familiar litany of smoking-related health pr ...

(6 pages) 59 1 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Euthenasia, Affecting Todays World

nd nutrition when they no longer prolong the life of the dying person. Sometimes, as a body's major organ systems shut down, a dying person may feel most comfortable without any fluids or food. To pro ...

(3 pages) 45 0 4.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

Digestive system

The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus . Inside this tube is a lining cal ... small intestine, the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food.Two solid organs, the liver and the pancreas, produce digestive juices that reach the intestine through small ... produce digestive juices that reach the intestine through small tubes. In addition, parts of other organ systems (for instance, nerves and blood) play a major role in the digestive system.Why is dige ...

(8 pages) 78 0 0.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Harmful Effects of Teen Smoking

n how to cope effectively. This report examines the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on various organ systems and elaborates the notion that a few years of exposure to smoking will have lasting ad ... block an artery and can be very fatal. Damage to the heart muscles can disrupt the function of the organ. This is confirmed by the research study made by Centers for Disease Control which shows that ...

(6 pages) 82 0 4.6 Feb/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Niemann-Pick Disease

thin the cell, eventually causing the death of the cell and, in good time, the malfunction of major organs and organ systems. Even though both types A and B are caused by the same enzymatic failure, t ...

(5 pages) 1602 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This is a science lesson plan on eukaryotic cells for all of you soon to be teachers. It is using The Madeline Hunter Model for lesson planning.

rformance Standards (GPS)S7L2. Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.National StandardsLS1a.Living systems at all levels of organization demons ... of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. Important levels of organization from structure and function include cells, organs, tissues, organ systems, whole organi ...

(2 pages) 40 1 3.7 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Cell Organelles

r in size and shape according to their function4.Cells group to form tissues, tissues group to form organs, organs function in organ systems and various organ systems that make up an organism.5.Diffus ... e area to volume determines the rate at which substances will move into a cell.Membrane systems and organellesNucleus•Consists of nucleoplasm bound by two membranes known as the nuclear envelope, ...

(3 pages) 13 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Iron Deficiency

ional or health impairment to iron deficiency with anemia, which affects the functioning of several organ systems.” (Iron Deficiency, 2007)CausesThere may be different reason of having low-level ...

(3 pages) 20 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Science Essays

Book review: Help for the Helper

m, its components, and reactions.The autonomic nervous system adjusts the function of virtually all organ systems and we refer to it as being an involuntary unit. Blinking, heartbeat, and breathing ar ... nervous system. Without this highly evolved and advance system, we would not be able to control and organize our bodies and our minds. The ability to breath, think, feel, and being emotionally alive, ...

(4 pages) 1313 0 0.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Regulation of miRNA expression in melanoma and melanocyte cell lines. This is a research paper for an independent research project for in introductory biology course.

tasize to the entire body (Miller et al., 1981). As cancer spreads throughout an individual's body, organ systems weaken, and place a higher demand on the body for many processes. The common types of ...

(13 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology