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Eye Anatomy and Physiology
Eye Anatomy. Eye is the organ for sight. The globe-shaped eyeball occupies the anterior part of the orbit/eye socket. The eyeball is embedded in the orbital cavity. The eye contains the receptors for vision and a refracting system that focuses light rays on the receptors in the retina. Diagram Showing the structure of the Eye.…
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Intracranial Hemorrhage
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE An intracranial hemorrhage is a type of bleeding that occurs inside the skull (cranium). Bleeding around or within the brain itself is known as a cerebral hemorrhage (or intracerebral hemorrhage). Bleeding caused by a blood vessel in the brain that has leaked or ruptured is called a hemorrhagic stroke. All bleeding within the…
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Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Congenital Toxoplasmosis Congenital toxoplasmosis is a disease that occurs in fetuses or new-borns infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite, which is transmitted from mother to fetus. It can cause miscarriage or stillbirth. It can also cause serious and progressive visual, hearing, motor, cognitive, and other problems in a child. In healthy people it causes…
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Assessment of the Mentally Ill
Mental Health Assessment The psychiatric interview is the most important tool in psychiatry. It is the primary tool used to understand a patient’s problems, elicit signs and symptoms, uncover etiologies, and identify complications. This process is essential to making an accurate diagnosis, initiating treatment, and predicting outcomes. A mental health assessment is a comprehensive evaluation…
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Mental Health
MENTAL HEALTH Mental health is a state of balance between the individual and the surrounding world. Mental health is a state of harmony between oneself and others. Mental health is a co-existence between the realities of the self and that of other people and that of the environment. HEALTH; it is a state of well…
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Normal Midwifery Questions and answers
Vital observations. Vital observations like blood pressure is taken to rule out conditions like pre-eclampsia that will necessitate referral. Physical examination. This is done to exclude conditions like anaemia, jundice, dehydration, oedema, malnutrition. External pelvic assessment. This is done especially from 36 weeks of gestation those mothers who have not delivered vaginally and prime gravidas…
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Blood and its composition
Module Unit CN-111: Anatomy and Physiology (I) Contact Hours: 60 Module Unit Description: Introduces students to the anatomy and physiology of the human body, covering the structure and function of different body parts and systems, specifically skeletal, muscular, circulatory, and digestive systems. Learning Outcomes for this Unit: By the end of this unit, the student…
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Hodgkin’s Disease
Hodgkin’s disease Hodgkin’s disease, also called Hodgkin’s lymphoma, is a type of lymphoma. LYMPHOMAS Lymphomas are malignant neoplasms (cancer) of lymphoid tissue. Lymphoma is a form of cancer that affects the immune system – it is a cancer of immune cells called lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells. There is abnormal proliferation of…
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DISEASE OF LYMPH VESSELS
Lymphoedema/lymphatic dysfunction Lymphoedema refers to swelling in the tissues due to obstruction of lymph drainage Lymphedema is also defined as the interstitial collection of protein-rich fluid due to disruption of lymphatic flow. When lymph vessel is obstructed, lymph accumulates in the distal parts leading to low grade inflammation and lymph vessels Lymphatic dysfunction means that…
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Lymphatic System
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF LYMPHATIC SYSTEM The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system which begins with very small close ended vessels called lymphatic capillaries which is in contact with the surrounding tissues and interstitial fluid. The lymphatic system is almost a parallel system to the blood circulatorysystem. It consist of: Lymph Lymph vessel…
