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21Adaptation to extrauterine life — At the end of pregnancy, the fetus must take the journey of childbirth to leave the reproductive female mother.Upon its entry to the air breathing world, the newborn must begin to adjust to life outside the uterus. Breathing and circulation… …
22respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human). Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …
23body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …
24Vivien Thomas — Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 ndash; November 26, 1985) was an African American surgical technician and operative surgeon who helped develop the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. He was an assistant to Alfred… …
25phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …
26watershed — 1. The area of marginal blood flow at the extreme periphery of a vascular bed. 2. Slopes in the abdominal cavity, formed by projections of the lumbar vertebrae and the pelvic brim that determine the direction in which a free …
27Hypovolemia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E86, R57.1, T81.1 …
28Medical grafting — In medicine, grafting is a surgical procedure to transplant tissue without a blood supply. The implanted tissue must obtain a blood supply from the new vascular bed or otherwise die.Types of graftingThe term is most commonly applied to skin… …
29Collateral — may refer to: Collateral (finance) Collateral (film) See also Collateral damage Collateral Warranty Collateral contract Collateral ganglia Collateral estoppel Collateral source rule Collateralized debt obligation Marketing collateral Collateral… …
30Sirtex — SIRTEXSIR Spheres microspheres are tiny resin microspheres that are loaded with yttrium 90, a radioisotope that emits pure beta radiation. Yttrium 90 has a half life of about 64 hours. The radiation from yttium 90 is largely confined to a tissue… …
