Function of Juxtaglomerular Apparatus (JGA)
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus or Complex is a specialized region of a nephron where the afferent arteriole and Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT) come in direct contact with […]
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Auscultatory gap in hypertension
Sometimes during manual blood pressure measurement by auscultatory method, after a few initial tapping sounds, no sound is heard for a variable duration and then […]
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Pathogenesis of Glomerular Injury
Primary Immunopathogenic mechanism: Initiator of the disease process by: Antibody mediated injury: immune complex deposition or cytotoxic antibodies T-cell mediated immune injury: non-immune complex deposition […]
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Transpyloric plane of Addison: Significance of landmark
Transpyloric plane of Addison is an imaginary transverse plane lying halfway between the suprasternal notch or jugular notch (superior margins of the manubrium sterni) and […]
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Morphology of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) is a term used to describe the spectrum of liver injury associated with acute andchronic alcoholism. The 3 stages of Alcoholic […]
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Microbiology of Vibrio Cholera
Vibrio cholerae (Kommabacillus) is the causative agent of Cholera. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the […]
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Anatomy of Appendix and Appendicitis
Also called as vermix, vermiform appendix is a narrow vermin (worm shaped) tube arising from the posteromedial aspect of the cecum (a large blind sac […]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Approximately 350 million people are infected globally with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and an estimated of 1 million people die from complications of Hepatitis B […]
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Laxative abuse and habituation
Laxatives (purgatives, aperients) are foods, compounds, or medication that promote and facilitate bowel evacuation by acting locally to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, to soften bowel contents, […]
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