The Enlarged Pituitary Gland Symptoms

Filed Under What Goes Inside Us | July 30th, 2006

The pituitary gland is located in a special hollowed-out place in the base of the skull. This gland manufactures several important chemicals, known as hormones. These hormones are supplied to the bloodstream and have so much to do with controlling all the other glands in the body that the pituitary is often called the “master gland.” If a person’s pituitary supplies too little of certain hormones, that person may never grow properly and might even become a dwarf. If it secretes too much, the person might grow to become a giant. Luckily, it almost always secretes just the right amount, allowing us to grow to the right height.

The Pharynx, or Throat
The pharynx, or throat, is located behind the mouth and nose. It is a passageway for the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the fluids we drink. At its lower end it divides into two parts: the esophagus, for food and drink, and the larynx and trachea, which carry air into the lungs.

The Parathyroid Glands
The parathyroids are four pea-sized glands located in the neck behind the thyroid gland. They make a hormone that controls the way calcium and phosphorus behave in the body. These minerals are important because they help keep bones and muscles in good condition.

2. The Tongue
The tongue is a large muscle with a membrane covering it, located, as we know, in the floor of the mouth. With the membranes of the tongue we are able to taste. The muscles of the tongue also help us to chew food properly, and we use these same muscles in speaking.

3. The Tonsils
The tonsils are two glands, one on each side of the throat, behind the tongue. We don’t know for sure what the tonsils are supposed to do, but some doctors think they are helpful in preventing germs from entering the body. All too often, the tonsils themselves become infected, and, in some cases, they must be removed.

4. The Adenoids
The adenoids are glands high up in back of the throat behind the nose. No one really knows what their function is, but we do know that in young children they often become enlarged. When that happens, it is easier for the child to breathe through the mouth rather than the nose. If the adenoids become too big and infected, they may be removed along with the tonsils. After that, the child can breathe easily once again through the nose.

5. The Larynx
The larynx is the top of the trachea, or windpipe. It forms the bulge in the neck that is called the “Adam’s apple” and contains two vocal cords that vibrate and that open and close as we speak or sing.

6. The Thyroid Gland
The thyroid is a gland located in the front of the neck on both sides of the trachea, or windpipe. It manufactures the hormone that controls how well we break down food into substances that are used for energy and for rebuilding worn out structures.

7. The Esophagus
The esophagus is the foodpipe. It extends from the throat down through the chest, and it carries the food and fluids we swallow into the stomach.

8. The Trachea
The trachea is the windpipe, which extends from the larynx in the neck down to the bronchial tubes in the chest. It carries the air we breathe into and out of the lungs.

The Tethered Spinal Cord Diagram and Stem Cell Injury Treatment

Filed Under What Goes Inside Us | July 30th, 2006

The spinal cord is composed of all the nerves that are connected to the brain. It is located inside the spinal canal, which is a space inside all the separate bones of the backbone, or spine. The spinal cord extends all the way from the base of the brain to the lower back. The nerves of the spinal cord are sensory nerves, which carry sensations from all parts of the body to the brain, or motor nerves, which travel from the brain to all parts of the body and are responsible for motion, action, and gesture.

The Brain and Types of Brain aneurysm symptoms

Filed Under What Goes Inside Us | July 27th, 2006

Our body consist of various organs, each organ is part of the body that has one or more special functions to do. Take the heart for example whose special job is pumping blood and loaded it with oxygen throughout the body; likewise the brain’s main job is to control our movement and thinking, while the lungs inhale oxygen from the surrounding and burns it off as carbon dioxide as we breathe.

Our body has lots of organs and in order to live a healthy life, we need to understand what goes on inside us and how these organs works and what are the best way to keep them running, these organs are special to us therefore below are a list of the most important ones, listing down where they are and where they are located and the special jobs they perform to keep us healthy and alive.

Our brain is located in the head close to the primary sensory apparatus and the mouth. While all vertebrates have a brain, invertebrates have either a centralized brain or collections of individual ganglia. Brains can be extremely complex. For example, the human brain contains more than 100 billion neurons, each linked to as many as 10,000 others.

History

Early views on the function of the brain regarded it to be a form of “cranial stuffing” of sorts. In Egypt, from the late Middle Kingdom onwards, in preparation for mummification, the brain was regularly removed, for it was the heart that was assumed to be the seat of intelligence. According to Herodotus, during the first step of mummification: ‘The most perfect practice is to extract as much of the brain as possible with an iron hook, and what the hook cannot reach is mixed with drugs.’ Over the next five-thousand years, this view came to be reversed; the brain is now known to be the seat of intelligence, although colloquial variations of the former remain as in “memorizing something by heart”.

The Brain Main Parts

Our human brain consist of mass nerve tissue within the skull, it controls all of our thinking and activities, protected by the skull, it is one of the most important organs in our body. It is composed of four main parts:

1. The cerebrum controls all mental processes and movement, it is the largest part of the brain. Without the cerebrum, thinking and controlling any part of our body is impossible.
2. The cerebellum is located right below the cerebrum at the back of the
head. The cerebellum is the second largest part of the brain and it controls our sense of balance and our muscle reflexes, such as those that make us automatically take our hand away when we touch a hot stove by accident.
3. The pons, which is at the base of the skull beneath the cerebellum, receives and sends out impulses or signals from the cerebrum.
4. The medulla, below the pons, extends down into the spinal cord. It sends on signals received from all the other parts of the brain.

What Goes Inside Us

Filed Under What Goes Inside Us | July 21st, 2006

The curiosity of children is deep and limitless. They want to know everything about themselves and the world in which they live. Not too long after they have learned how to communicate, they ask, “Who made me?”-”How did I get into your tummy?”-”How did I come out?” Given another year or two and their interests begin to extend beyond the mere confines of the earthly planet on which they exist. They want to know about the stars and the sun and the moon, about God, and about life and death.

The main thesis of GROWING UP HEALTHY is that a Child’s Bill of Rights is justified and is long overdue. Children are entitled to know the truth about their physical and emotional development, about their organs and how they work, about illnesses that might befall them, and about their World and Universe.

In doses sufficient to satisfy a five to ten year old’s inquisitiveness and ability to comprehend, we have dispensed medical information and advice on how to maintain good health. It is our belief that the wonderful Disney characters have not only created great visual pleasure in these pages but have contributed tremendously to the enjoyment and understanding of the text.

We want to emphasize that the material contained in this book is not meant to be a manual for self-diagnosis or self-treatment, nor should it be a substitute for the advice of a physician.