Author: Odudu Abasi

Before Proceeding, What Do You Know About the Appendix? – Function of the Appendix [ninja_tables id=”73111″] The appendix is a fingerlike pouch attached to the large intestine in the lower right area of the abdomen, the area between the chest and hips. The large intestine is part of the body’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. The movement of muscles in the GI tract, along with the release of hormones and enzymes, helps digest food. The appendix does not appear to have…

Have you ever or currently had/having acute pains at the tip of your shoulders, especially when your legs are elevated or when you are lying down, and wondered what is going on, what is the cause of the pain, and whether your health is still optimal – whether you have anything to worry about, and whether the pain will go away? [ninja_tables id=”73104″] And so on, and so on, the questions keep piling in, and you start having doubts and fears, especially based on speculations and assumptions you have heard concerning pains like that. Pains such as that are usually…

Introduction and Overview of Long Bones [ninja_tables id=”73101″] Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The thigh bone (femur) is a long bone. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. Some bones in the fingers are classified as long bones, even though they are short in length. This is due to the shape of the bones, not their size. Long bones contain yellow bone marrow and red bone marrow, which produce blood cells. The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. They are one of five types of bones:…

What do Mila Kunis, Christopher Walken, and Alexander the Great have in common? Aside from being well-known figures to many people across the world, all three of them also have an eye condition known as Heterochromia or two different colored eyes. [ninja_tables id=”73097″] Heterochromia is fairly uncommon, occurring in less than 1 percent of the population. It can be caused by several factors and present itself in different ways. Today’s article – Heterochromia Rarity aims to expatiate all there is to know about heterochromia, and its rarity – Heterochromia Rarity. So, in case, you are among those who were wondering…

Introduction to the Fossa Ovalis [ninja_tables id=”73093″] The fossa ovalis is a depressed structure, of varying shapes, located in the inferior aspect of the right interatrial septum [mfn]Malik SB, Kwan D, Shah AB, Hsu JY. The right atrium: gateway to the heart–anatomic and pathologic imaging findings. Radiographics. 2015 Jan-Feb;35(1):14-31. [PubMed][/mfn]. A remnant of an interatrial opening, the foramen ovale, which has a significant role in fetal circulation, the fossa ovalis forms by the fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum [mfn]Joshi SD, Chawre HK, Joshi SS. Morphological study of fossa ovalis and its clinical relevance. Indian Heart J. 2016…