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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …