Sharks (like the Goblin Shark pictured above) have no bones; their skeleton is made of cartilage. Sharks are a type of fish that have no bones, only cartilage. Some parts of their skeleton, like their vertebrae, are calcified. Cartilage, a strong fibrous substance, is softer than bone; ...
Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous tissues or scar tissue, usually because of injury or long-term inflammation. The two most well-known types of this condition are pulmonary fibrosis, which affects the lungs; and cystic fibrosis (CF), which affects the mucus glands. There also are ma...
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Another name for hemangiosarcoma is angiosarcoma. A, which is one of the rare cancers of thevessels, is a type of angiosarcoma. Based on statistics, females and males have equal chances of having the disease, but older adults have higher chances of being affected. Although they can occur at...
The rapid response produced by a nicardipine drip requires constant vital sign monitoring. The most common side effect of nicardipine administered IV includes hypotension, or low blood pressure. If the vein in which the medication travels develops a blood or fibrous clot, the medication backs up in...
Hijiki is a black, fibrous seaweed. Though there are many health benefits to eating hijiki, it can be dangerous to eat too much...
Structure:Veins, much like arteries, have an oval space in the center called the lumen that is covered by the three layers of tissue mentioned above. However, the walls of these three coats have far less muscular and elastic tissue than arteries and contain more fibrous tissue. In general, ...
What is the function of intercalated discs? What are the functions of the spleen? Which of the these functions would not be performed by the kidney? What are the functions of the orbicularis oris? Describe the functions of hepatocytes in the liver. ...
Why is a femur a large and massive bone? What are the functions of hyaline cartilage? What is the functional importance of the fibrous skeleton of the heart? What is a major function of tendons? They also provide durability and conserve space. ...
Under a Creative Commons license Open accessSummary Gadolinium ethoxybenzyl dimeglumine (Gd-EOB-DTPA, Primovist® in Europe and Eovist® in the USA) is a liver-specific magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent that has up to 50% hepatobiliary excretion in the normal liver. After intravenous inje...