Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

HOW TO USE THE FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE Welcome to The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicin ...

the section “The Gastrointestinal System.” The researcher can also consult the index at the back of the volume to locate the ent ...

collect concise presentations of related informa- tion for easy reference. Each type of entry (mid-length and longer) incorporat ...

xii How to Use Volume 1 The Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat The Eyes The Integumentary System The Nervous System The Musculoskeleta ...

PREFACE TO VOLUME 2 Volume 2 of the four-volume The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine presents the body systems ...

tinues to evolve at a pace not experienced since the discovery of antibiotics and vaccines. New approaches to conditions across ...

THE FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN FOUR VOLUMES: VOLUME 2 The Eyes xv ...

xvi The Eyes ...

Structures of the Cardiovascular System HEART arteries of the upper torso PERICARDIUM and extremities CORONARY ARTERIES brachioc ...

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the body systems to become functional. The rudi- mentary heart begins beating at three weeks ges- tational age, and by eight wee ...

The Cardiovascular System 5 oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs. Veins have thin, flexible walls with valves that allow ...

mon birth defects in the United States. Some con- genital heart defects are life-threatening, such as tetralogy of Fallot and tr ...

FIRST DISCOVERY OF CIRCULATION Records survive that document the accurate per- ception by Arabic physician Ibn al-Nafis in 1242 ...

sis get started in the body. One focus of such research is on INSULIN, which has numerous roles in the body beyond regulating gl ...

A aerobic fitness The efficiency with which the cardiovascular system functions to meet the oxy- gen needs of cells throughout t ...

and maternal blood supplies do not mix). Accord- ingly, the fetal LUNGSdo not function. Blood flows to and from the fetus throug ...

aneurysm, or to rupture. An aneurysm that rup- tures in the BRAINcauses hemorrhagic STROKE, with mild to severe consequences dep ...

the coronary arteries to modestly increase the flow of blood, which usually is sufficient to ease symptoms. Commonly prescribed ...