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Adam Politzer (Alberti, Hungary, October 1, 1835 – August 10, 1920 in Vienna was an Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and founders of otology. Ádám Politzer - Life. Adam Politzer was born in Albertirsa, near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family. He studied medicine in the University of Vienna. Some of his teachers belonged to the famous Second "Vienna School", such as Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878) and Josef Skoda (1805-1881) (its founders), as well as Joseph Hyrtl (181 ...

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The hepatopancreatic ampulla, also commonly called the "Ampulla of Vater," is an opening in the wall of the descending duodenum formed by the union of the pancreatic duct and the bile duct. The ampulla is specifically located at the major duodenal papilla. Various smooth muscle sphincters regulate the flow of bile and pancreatic juice through the ampulla: the sphincter of the pancreatic duct, the sphincter of the bile duct, and the hepatopancreatic sphincter (sphincter of Oddi). The eponymical term "Ampulla of Vater" is named after Abraham Vater (1684-1751), a Ge ...

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Events Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem Births Galen, anatomist Deaths Category: 131 ...

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The pancreas is an organ that serves two functions: exocrine - it produces pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes. endocrine - it produces several important hormones, including insulin. Pancreas - Anatomy. The pancreas is an organ located posterior to the stomach and in close association with the duodenum. In humans the pancreas is a small elongated organ in the abdomen. It is described as having a head, body and tail. The pancreatic head abuts the second part of t ...

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• Pancreas - Endocrine
• Pancreas - Edibility
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The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Belgium has a population of over ten million people in an area of thirty thousand square kilometres. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Romance Europe, it is both linguistically and culturally divided. Two major languages are spoken in Belgium: Dutch—sometimes unofficially called Flemish—spok ...

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Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, whether it be real or imagined. Fear also can be described as a feeling of extreme dislike to some conditions/objects, such as: fear of darkness, fear of ghosts, etc. It is one of the basic emotions. Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse
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• Fear - Terror
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William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, the elder brother of John Hunter. After studying divinity at the University of Glasgow, he went into medicine in 1737, studying under William Cullen. He was trained in anatomy at St George's Hospital, London, and specialised in obstetrics. In 1764, he became physician to Queen Charlotte. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Socie ...

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A Valsalva maneuver is any attempted exhalation against a closed glottis or against a closed mouth and nose. It is also known as Valsalva's test and Valsalva's method, after Antonio Maria Valsalva, a famous Italian anatomist. Valsalva's initial intention for the maneuver was as a method of expressing pus from the middle ear. A Valsalva maneuver performed against a closed glottis results in a drastic increase in pressure in the thoracic cavity, the airtight section of the torso that houses the lungs and heart. In n ...

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Andreas Vesalius (December 31, 1514 - October 15, 1564) was a Flemish anatomist and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body). Vesalius has been often been referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. His name is also referred to as Andreas Vesal or Andreas van Wesel, depending on the source. Vesalius - Early life and education. Vesalius was born in Brussels, then in the Holy Roman E ...

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Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry and studies the reactions that can take place at the interface of an electronic conductor (the electrode, which can be a metal or a semiconductor including graphite) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte). If a chemical reaction is caused by an external voltage, or if a voltage is caused by a chemical reaction, as in a Battery (electricity), it is an electrochemical reaction. In general, electrochemistry deals with situations where an oxidation and a reduction reaction is separ ...

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The clitoris (plural: clitorides) is a sexual organ in the body of female mammals. The visible knob-like portion is located near the anterior junction of the labia minora, above the opening of the vagina. Unlike its male counterpart, the penis, the clitoris has no urethra, is not involved in urination, and its sole function is to induce sexual pleasure. The word: clitoris can be pronounced KLIHT uh rihs (['klɪtəɹəs] in IPA notation (li ...

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The Bonobo (Pan paniscus), until recently usually called the Pygmy Chimpanzee and less often the Dwarf or Gracile Chimpanzee, is one of the two species comprising the chimpanzee genus, Pan. The other species in genus Pan is Pan troglodytes, or the Common Chimpanzee. Both species are chimpanzees, though that term is now frequently used to refer only to the larger of the two species,Pan troglodytes. To avoid confusion, this article follows the growing trend to use "chimpanzee ...

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• Bonobo - Closeness to humanity
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The thyroid is one of the larger endocrine glands in the body. It is located in the neck and produces hormones, principally thyroxine and triiodothyronine, that regulate the rate of metabolism and affect the growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body. Thyroid - Anatomy. Thyroid - Gross anatomy. The thyroid is situated on the front side of the neck at the level of C5 to T1 vertebral bodies, just below the laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple), near the thyroid ca ...

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• Thyroid - Histology of the thyroid
• Thyroid - Physiology
• Thyroid - T3 and T4 production and action
• Thyroid - T3 and T4 regulation
• Thyroid - Calcitonin
• Thyroid - The significance of iodine
• Thyroid - Diseases of the thyroid gland
• Thyroid - Diagnosis
• Thyroid - Treatment
• Thyroid - Medical treatment
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC Years: 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC - 250 BC - 249 BC 248 BC 247 BC 246 BC 245 BC Events Greek astronomer Eratosthenes calculates the circumference of Earth. Soghdiana is conquered by the Parthians. Bactria gains its independence from the Seleucid Empire. (approximate date) Antiochus II The ...

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Broca was a prodigy as a child, holding baccalaureate degrees simultaneously in literature, mathematics, and physics. He entered medical school in Paris when he was only 17 years old and graduated at 20, when most of his contemporaries were just beginning as medical students. Broca soon became a professor of surgical pathology at the University of Paris. He quickly exalted as a noted medical researcher in many areas. At the age of 24 he had received many awards, medals, and important positions. His early scientific works dealt with th ...

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Over the past two millennia, the area that is now known as Belgium has seen significant demographic, political and cultural upheavals. The first well-documented population move was the conquest of the region by the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC, followed in the 5th century by the Germanic Franks. The Franks established the Merovingian kingdom, which became the Carolingian Empire in the 8th century. During the Middle Ages, the Low Countries were split into many small feudal states. Most of them were united in the course of the 14th and ...

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Adam Politzer was born in Albertirsa, near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family. He studied medicine in the University of Vienna. Some of his teachers belonged to the famous Second "Vienna School", such as Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky (1804-1878) and Josef Skoda (1805-1881) (its founders), as well as Joseph Hyrtl (1810-1894), Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808-1871), and the famous physiologist Carl Ludwig (1816-1895). The last two took interest in Politzer and we ...

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Bell lived and studied in Edinburgh, where he got his medical degree in 1799. He and his brother had extraordinary drawing talents, and together they taught anatomy and illustrated and published two volumes of A System of Dissection Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body. Soon after his graduation he was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons, where he operated and taught anatomy. He and his brother published two additional volumes of their anatomical treatise in 1802 and 1804. His success, however, led to jealous oppositi ...

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Though there is no reasonable doubt that the Moa is extinct, there has been occasional speculation that some may still exist in deepest south Westland, a rugged wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand. Cryptozoologists and others reputedly continue to search for them, but no hard evidence or actual specimens have ever been found, and their efforts are widely considered to be pseudoscientific. In January 1993, on the West Coast, Paddy Freaney, Sam Waby and Rochelle Rafferty claimed to have seen a large Moa-like bird. Analysis of ...

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The female clitoris corresponds to homologous parts of the male penis, i.e., embryologically it comes from the same tissue that forms the penis. The trigger for forming a penis instead of a clitoris is the action of testosterone in utero. The organ is formed out of corpus cavernosum, a rich collection of capillary tissue with a substantial presence of nerve tissue. It contains roughly the same number of nerve endings as the penis[1], and ...

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Clitoris, Clitoris - Development and formation, Clitoris - Recognition of existence, Clitoris - Body modification, Clitoris - Popular culture

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