Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia - Bile
Bile (or gall) is a bitter, greenish-yellow alkaline fluid secreted by the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile Duct: Encyclopedia - Bile Duct
A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile. Bile, required for the digestion of food, is excreted by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile Acid: Encyclopedia - Bile Acid
Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in bile of mammals. They are produced in liver by oxidation of cholesterol, in the form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Physiology
Bile salts are steroid compounds (deoxycholic and cholic acid), often conjugated with glycine and taurine, and act to some extent as a de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Bile Duct: Encyclopedia - Common Bile Duct
The common bile duct is a clinical term (it is used by surgeons and physicians). The proper name for this structure according to the Nomi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile Acid Sequestrant: Encyclopedia - Bile Acid Sequestrant
In pharmacology, bile acid sequestrants are a group of medications used for binding bile in the gastrointestinal tract, used for the trea...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda � An Introduction - I
Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word derived from two roots: ayur, which means life; and veda, which means knowledge. It has its roots in ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cystic Duct: Encyclopedia - Cystic Duct
The cystic duct is the short duct that joins the gall bladder to the common bile duct. It usually lies next to the cystic artery. It is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholestyramine: Encyclopedia - Cholestyramine
Cholestyramine (Questran®, Questran Light®, Cholybar®) is a bile acid sequestrant, which binds bile in the gastrointestinal tract to p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Choledocholithiasis: Encyclopedia - Choledocholithiasis
Choledocholithiasis is the presence of gallstones in the common bile duct. This condition causes jaundice and liver cell damage, and is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilirubin Metabolism: Encyclopedia - Bilirubin Metabolism
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are broken down in the spleen, liver sinusioids, and bones. The heme components are first converted to bil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hepatopancreatic Ampulla: Encyclopedia - Hepatopancreatic Ampulla
The hepatopancreatic ampulla, also commonly called the "Ampulla of Vater," is an opening in the wall of the descending duodenum formed by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallbladder: Encyclopedia - Gallbladder
The gallbladder (or cholecyst) is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile (or "gall") until the body needs it for digestion. It is connected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallstone: Encyclopedia - Gallstone
In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholecystitis: Encyclopedia - Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. It is commonly due to impaction (sticking) of a gallstone within the neck of the gall b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Fluid: Encyclopedia - Body Fluid
Bodily fluids listed below are found in the bodies of men and/or women. Some may be found in animals as well. They include fluids that ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ileum: Encyclopedia - Ileum
In anatomy of the digestive system, the ileum (not to be confused with the ilium, a pelvic bone), is the final section of the small intes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholic Acid: Encyclopedia - Cholic Acid
Cholic acid is a bile acid, a white crystalline substance insoluble in water, with melting point at 200-201 °C. Its salt is called chola...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholecystokinin: Encyclopedia - Cholecystokinin
Cholecystokinin (CCK, previously pancreozymin) is a peptide hormone of the gastrointestinal system responsible for stimulating the digest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cud: Encyclopedia - Cud
Cud, or Bolus, is a combination of semi-digested food and bile, which is produced by the first two chambers, the rumen and the reticulum,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver: Encyclopedia - Liver
The liver is an organ in vertebrates, including humans. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Pathophysiology
The cause(s) for PSC are unknown, but it is considered an autoimmune disorder. Bile ducts, both intra- and extrahepatically (inside the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Pathophysiology
The cause(s) for PSC are unknown, but it is considered an autoimmune disorder. Bile ducts, both intra- and extrahepatically (inside the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taurine: Encyclopedia Ii - Taurine - Physiology And Pharmacology
Taurine has three major roles in human metabolism: It plays a role in digestion. It is conjugated with the bile acids chenodeoxycholic a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papaverine: Encyclopedia Ii - Papaverine - Uses
Papaverine - Approved. Papaverine is approved to treat spasms of the gastointestinal tract, bile ducts and ureter and for use as a cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippocrates: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippocrates - Writings
The Hippocratic writings introduced patient confidentiality, a practice which is still in use today. This was described under the Hippocr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallstone - Causes
Progress has been made in understanding the process of gallstone formation. Researchers believe that gallstones may be caused by a combin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biliary Atresia: Encyclopedia Ii - Biliary Atresia - Pathophysiology
There is no known cause of biliary atresia, although it may be associated with a number of rare syndromes, such as malrotation of the int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is by imaging of the bile duct, usually in the setting of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP, endoscopy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is by imaging of the bile duct, usually in the setting of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP, endoscopy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilson's Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilson's Disease - Description
The Wilson's disease gene (WND) has been mapped to chromosome 13 (13q14.3) and is expressed primarily in the liver, kidney, and placenta ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cystadenoma: Encyclopedia Ii - Cystadenoma - Classification
When not otherwise specified, the ICD-O coding is 8440/0. However, the following classifications also exist: Cystadenoma - By form. se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Therapy
Standard treatment includes ursodiol, a bile acid naturally produced by the liver, which has been shown to lower elevated liver enzyme nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feces: Encyclopedia Ii - Feces - Human Feces
Main article: Human feces Human fecal matter varies significantly in appearance, depending on diet and health. Normally it is semisolid, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Court Jester: Encyclopedia Ii - Court Jester - The Art Of The Jester
The court jester was often summoned to try to lift the monarch out of an angry or melancholic mood. Medieval medicine considered human he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver: Encyclopedia Ii - Liver - Physiology
The various functions of the liver are carried out by the liver cells or hepatocytes. The liver produces and excretes bile required for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - Therapy
Standard treatment includes ursodiol, a bile acid naturally produced by the liver, which has been shown to lower elevated liver enzyme nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Four Temperaments: Encyclopedia Ii - Four Temperaments - Choleric
Choleric corresponds to the fluid of yellow bile, the season of summer, and the element of fire. A person who is choleric is easily anger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jaundice: Encyclopedia Ii - Jaundice - Causes Of Jaundice
When red blood cells die, the heme in their hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin in the spleen and in the kupffer cells in the liver. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pyloric Stenosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Pyloric Stenosis - Pathophysiology
The gastric outlet obstruction due to the hypertrophic pylorus impairs emptying of gastric contents into the duodenum. As a consequence a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pyloric Stenosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Pyloric Stenosis - Pathophysiology
The gastric outlet obstruction due to the hypertrophic pylorus impairs emptying of gastric contents into the duodenum. As a consequence a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Tcm And Animals
As animal products are used in Chinese formulas, vegans and vegetarians should inform their practitioner, if their beliefs forbid the ing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Godhead Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Godhead Band - Band Members
Godhead band - Current Members. Jason C Miller: vocals, guitar Mike Miller: guitar method: bass, programming James O'Connor: drums G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Health And Disease
Blood - Ancient medicine. Hippocratic medicine considered blood one of the four humors (together with phlegm, yellow bile and black bil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Jacobean Literature
After Shakespeare's death, the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson was the leading literary figure of the Jacobean era. However, Jonson's aesth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Theater: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Theater - Headline Text
♥The Humors♥ Element: air fire water and earth Body Fluid: ((to air)) blood ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancreas: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corticosteroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Corticosteroid - History
Tadeus Reichstein together with Edward Calvin Kendall and Philip Showalter Hench were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bacillus Calmette-guérin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bacillus Calmette-guérin - History
Albert Calmette, a French bacteriologist, and his assistant and later colleague, Camille Guérin, a veterinarian, were working at the Pas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personality Test: Encyclopedia Ii - Personality Test - History
Greek philosopher/physician Hippocrates recorded the first known personality model basing his four “types” on the amount of body flu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver Transplantation: Encyclopedia Ii - Liver Transplantation - Techniques
Before transplatation patient an be treated with MARS-dialysis. It has albumin-circulation which filter bile acid and bilirubin, and norm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alkaline Phosphatase: Encyclopedia Ii - Alkaline Phosphatase - Human
Alkaline phosphatase - Physiology. In humans, alkaline phosphatase is present in all tissues throughout the entire body, but is particu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trematoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Trematoda - Etymology
Trematodes are commonly referred to as flukes. This term can be traced back to the Saxon name for Flounder, and refers to the flattened, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoli Soccer: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoli Soccer - History
A.C. Napoli (Associazione Calcio Napoli) was formed in 1926 as Internaples (after the marger of two exisisting clubs: Internazionale Napo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myers-briggs Type Indicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Myers-briggs Type Indicator - Temperament
Hippocrates, a Greek philosopher who lived from 460-377 B.C., proposed four humours in his writings. These were blood, phlegm, yellow bil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver: Encyclopedia Ii - Liver - Diseases Of The Liver
Many diseases of the liver are accompanied by jaundice caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system. The bilirubin results from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver: Encyclopedia Ii - Liver - Development
The liver develops as an endodermal outpocketing of the foregut called the hepatic diverticulum. Its initial blood supply is primarily fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilirubin: Encyclopedia Ii - Bilirubin - Physiology
Bilirubin is essentially a waste product, formed when red blood cells die and hemoglobin is broken down. Haemoglobin is broken down withi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triglyceride: Encyclopedia Ii - Triglyceride - Metabolism
See also fatty acid metabolism Triglycerides play an important role in metabolism as energy sources. They contain a bit more than twice a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Encyclopedia Ii - Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Pathology
Macroscopically, liver cancer appears as a nodular or infiltrative tumor. The nodular type may be solitary (large mass) or multiple (when...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dietary Fiber: Encyclopedia Ii - Dietary Fiber - Uses
There are two principal types of dietary fiber: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber is simply bulk that changes little as it passes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypercholesterolemia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypercholesterolemia - Treatment
The treatment depends on the type of hypercholesterolemia. Types IIa and IIb can be treated with diet, statins, fibrates, nicotinic acid,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horus Warhammer 40000: Encyclopedia Ii - Horus Warhammer 40000 - After Death
The tale of Horus does not end with his death. His body was enshrined on the daemon-world the Sons of Horus claimed for their own within ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liver: Encyclopedia Ii - Liver - Anatomy
The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.0 - 2.5 kilograms, and is a soft, pinkish-brown "boomerang shaped" organ. It is the secon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dietary Fiber: Encyclopedia Ii - Dietary Fiber - Uses
There are two principal types of dietary fiber: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fiber is simply bulk that changes little as it passes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torso: Encyclopedia Ii - Torso - Anatomy
Torso - Major organs. Most critical organs are housed within the torso. In the upper chest, the heart and lungs are protected by the ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Overview
Banovići | Berkovići | Bihać | Bijeljina | Bileća | Bosanska Kostajnica | Bosanska Krupa | Bosanski Brod | Bosanski Petrovac | Bosan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmacology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmacology - Types Of Medication
Pharmacology - For the gastrointestinal tract or digestive system. Upper digestive tract: antacids, reflux suppressants, antiflatulent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholesterol: Encyclopedia Ii - Cholesterol - Physiology
Cholesterol - Synthesis and intake. Cholesterol is primarily synthesized from acetyl CoA through the HMG-CoA reductase pathway in many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Encyclopedia Ii - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Physiological Role
Carbon monoxide is produced naturally by the body. The breakdown-product of hemoglobin, heme, is a substrate for the enzyme heme oxygenas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acute Pancreatitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Acute Pancreatitis - Causes
Acute pancreatitis - Most common causes. A common mnemonic for the causes of pancreatitis is: "I GET SMASHED" I - idiopathic G - galls...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fifa World Cup Records: Encyclopedia Ii - Fifa World Cup Records - Goalscorers
FIFA World Cup records - Overall top goalscorers. Ronaldo Teófilo Cubillas Gary Lineker Grzegorz Lato Helmut Rahn Roberto Baggio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football World Cup 1930: Encyclopedia Ii - Football World Cup 1930 - Top Scorers
8 goals Guillermo Stábile (ARG) 5 goals José Pédro Cea (URU) 4 goals Bert Patenaude (USA) 3 goals Juan Pelegrino Anselmo (URU) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Of Heroes Enemy Groups: Encyclopedia Ii - City Of Heroes Enemy Groups - Freakshow
Known Leaders: Dreck Bile Clamor Upstart Famous Quote: "A Hero? Great! That'll be worth 200 points!" Cybernetic "Freaks", the Freakshow...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bile: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Bile
Bile: A bitter fluid secreted by the liver which flows into the small intestine, which is stored in the gallbladder. It helps to metab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gall Bladder: Health And Healing Dictionary On Gall Bladder
Gall bladder: Muscular organ that serves as a reservoir for bile. It is a pear-shaped membranous sac on the under surface of the right...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unani: Alternative Health Dictionary On Unani
Unani (Unani medicine, Unani system of medicine, Unani Tibb): System based on the ancient Greek theory of four basic elements - air, e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spleen: Health And Healing Dictionary On Spleen
Spleen: Flattened, oblong organ that removes disease-producing organisms and worn-out red blood cells from the bloodstream. The spleen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cholesterol: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Cholesterol
Cholesterol: A fatty substance in crystalized form found in all animal fats, oils, milk, egg yolks, bile, blood, brain tissue, liver, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pitta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pitta
pitta: (Sanskrit) "Bile; fire." One of the three bodily humors, called doshas, pitta is known as the fire humor. It is the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Humors: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Humors
Humors In medieval European medical thought, a fluid or juice, applied especially the four fluids -- blood, phlegm, choler (yellow bil...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Soul: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Human Soul
Humors In medieval European medical thought, a fluid or juice, applied especially the four fluids -- blood, phlegm, choler (yellow bil...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kala: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kala
Kala (Sanskrit) A small part of anything, especially a 16th part; also a cycle, variously given as 1/900 part of a day -- 1.6 minutes;...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paracelsus: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Paracelsus
Paracelsus (1493-1541) The nom de plume of the German physician and alchemist Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paracelsus: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Paracelsus
Paracelsus (1493-1541) The nom de plume of the German physician and alchemist Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Health And Healing Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan medicine: (Amchi, Emchi): A system that mostly stems from Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and Unani. Tibetan medicine encompasses ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tibetan Medicine: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tibetan Medicine
Tibetan medicine (Amchi, Emchi): A largely allopathic system that stems from Ayurveda, Bon (see Bon shamanic practices), Chinese medic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridoshas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Tridoshas
The Tridoshas The Tridoshas (tri meaning three and doshas being the basic physical energies) are the primary and essential factors of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia - Vomiting
Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatvas: Encyclopedia - Tatvas
Ekam-The Ultimate Oneness Vethan-The Creator Thirumal-The Maintainer Sivan-The Destroyer Vaikundar-The Incarnation The Trinity Akilattira...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Fluid: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Fluid - Bodily Fluids In Religion And History
Bodily fluids are regarded with varying levels of disgust among Western cultures, as well as many Middle Eastern cultures; the perception...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duala Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Duala Peoples - History
Duala peoples - Early population movements. Early Duala history may only be conjectured from oral traditions. The Duala proper and most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Mechanism
Vomiting is co-ordinated in the vomiting center in the lateral medullary reticular formation in the medulla. Receptors on the floor of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Fluid: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Fluid - Body Fluids And Health
Modern medical hygiene and public health practices also treat body fluids as unclean. This is because they can be vectors for infectious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Social Implications
Vomiting - Nausea inducement in groups. It is quite common that when one person vomits, others nearby will become nauseated, particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Content
As the stomach secretes acid, vomit contains a high concentration of hydronium ions and is thus strongly acidic. The potential physiologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Causes
Vomiting may be due to a large number of causes, and protracted vomiting has a long differential diagnosis. Vomiting - Digestive tract. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vomiting: Encyclopedia Ii - Vomiting - Related Medication
Vomiting - Emetics. An emetic, such as Syrup of Ipecac, is a substance that induces vomiting when administered orally or by injection. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Four Humours
Yellow bile and black bile were two of the four vital fluids or humours of ancient and medieval medicine; for example, melancholia was be...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for Ayurveda - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article