Building a Medical Vocabulary: In general, A medical vocabulary is the heart of a career in the allied health fields. Additionally, It provides the means by which all individuals concerned with patient health care issues can share information. Whether in a one-physician office, a major clinic, or a centralized laboratory, a behind-the-scenes health care team…
Muscular System: MUSCLE: Muscle consists predominantly of contractile cells, produces the movements of various parts of the body by contraction. And it occur by three types of muscles in muscular system: A. Skeletal MuscleB. Cardiac MuscleC. Smooth MuscleSTRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLESA. Skeletal Muscle A. Skeletal Muscle: It is voluntary also striate; makes up approximately 40%…
Skeletal System: Skeletal System Consists of the axial skeleton (bones of the head, vertebral column, ribs, also sternum) and the appendicular skeleton (bones of the extremities). Bones and Joints are important parts of Skeletal System. I. BonesII. JointsI. Bones I. Bones in Skeletal System: Bons are calcified connective tissue consisting of cells (in other words;…
Today I am happy to share all these medical anatomy mnemonics .These are collected from various offline and online sources including text books.If you know any other anatomy mnemonics please share via comments. Branches of Subclavian “VITamin C and D” -Vertebral -Internal thoracic -Thyrocervical trunk -Costocervical trunk -Dorsoscapular Note: Thyrocervical trunk further branches out into…
Organic Mental Disorders: In Organic Mental Disorders, it is assumed that all psychological and behavioural processes, whether normal or abnormal, are a result of normal or deranged brain function. A rational corollary would be that all psychiatric disorders are due to abnormal brain functioning and are therefore organic. However, this would be a gross oversimplification.…
Platina: Common Name: Platina. Prover: Stapf. Temperament: Sanguine. Miasm: Psora. Relation with heat and cold: Hot. ConstitutionSphere of actionPathogenesisAilments fromGuiding symptomsMental symptomsParticular symptomsReferencesConstitution Constitution of Platina: It is especially suited to hysterical women such as have undergone fright, prolonged excitement, or from disappointment shock, or sexual organs exceedingly sensitive , or suffer from prolonged haemorrhages.( 1…
Anatomy of Ear: The ear is divided into three part i.e.: Firstly, External ear Secondly, Middle ear Lastly, Internal ear or the labyrinth 1. The External EarAuricle or PinnaExternal Acoustic CanalTympanic MembraneRelation of External Acoustic MeatusNerve supply of the External Ear1. The External Ear 1. The Anatomy of External Ear: In Anatomy of External Ear…
Aphorism 294 § 294 Fifth Edition* All the above-mentioned methods of practicing mesmerism depend upon an influx of more or less vital force into the patient, and hence are termed positive mesmerism.1 An opposite mode of employing mesmerism, however, as it produces just the contrary effect, deserves to be termed negative mesmerism. To this…
Aphorism 293 § 293 I find it necessary to allude here to animal magnetism, as it is termed, or rather mesmerism (as it should be called, out of gratitude to Mesmer, its first founder), which differs so much in its nature from all other therapeutic agents. This curative power, often so stupidly denied, which streams…
Aphorism 292 § 292 Even the external surface of the body, covered as it is with skin and epidermis, is not insusceptible of the powers of medicines, especially those in a liquid form, but the most sensitive parts are also the most susceptible.1 1 Rubbing-in appears to favour the action of the medicines only in…