Meninges

the form of aerosol droplets. When inside the host the organism’s primary site of pneumococcal colonization is the nasopharynx. From this site it can aspire to the lungs, eventually spread to the blood and traverse the blood-brain barrier to the meninges, once inside the blood it can cause infections throughout the body. Symptoms of the disease include sudden

Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injuries: An Investigative Report INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) consist of pathological intracranial characteristics of altered brain function cause by an outside force. TBI’s have plagued emergency rooms in recent years. TBI’s are the number one cause for death and disability in American youth and young adults. The drastic increase in TBI prognosis has been credited for reasons such as; increased competitiveness in sports, increased speeds of automobiles

digestive system. Both squids and humans have a large compartmentalized brain with an associational centre (or in humans, cortex). Cartilage surrounds and protects squid brains. In the human central nervous system, this role is given to the skull, meninges (three protective layers of connective tissue), and the cerebrospinal fluid. Their brains are both advanced and intelligent. Scientists consider squid the most intelligent

Neisseria meningitidis has been around for hundreds of years and has been one of the major causes of bacterial meningitis worldwide. This non endospore forming diplococcus, aerobic, gram negative bacterial pathogen is exclusive only to humans and is a challenge worldwide. Over 500,000 cases occur each year which makes it in the top ten infectious cause of death worldwide [7]. Physical and mental side effects are often a permanent outcome for patient that survive Neisseria meningitidis. Neisseria

Medical Imaging of Traumatic Brain Injuries INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) consist of pathological intracranial features of alteration in brain function cause by an outside force. TBI’s have plagued emergency rooms in recent years. TBI’s are the number one cause for death and disability in American youth and young adults. The drastic increase in TBI prognosis has been credited to reasons such as; increased competitiveness in sports, increased speeds of automobiles and/or speed limits

P2: Outline the structure of the main tissues of the body. In this assignment I’m going to talk about the structure of the main tissues which are found within the body as well as what their role is in the terms of two named organs of the body. Tissues are a collection of similar cells that group together to carry out a specific function within the body. There are four different types of tissue found in the human body which include; epithelial tissue; connective tissue; muscle tissue and nerve tissue

Scientists have found that spina bifida has been in existence for thousands of years. In the mid-1600s Nicolaas Tulp, a Dutch anatomist, first described the disease in detail and gave it the name spina bifida. He described this disease, along with over 200 others, in his book Observations Medicae. Later in 1761, Giovanni Battista Morgangni contributed to the knowledge of spina bifida when he described hydrocephalus and its association with spina bifida. German doctors Rudolf Verchow and Hans Chiari

Partial Seizure Seizures are caused by abnormal electrical disturbances in the brain. Partial seizures occur when the electrical activity remains in a limited area of the brain (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2014). In partial seizures the seizure is located and limited to one part of either the left or right hemisphere of the brain (McCance, 2014). There are some conditions that can lead to partial seizures; these are, liver or kidney failure, very high blood pressure, use of illegal drugs

The haemorrhage occurred in the frontal lobe of the brain; the area closest to and impacted by the haemorrhage is the Broca’s area. The Broca’s area is considered the motor speech area, which enables the body to coordinate muscles involved in speech production (Marieb, 2013). Damage to the Broca’s area may result in symptoms that impact the ability to communicate; damage to the area doesn’t affect the ability to decipher language, but presents difficulty for communicating, as it impacts the ability

Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes (meninges) caused by viral or bacterial infection. Symptoms of bacterial meningitis include high fever, nausea and vomiting, intense headache, sensitivity to light and muscular rigidity. In severe cases the symptoms include delirium, convulsions, and even death. The two kinds of meningitis are: Viral Meningitis which is often mild and usually clear up without treatment. Viral meningitis can be caused by viruses like HIV, West Nile virus, herpes simplex