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    laryngeal disorder is a vocal fold polyp. A vocal fold polyp is a singular occurrence on one vocal cord or both. A polyp is a growth which resembles a blister like bump. In addition, a hemorrhage is a blood vessel that ruptures which causes a collection of blood within the layers of the vocal cord, this can be seen as a bruise on the vocal cord. Adele has suffered from a vocal fold polyp with hemorrhage. There is no known specific cause for the development of polyps, but there are several risk factors

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    of species that Is really important to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The thing that is really popular or important is the coral polyps. Now the coral polyps is a flower. It has tiny, soft sea anemone. Just like animals that make a cup of calcium carbonate around themselves for their own protection. Thousands and thousands of these tiny polyps build all their skeletons together to form a colony. They keep building the skeletons on top of each other and sometimes It grows up to hundreds

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    Vocal Cord Polyps and Nodules Polyps and nodules are noncancerous (benign) growths that can develop on the vocal cords. You have two vocal cords in your voice box (larynx). The vocal cords produce the sound of your voice when air from your lungs passes over them. Polyps or nodules can cause your voice to change. They will often make your voice sound more hoarse or husky. A vocal cord nodule is like a small, hard callus. Vocal cord polyps are usually larger and softer. They can be different shapes

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    and excessively throat clearing. Vocal polyps are benign tumors usually found on areas of the larynx. They can be attached either directly to the larynx or by a stalk and tend to be unilateral which makes them extremely prone to hemorrhage (Anderson & Shames, 2011). Symptoms show the placement and type of the vocal polyp. Someone with this disorder may experience the sensation of having something caught in their throat (Owens, Metz, & Haz, 2007). If the polyp sticks out from the glottal boarder, it

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    It feeds by waving its tentacles through the surrounding water to attract tiny wandering animals called zooplankton, which the polyp stuns with stinging cells located on its tentacles. When a polyp is feeding or defending its territory, it stretches itself out of its "cup" and spreads its tentacles like the branches of a tree. At rest, it pulls its tentacles into the cup and closes its mouth tightly (Griggs, 1998)

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    zooxanthellae. (“Coral, Carbon Dioxide, and Calcification”) Polyps are able to reproduce by both asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction, the polyps are clones of each-other. In other words, the resulting polyps or colonies are identical to the original. The two types of asexual reproduction are budding and fragmentation. When a coral polyp reaches a large size, it divides, therefore generating an identical new coral polyp. Fragmentation, on the other hand is when a portion

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    Risk factors of endometrial polyps in Tamoxifen treated postmenopausal breast cancer patients Background: Endometrial polyps are the most common endometrial pathology associated with postmenopausal tamoxifen exposure. Up to 3% of these polyp may show malignant changes. Objective is the endometrial cancer has predisposition or risk factors in postmenpausal tamoxifen receiving breast cancer patients risk factors for endometrial polyps. Methods: This is prospective study done at El-Hussien and Sayed

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    with colorectal cancer and 51,783 deaths. With an improved preventative measure of an early detection of precancerous lesions such as polyps, the prevalence of colorectal cancer and deaths will be decreased. There are several risk factors known to increase an individuals’ possibility of developing this disease. Most malignant neoplasms develop from adenomatous polyps if left untreated. The inactivation of APC gene caused the acceleration of the cell progression. Classical familial adenomatous polyposis

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    Lithotomy Case Studies

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    PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: (___) uterine bleeding and cervical polyps. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: (___) uterine bleeding and cervical polyps. PROCEDURE: D&C hysteroscopy and a endometrial biopsy, and cervical polypectomy. Procedure (___) consent patient was taken to the operating room. When adequate anesthesia was obtained, the patient was placed in dorsal lithotomy position. Patients vaginal (peroneal) area was prepped with betadine solution and draped in normal sterile fashion. A rubber catheter

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    Marine Ecosystems: Coral Reefs

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    carbonate ions present and increase the amount of bicarbonate ions. These free carbonate ions would normally be free for the marine animals such a Polyp to use to build their calcium carbonate skeletons, instead they are increasing the acidity of the water. This whole process is known as ocean acidification. With the carbonate ions not available for Polyp, reef growth rates are being diminished. Not being able to recover from the stressors such as temperature, commercial fishing, marine life population

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