Hepatic Portal Vein System
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Hepatic Portal Vein System

The hepatic portal vein system is a unique venous network that collects nutrient-rich, deoxygenated blood from the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and spleen and delivers it directly to the liver for…
Vascular Homeostasis Flow Art
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Vascular Homeostasis Flow Art

Vascular homeostasis maintains flow via autoregulation myogenic metabolic matching perfusion demand, endothelial nitric oxide prostacyclin vasodilation shear stress, endothelin angiotensin constriction, arteriolar tone dominant resistance site, capillary hydrostatic oncotic pressures…
FlowChart Veins into VenaCava
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FlowChart Veins into VenaCava

Venous blood from the body converges into two great veins: the superior and inferior vena cava. Head and neck veins drain into the brachiocephalic veins, which merge into the superior…
IVF
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IVF

In vitro fertilization bypasses natural barriers by retrieving mature eggs from stimulated ovaries, fertilizing with sperm in lab—sometimes via ICSI injection—culturing embryos to blastocyst, then transferring to prepared uterus, with…
Iliac Artery Branches Chart
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Iliac Artery Branches Chart

The common iliac arteries branch from abdominal aorta bifurcation at L4, each dividing into external iliac supplying lower limb via femoral and internal iliac feeding pelvis. Internal branches include superior…
Histology of the Large IntestineN
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Histology of the Large IntestineN

The large intestine's histology is geared toward water absorption, electrolyte balance, and waste formation, with a mucosa lacking villi but featuring deep crypts of Lieberkühn lined by columnar absorptive cells…
Fetal Circulatory System
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Fetal Circulatory System

The fetal circulatory system is beautifully adapted to bypass the lungs and liver while maximizing placental exchange. Blood leaves the fetus through two umbilical arteries branching from the iliac arteries,…
Structures of the Respiratory Zone
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Structures of the Respiratory Zone

Structures of respiratory zone begin distal terminal bronchioles with occasional alveoli respiratory bronchioles more leading alveolar ducts fully walled sacs clusters sharing openings millions thin-walled pouches type I cells diffusion…
Major Systemic Artery
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Major Systemic Artery

Major systemic arteries begin with ascending aorta giving coronaries, arch branching brachiocephalic, left common carotid, left subclavian, then descending thoracic supplying intercostals, abdominal continuing as celiac, mesenteric, renal, gonadal, iliacs,…
Implantation
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Implantation

Implantation occurs about a week after fertilization when the blastocyst, having hatched from zona pellucida, adheres to endometrial lining primed by progesterone, with trophoblast cells invading to establish placental connections.…
Varicose Vein
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Varicose Vein

Varicose veins are dilated tortuous superficial veins usually lower limbs from valve incompetence allowing reflux pooling under gravity, great saphenous common, risk factors standing pregnancy obesity heredity, symptoms aching heaviness…
Lower Limb Arteries Chart
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Lower Limb Arteries Chart

The arterial supply to lower limbs forms a continuous chain with branches providing redundancy, starting with common femoral dividing into superficial femoral through adductor canal and profunda femoris laterally, then…
Heart Musculature
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Heart Musculature

The heart's muscular wall, the myocardium, consists of specialized cardiac muscle cells arranged in spiral and circular bundles unique to each chamber. Atrial muscle is thinner and arranged in loops,…
Comparison of Artery and Vein
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Comparison of Artery and Vein

A side-by-side vascular comparison highlights the structural differences between arteries and veins. Thick muscular walls, narrow lumens, and elastic layers are shown in arteries, while veins appear thinner with wider…
Stethoscope Placement
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Stethoscope Placement

Stethoscope placement for heart sounds uses four standard sites: aortic second right intercostal sternal border high-pitched semilunar closures, pulmonic second left for same, tricuspid lower left sternal for right AV,…
Cooperation Between Innate and Immune Responses
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Cooperation Between Innate and Immune Responses

An immune system interaction diagram illustrates how innate and adaptive responses work together. Early defenses such as macrophages and inflammation are shown activating and guiding lymphocytes. This cooperation explains faster…
Blood Flow Contracted Ventricles
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Blood Flow Contracted Ventricles

A heart cycle image showing contracted ventricles focuses on blood being forced into the aorta and pulmonary artery. Valve positions and flow direction clarify how each heartbeat moves blood efficiently…
Gross Anatomy of the Lungs
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Gross Anatomy of the Lungs

The lungs are paired spongy organs in the thoracic cavity, each divided into lobes—three on the right, two on the left—to accommodate the heart's position. The right lung is shorter…