Brain check: Neurological Assessment
Whenever you go to a new place, an apartment or a house perhaps what do you usually do? You check the rooms, the kitchen, the sockets, the comfort room and...
Category: Anatomy and Physiology
Assessing Muscle Strength (Manual muscle testing)
eorge is feeling depressed. He thinks back on what he was like last week, working out at the gym, training like a beast and building up some nice biceps and...
How to Assess Motor Function
It’s Jenna’s first day of duty at the Intensive Care Unit. Currently, she is a fourth year nursing student and is on her 2nd month of clinical exposure. Today, they...
40 Tips and Mnemonics in remembering the 12 Cranial Nerves
“So much to do in so little time.” Yes, all nursing students and even nurses are very much familiar with this line. Even when reviewing for the quarterly and board...
Erythropoiesis
Red Blood Cells (RBC’s) also called erythrocytes, are oxygen carrying cells. It is derived from the Greek words “erythros” meaning “red,” “kytos” meaning “hollow” and “cyte” translated as “cell” in modern language. These cells are anuclaeted (without nucleus) and contain hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the iron-containing component of the RBC and is responsible for oxygen transport.
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Why You Should Know Your Anatomy
The journey to being a nurse isn’t easy. It’s not always smooth-sailing and downright simple. The rough road to success is paved with trials that we must overcome. Difficulties, such as complicated subjects like Anatomy and Physiology that if we only try to patiently understand and value, will help us learn to become efficient and quality nurses someday.
Physiology of Reflexes
A reflex or reflex action is an involuntary activity that is usually carried out instantly in a response to a stimulus without the involvement of conscious effort. There are different...
How Nerves Transmit Impulses
Anatomy of the Brain Our brain has tiny parts known as neurons that contain two portions: dendrites and axons. The dendrites of a neuron are branched, tubelike-extensions within the cell...
Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System
Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System
What is an Endocrine System?
The endocrine system regulates body processes slower than the nervous system. If the latter body system uses nerve impulses to make immediate action, the former body regulating system acts by the use of chemical messengers called HORMONES, which are released into the blood to be transported leisurely throughout the body that may affect one or several organs. Glands make up the endocrine system and are responsible for producing and secreting hormones. The major glands of this body system are the following:
Neurotransmitters and How They Work
Definition Nerve cells arranged in networks communicate information with one another through neurotransmission which is the conduction of electrical messages from neuron to neuron. The electrochemical messages cross the synapses...
