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Pelvis

The adult male pelvis is narrower and less flared, exhibiting an oval or heart-shaped pelvic inlet, and the angle of the pubic arch is less than 90 degrees. The adult female pelvis is usually broader and exhibits a round pelvic inlet, and the angle of the pubic arch is greater than 90 degrees. Screenshot Reference

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Stomach

Parts Secretory Functions In the human digestive system, a bolus (a small rounded mass of chewed up food) enters the stomach through the esophagus via the lower esophageal sphincter. The stomach releases proteases (protein-digesting enzymes such as pepsin) and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic pH of 2 for the

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ABDOMEN

Topics Regions Organs Diseases Diagnosis: Symptoms/Signs/Tests Management Notes Part of body most commonly dealt with by a Surgeon two vertical midclavicular lines (left and right) two horizontal: subcostal (through lower edge of 10th costal cartilage) and transtubercular (through tubercles of iliac crests) One disease at least each region Quadrants Lines Organs Disease conditions Biliary 4

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Brain

Topics Parts of brain x 3 Cerebrum Lobes & Functions Sulci Gyri Ventricles Cranial Nerves Notes Cerebrum, Cerebellum & Brainstem     Media Side view of head and brain. References Click here

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Microbes

Types of Microbes Types of Bacteria – Shape, Gram +/-, Aerobes/Anaerobes Types of Antibiotics Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a thin peptidoglycan cell wall, which itself is surrounded by an outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharide. Gram-positive bacteria lack an outer membrane but are surrounded by layers of peptidoglycan many times thicker than is found in the

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