Jump to content

Search results

Did you mean: enlarged liver
  • Thumbnail for Caput medusae
    gastrointestinal tract to the liver, is blocked, the blood volume increases in the peripheral blood vessels making them appear engorged. It is caused by dilation...
    4 KB (367 words) - 01:46, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Portal vein
    become engorged, dilated, or varicosed and subsequently rupture. Accessory hepatic portal veins are those veins that drain directly into the liver without...
    14 KB (1,382 words) - 15:38, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gaucher's disease
    collect in the spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, brain, and bone marrow. Manifestations may include enlarged spleen and liver, liver malfunction, skeletal...
    30 KB (3,303 words) - 02:36, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
    portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is an artificial channel within the liver that establishes communication between the inflow portal vein and the outflow...
    11 KB (1,170 words) - 08:22, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Teuthowenia
    characterized by their deep-sea habitat, clear bodies, and ability to engorge themselves with water to become larger when threatened. Each known species...
    2 KB (186 words) - 00:45, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cholesterol
    These LDL particles are oxidized and taken up by macrophages, which become engorged and form foam cells. These foam cells often become trapped in the walls...
    79 KB (8,518 words) - 17:29, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Esophagus
    portal vein when portal hypertension develops. These blood vessels are engorged more than normal, and in the worst cases may partially obstruct the esophagus...
    46 KB (5,415 words) - 12:50, 24 June 2024
  • changes, may indicate developing complications such as, postpartum bleeding, engorged breasts, postpartum infections. The breasts change during pregnancy to...
    13 KB (1,676 words) - 13:33, 23 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Somerton Man
    Phillips supported his conclusion by pointing out that the organs were engorged, consistent with digitalis, the lack of evidence of natural disease and...
    109 KB (12,728 words) - 20:39, 9 June 2024
  • muscle and liver. Fat cells also secrete adiponectin which acts in an opposite way to RBP4 by improving the action of insulin, however, engorged fat cells...
    16 KB (1,793 words) - 10:49, 8 November 2023
  • organ is the digestive gland, similar to the liver of a chordate. As a defense, the squid is able to engorge itself with surrounding water to dramatically...
    3 KB (340 words) - 00:47, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Breastfeeding
    breastfeeding is suddenly stopped a woman's breasts are likely to become engorged. Pumping small amounts to relieve discomfort helps to gradually train the...
    231 KB (25,182 words) - 15:21, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2013 in science
    Earthlike exoplanets, the development of viable lab-grown ears, teeth, livers and blood vessels, and the atmospheric entry of the most destructive meteor...
    347 KB (33,008 words) - 23:49, 30 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tomb of the Roaring Lions
    Their mouths are open with sharp teeth, as if roaring. The heads are engorged in size in comparison to the rest of the body, while they have large hindlegs...
    15 KB (2,094 words) - 03:10, 25 June 2024
  • hemorrhoidal plexus. When a person coughs, for instance, the hemorrhoids will engorge with blood and increase one's ability to hold gas and stool. They are termed...
    7 KB (776 words) - 02:42, 27 December 2023
  • Nonspecific signs may include pain, swelling, redness, warmness, and engorged superficial veins. Pulmonary embolism, a potentially life-threatening complication...
    13 KB (1,547 words) - 05:25, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ramlösa Hälsobrunn
    yet educated, who have falling sickness, which is usually caused by an engorged stomach or worms, can also seek health at Ramlösa well. But those who have...
    54 KB (7,185 words) - 05:12, 26 December 2023