How Clostridium Difficile affects the Four General Layers of the Digestive System
Introduction Clostridium difficile, commonly referred to as C-Difficile or C-diff, is a bacterium known to disrupt the balanced, normal microbiota of the digestive system. Infections such as MRSA and infections in the skin and bone, are resistant to other drugs and medications and C- diff fall among them in that …
Cross-Section Kidney Anatomy
Location & Size: Humans have two kidneys, each approximately the size of a fist, located in back of the body, at the bottom of the rib cage (National Kidney Federation, n.d.) below the diaphragm. Each kidney weighs 115-175 grams (4-6 oz) depending on gender, with males being slightly larger than …
Nutritional Hormone Balancing: Real or a media based hoax?
There is a lot of information in the media and self-help world about balancing your hormones for optimal performance, but how does it actually work? My project provides an analysis of how nutrition affects specific hormones like Cortisol, and the general feedback loop of the endocrine system; and also provides …
Creatine in the Digestive Tract
Through creatine supplementation muscles can output work at a higher intensity for a greater duration of time. This project shows the route in which creatine takes through the digestive tract to provide optimal ATP production for muscles.