Celiac Disease and Malnutrition

Celiac disease is a hereditary autoimmune disease in which the consumption of gluten damages the small intestines, which can lead to malnutrition. When gluten enters the body, the immune system responds by attacking the small intestines. When the small intestines are attacked, the villi are damaged, which inhibits their ability …

How a Muscle Contracts: Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease that causes antibodies to bind to acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction and impair communication between the nerves and muscles, causing weakness in skeletal muscles. Myasthenia Gravis is often visible in the faces of affected individuals, as the eyes and mouth tend to droop …

Who We Are

Who We Are Comparing the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Jon Tyndall UAF Community and Technical College, University of Alaska Fairbanks Biol F111: Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Professor Don Lardon July 23, 2021 Amy’s grip on Ryan’s hand felt like a vice, but he didn’t dare …

Rh Factor

This is depiction of the uterus of a woman going through her second pregnancy. She is Rh negative and previously gave birth to a Rh positive baby but did not receive RhoGAM to stop the build up of Rh antibodies in her blood. Subsequently, she became pregnant again with a …

Muscle Strains

The human body has three different types of muscle tissues, skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. When muscles are overworked, one can suffer from muscle strains. To illustrate the different muscle tissues as well as muscle strains, I used photographs of Arnold Schwarzenegger as an example and created a collage!

Negative Feedback on the Digestive System

As food passes through the digestive tract, digestion occurs in the order of ingestion, propulsion, mechanical or physical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, and defecation. In terms of the process that operates the steps of digestion, the human body performs four vital functions known as motility, digestion, absorption and secretion. As …