Baylor College of Medicine4 年
Organ of Corti
The hearing organ in mammals is a spiraling structure called the "cochlea" from the Greek word for snail. It spirals out from the saccule (one of the balance organs). There are two and a half turns in ...
BBC4 年
An introduction to the major organs of the human body
An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...
MercoPress2 年
Argentine Congressman Javier Milei favors trade of human organs
Argentine Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said he was in favor of the sale of human organs or transplants because “it is just another market.” After stirring controversies among ...
BBC6 天
An introduction to the major organs of the human body
An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...
Westminster Abbey6 年
The organs
The organs play a vital role in the Abbey’s life and worship. They support the singing of the Choir, help congregations to raise the roof in hymn-singing, create the atmosphere for services and ...
BBC9 个月
Blood test shows if organs are ageing fast or slowly
Similar to doing an MOT on a car, scientists believe they can run a blood test to check how fast a person's internal organs are ageing, and even predict which ones might soon fail. The Stanford ...
Nature2 年
Cephalopod Camouflage: Cells and Organs of the Skin
Why must they? What cells and specialized organs make such crypsis possible for one of the older evolutionary groups of animals? Chromatophores are organs that are present in the skin of many ...
Westminster Abbey4 个月
Organ recitals
Everyone is welcome to attend these recitals, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry. At different times of the day, or in different seasons, the light falling in the Abbey will light ...
Vox27 天
The case of the nearly 7,000 missing pancreases
Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and has worked at Vox since 2014. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention ...
BBC4 年
Should organ donors be paid? The heavy toll of US kidney shortage
But the Welsh did not see an increase in organ donations after it changed its law in 2015. A similar system in the US may help only a bit, Dr Melancon of George Washington University hospital reckons.
Irish Examiner on MSN5 个月
Hannah 'lives on in the four lives she saved' after organ donation
The mother of a two-year-old girl whose organs were donated after she died said she “lives on in the four lives she has saved ...