Pectoralis Major Origin and Insertion, Action, Location, Nerve and Blood supply

Pectoralis Major is a muscle that forms part of the pectoral girdle and also helps in its movement. There are other pectoral muscles that form the pectoral girdle and these muscles (pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, subclavius, and serratus anterior) will be discussed individually; these four (4) muscles form the anterior axioappendicular (thoracoappendicular or pectoral) …

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Subclavius muscle Action, Origin and insertion, Blood supply and Innervation

Subclavius is a small muscle that arises from the costochondral junction of the first rib and is inserted into the subclavian groove on the inferior surface of the clavicle. Together with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, the subclavius form the anterior wall of the axilla. Subclavius Origin and Insertion The subclavius muscle originates by …

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Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS, HHNS, HHNK) of type 2 Diabetes: Symptoms, Treatment and Risk factors

Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS) is also called Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma (HHNC), Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS), Hyperosmolar Coma, Hyperosmolar Non Ketotic Coma (HONK), or Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma. Whatever name you decide to call it, Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State is a metabolic complication of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus and usually occurs in elderly …

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Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) Symptoms, Life cycle, Transmission, and Treatment

Schistosomiasis is also called Bilharziasis or Bilharzia or Snail fever; Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by a parasitic worm called Schistosoma which is a blood fluke. Schistosomiasis is a serious parasitic disease that is regarded as second in the scale of its impact on human populations only to malaria; the disease is one of the most important …

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Schistosoma Mansoni Life cycle, Symptoms, Egg Morphology, Treatment and Prevention

Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke that causes a disease commonly called Schistosomiasis or Bilharzia. There are many species of schistosoma parasites but schistosoma mansoni affects the gastrointestinal tract, hence it mainly causes intestinal Schistosomiasis. Schistosoma Mansoni Epidemiology Schistosoma mansoni is most common in Africa (Nile delta, Libya, southern Sudan, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon …

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Schistosoma Haematobium Life cycle, Egg, Morphology, Symptoms and Treatment

Schistosoma haematobium is a blood fluke that causes a type of schistosomiasis known as Urinary Schistosomiasis because it affects the urinary tract and capable of causing bladder cancer. Schistosoma haematobium infection has an incubation period of 10 to 12 weeks or longer with morbidity rate as high as 50 to 70%. Schistosoma haematobium is the commonest of the different …

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