What is the importance of Phosphorus to human body?
Phosphorus is an important constituent in every body tissue. The total amount constitutes about one per cent of the body weight.
Phosphorus is an important constituent in every body tissue. The total amount constitutes about one per cent of the body weight.
It is found in traces in all body tissues the content being 1.2 grams of it in adults. The highest concentration of it occurs in the liver, pancreas, kidneys and brain.
The thyroid gland lies in the lower part of the neck. It is a highly vascular gland, brownish red in colour and surrounded by a fibrous capsule. It consists of two lobes lying one on either side of the trachea and joined together by a strip of thyroid tissue called the isthmus or the thyroid.
The secretions of the endocrine glands are called hormones. A hormone may be defined "as a chemical messenger secreted by a ductless gland, which reaches its destination by the blood stream and which has the power of influencing the activity of other distant organs.
The large intestine or colon is continuous with the small intestine and ends at the anus. It is about 1.5 meters (5 ft. long) and consists of the following parts:
Valuable notes on the accessory organs of digestionThe stomach is a J-shaped dilated part of the alimentary canal, which is continuous with the oesophagus above and the small intestine below.
Blood from one person cannot always be safely mixed with that of another, because of the transfusion reaction which could occur due to the presence or absence of agglutinogens and agglutinins in blood.
The human body is made from a single cell called zygote, which is derived from the fusion of ovum (female reproductive cell) and spermatozoon (male reproductive cell).
The human body has been regarded as a machine which has to do certain kinds of work or perform certain functions. These functions are: (i) Motion and locomotion (ii) Nutrition, which includes the digestion of food, respiration or breathing, the circulation of the blood etc.
The volume of blood in our body is limited, but it has to perform unlimited work continuously. This leads to one conclusion that, the same quantity of blood must be used over and over again. In other words, blood must circulate.