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Digestive system

Health care; Hospitals

The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These organs include the salivary glands, mouth, esophagus, stomach, ...

Nutrition

Health care; Hospitals

The science or practise of taking in and utilising foods or nourishing substances for cell growth, energy and to fight infections. Nutrition can be taken by mouth, IV, NJ, or NG tube.

Circulatory system

Health care; Hospitals

The system that moves blood throughout the body it includes the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins. This remarkable system moves oxygen carrying blood from the lungs and heart throughout the ...

Therapeutic

Health care; Hospitals

That part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The therapeutic dose of a drug is the amount needed to treat a disease. Something that is therapeutic is good for the ...

A bouncing motion of the brain that results from a blow to the head or severe shaking that does not penetrate the skull or brain tissue. This bouncing motion can cause tearing, shearing or stretching ...

Systolic

Health care; Hospitals

The blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction ...