Archive for March 21st, 2006
Symptoms of IBS
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006The primary purpose of the gastrointestinal tract is to digest (break down) and absorb (take into the blood stream) food. In order to fulfill this purpose, food must be ground, mixed, and transported through the intestines, where it is digested and absorbed. In addition, undigested and unabsorbed portions of the food […]
Adolescence II - Onset of Menstruation
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006By the time of birth, fluid had appeared in many of the egg cells, whihc were then called egg follicles. The first of the hormones which affects the egg cells is called the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), because it stimulates the growth of some of the follicles. At first only a very few follicls grow, […]
