INTRODUCTION: The body is constituted of different types of cells which unite together to form contrary tissues. Tissues are a group of similar cells and their intercellular substance specialized to perform a specific function; primary tissue types of the body are epithelial, connective, muscle, an...

Imagine if you can a time and place where in one split second life as you know it is changed forever. The date is August 6, 1945, and you are living in Hiroshima. Around 8:16 a.m., without a single warning, an A-bomb explodes 580 meters above the city that you are living in and four different ty...

What is AIDS? AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is not passed down from generation to generation through genes, but it is acquired. AIDS is a disease that attacks the immune system, a system that is vital in fighting off disease. This disease causes the immune system to be d...

Platelets are flattened discs that are round from above and spindle shaped section. Megakaryocytes are very active cells that continually make proteins, enzymes, and membranes. But instead of getting bigger. They just shed small membrane-enclosed packets of cytoplasm into circulation. This is where ...