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Background: Pediatric living donor liver transplantation (pLDLT) has risen to standard of care for children with liver failure. Strong policies of centralization have led to exceptional results, ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and motor ...

Female anatomy differs from male anatomy in many different respects. Generally speaking, girls and women are smaller, overall, than boys and men, and have less dense bones, more fat tissue, and less ...

Your heart is an amazing organ. It continuously pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout your body to sustain life. This fist-sized powerhouse beats (expands and contracts) 100,000 times per ...

The xiphoid process is a small extension of bone just below the sternum. Straining and heavy lifting can damage the xiphoid process, leading to pain in the lower ribcage, breastbone, and muscles ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Neuroscientists at Scripps Research have identified brain circuits that make mammals want to eat more when they are exposed to cold temperatures. Mammals automatically burn more energy to ...

1 Vocational School of Health Services, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Türkiye. 2 Department of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Türkiye. 3 Department ...

Your nose is a vital organ that plays a central role in bodily functions like breathing and smelling. However, there are additional functions that your nose participates in. Likewise, there are a few ...

Anatomy is the branch of biology that deals with the study of the body structure of living organisms. When we say Human Anatomy, it is the study of the human body structure. In this article, we will ...