NUTR 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hematopoietic Stem Cell, Bone Marrow, Myeloid Tissue
23 Mar 2017
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Basis of medicine until the 17th century: formed by galen, suggested the microcosm of the human body and the macrocosm of the world were related, revolves around the 4 humors and the 4 qualities. If unhealthy, the key to restore the balance was: lifestyle (diet and exercise, medications (herbs, opposites cure opposites (cold remedies cure a hot illness) Illness was seen as an internal disorder of the body. By the 17th century, net science replaced the aristotelian qualitative natural philosophy. After the 17th century, properties of blood emerge: coagulation factors, platelets in clots successful human blood transplants. 1917 optimize citrate-glucose solutions; prevent coagulation, allow viable storage for transfusions. 1965 slowly thaw frozen plasma; precipitates factor viii with great clotting power. Specific function of the circulatory system: transportation, all substances essential for cellular metabolism are transported by the circulatory system, respiratory (rbc, nutritive (digestive, excretory (waste, regulation, hormonal, temperature, protection, from injury (clotting, from pathogens (immune)
