The hepatobiliary system, which includes the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts, can exhibit a variety of anatomical variations. These variations are often asymptomatic but can complicate surgical ...

The fact that most people don’t understand the anatomy of a shoe leads to a near universal shopping experience: You see a particular trail running shoe or hiking boot hyped online. Molded EVA ...

Gallstone disease is the most common disorder affecting the biliary system, the body's system of transporting bile. Gallstones are solid, pebble-like masses that form in the gallbladder or the biliary ...

The Hypothesis of Laplace.According to Laplace, the solar system formerly consisted of a very much flattened mass of gas, extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, and rotating like a rigid body.

Many of us have gone our entire lives without knowing what our bodies even look like on the inside. I'm sure, by now, we're all beyond familiar with diagrams of female pelvic anatomy probably first ...

Body composition refers to the distribution of fat, muscle, bone, and other tissues that make up your body. It is often expressed as the percentage of total body weight that consists of fat and/or ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis ... In brief its key recommendations, based on the GRADE classification system (Strong/Weak; quality of evidence: High/Moderate ...

Background and Aims: Biliary atresia (BA) is an idiopathic neonatal cholestasis and is the most common ... In patients with BA, preoperative data included age, body mass index (BMI), sex, pediatric ...

Above and below each vertebra is an intervertebral disc. The disc serves as a shock absorber between each lumbar bone. It also helps support your body weight and allow movement between each vertebra.