Digestion: How It Works!

How does digestion work? Digestion begins as soon as solid or liquid food is taken into the mouth and ends with the excretion of indigestible remains of the food pulp (feces, stool). The average digestion time is 33 to 43 hours, depending on the type of food. Digestion in the mouth The first stage of … Digestion: How It Works!

Marfan syndrome

Synonyms in a broader sense Type 1 fibrillopathy; arachnodactyly syndrome; spider finesse; Achard-Marfan syndrome; MFA Marfan syndrome is a rare, genetic disease of connective tissue with abnormal changes in the heart, vessels, eye and skeleton with the leading symptom of long, narrow or spider limb. The basis of Marfan syndrome is a mutation of the … Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome diagnostics

The diagnosis of Marfan’s syndrome is an interdisciplinary process involving cooperation between cardiologists, radiologists, ophthalmologists, human geneticists and general practitioners, who together strive for an early diagnosis. Today, the so-called gene nosology of 1996 is in use. Main criteria (a main criterion is given if at least four of the following manifestations are detected): Pigeon … Marfan syndrome diagnostics