...To prosect the organs I first bluntly dissect the aorta from the back of the organ block. Next, I detach the aorta from the heart by cutting the aorta at the aortic arch. The aorta is opened longitudinally and the interior examined for atherosclerosis, other pathologies and any medical devices. Then, I cut the esophagus from the larynx and bluntly dissect the esophagus away from the organ block, leaving it attached to the stomach. Next, the spleen is detached, weighed and serially sectioned perpendicular to the long axis. Next, I locate the kidneys and remove them from their capsule. I make sure to comment on how the capsule removes from the external surface of the kidney. I then weigh each kidney and bivalve them. Each kidney is serially section...
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...The science of growing replacement organs and tissues in a lab is called Tissue Engineering. These are created to replace diseased or damaged tissue in the human body. This process begins with a scaffold, a three-dimensional structure, that it utilized to support the cells as they develop and grow. Scientists take the cells to develop an organ specifically from the person in need of the transplant. Once the organ is produced it can be transplanted without the need for immune suppressants since it was developed from the patient's own cells. The organ will not be rejected by the body. From the research I have done, there has been successful human transplants of the bladder, esophagus, trachea, cornea, retina, heart valves, blood vessels, vaginal organs, skin, and ears. Scientists have been working on building functional hearts, livers, kidneys, anal sphincters, pancreas, and bones as well as noses. At Wake Forest University, Dr Anthony Atala figured out that amniotic fluid contains stem cells which help to regenerate tissues from the more stubborn cells such as the ones from the pancreas, liver, and nerves. Amniotic stem cells are also used to grow bone, muscles, blood vessels, and fat cells. Embryonic stem cells can be used as well because they are more versatile. They can turn into every type of tissue in the body. The process of building an organ from a patient's stem cells begins with a biopsy of the tissue from the damaged or diseased organ. Then they grow more undamaged cells...
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...Organ Donation 1. ”I’m donating my kidney to a stranger” is an article written by journalist Richard Wilson in 2008. The article is about Paula MacKinnon, who is thought to be the first altruistic organ donor in Scotland. Paula’s mother, Katherine, suffered kidney failure in 2007, and Paula wanted to donate her kidney to her mother. However their blood groups weren’t compatible, so Paula decided to donate her kidney anyway, to whoever might need it. Neither of Paula’s parents was particularly fond of this idea, but Paula is the kind of person, who will help anyone in need. Paula’s husband, Colin, understands why she is donating her kidney. They are both BBC journalists and highly involved in charity. Colin worked on a programme about orphaned children in Ukraine in 2006, and Paula went there to help for three months. 2. The first text, “We must change the organ donation system” by Denis Campbell, describes (as the title implies) how Britain needs an update of their organ donation system. Three people die in Britain every day, due to shortage of organs, so his solution would be to adopt the “presumed content” system, just like many other European countries have done. The presumed content system allows surgeons to retrieve the organs of a dead citizen, unless said citizen has already refused permission for them to do so, or if their family members object. The second text, “The Ethics of Organ Donation by Living Donors” by Robert D. Truog, describes three categories...
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...nearly one year I walked only when it was necessary and ate painkillers as though they were candy. Finally, my doctors decided to try something new. On March 9, 1999, my doctors took a rib bone, donated from a cadaver, split it in half, and wired it around my broken femur. Less than two months later, I was off crutches and walking normally for the first time in almost five years. I could actually enjoy life. I was lucky. I wasn’t going to die if I had no donor, donated bone is easier to acquire that a heart, lung or kidney. Other people are not as lucky. Patients waiting for one of those life-sustaining organs must rely on the generosity of others, and the misfortune of that generous person. Someone must die, in order for that person to live. No one likes to talk about death, but let’s face it, we all die. Dying is a part of life. Many people don’t talk about organ donation because it involves talking about death. But, what if, from our death, we could give another person a chance to live, or merely improve the quality of his or her life? As of September 1999,...
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...Organ donation is the act of donating an organ by a person so that it can be transplanted by surgical procedure in the body of the recipient. Organ donation can benefit the recipient largely by improving health, quality and span of his life and even save him from death or other critical conditions like paralysis. Organ Donation Image Source: deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/300/0/0/organ_donation_ad_by_kirasepith-d31mxin.jpg Any person above the age of 18 is eligible to become a donor irrespective of the background. Even younger population under 18 can donate with permission from parent or guardian. The most surprising fact about organ donation is that some organs can be donated even when a person is alive. Most organs are however transplanted only after the donor is dead. By getting registered as a donor with some trust, one gets a donor card which makes him/her eligible for donation soon after his/her death. A single donor’s body can save up to 50 people. Age is not a constraint, which means that people aged 70 or 80 also can become successful donors. There is no dearth of people who need critical organs like kidney, lungs, liver or heart which has malfunctioned in their body due to critical disease or may be congenitally underdeveloped in their bodies. Not just organs but tissues can also be donated. Kidneys, lungs, pancreas, heart, small bowel and liver are chief organs that are donated for transplantation. Similarly the tissues of cornea, bone, skin, tendons, cartilage...
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..."Organ Man Project" ___________________ Name Working together in pairs you will make an organ or organ system of your choice Rules for the project: The organ system has to be life-sized for a normal adult female. It must be correct in color, texture and size as much as possible. You can use food as long as it does not need to be refrigerated. You must come up with a method in which your "project" will be neatly labeled with medical terms and can be displayed in the room. During your presentation you should have a minimum of 2 disease processes in your system; you must include the name of the disease, symptoms, diagnostic tests to diagnose the disease, treatment, medications, and operations, if any. Each person in the group is responsible for presenting a portion of the project. You also need to highlight at least 10 suffixes and prefixes that are used with your organ system, clearly including them in your presentation with explanation of their meaning as they tie into your organ or organ system. You will be given some time to work in class, but you may also need to plan on working after school to complete your system design. I expect your group to work together to make a quality presentation and project. You will be graded on the following: Creativity 10 points _______________ Accuracy of model 10 points _______________ Model Presentation 10 points _______________ Working together (group dynamics) 5 points _______________ Knowledge...
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...impatiently wait for that one organ you and your body are depending on to survive. Many people face this struggle every day. These people are waiting on a list for their perfect match… the perfect person to be their organ donor. An organ donor is a person who has an organ, or several organs, removed in ordered to be transplanted into another person. Imagine that one of your loved ones are in the hospital… they’re very sick and you don’t know what is wrong. The doctor comes in and tells you that your loved one is having kidney failure and they will die unless they can get a transplant. There are over 101,000 other people on a waiting list for an organ and over 55,000 on the list for a kidney. Wouldn’t you give them a kidney if you could? How would you feel knowing that if they couldn’t get that kidney they would die? It hurts losing somebody you care about, and if it hasn’t happened to you yet, then you are one of the more lucky people in the world. If you become an organ donor you can help out these struggling people and their families. You don’t need any of your organs once you die, so why not give away what you can to help? Wouldn’t you want to be helped? By donating your organs, you are losing nothing. However you will die knowing that you saved somebody else’s life, which is one of the most heroic things you could possibly do. People all over the country need organ transplants. The problem is, is that there are a lack of organ donors who make organ transplants possible. The...
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...Organ Compensation: The Ethical Solution to the Organ Shortage There is nothing more heart-wrenching than knowing that you are at the hands of death and the one resource that can save you is out of reach. The uncertainty of tomorrow, the sheer fear that you won’t make it is enough to drive a person insane. There are an estimated 110,000 people right now who are suffering with this “real life torment” and their only comfort is the possibility of being saved by one person. Most of them never receive the opportunity to experience the salvation that they dream of; rather, they deal with the salvation they are subjected to. This and many similar circumstances define the harsh reality of organ donation, an organized system not only designed to save...
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...people are added to the national transplant waiting list and 17 people die unnecessarily simply because the organ they need is not available. This is a crisis and it has a cure. Almost everyone has the power to save their live, including you and me. Imagine that for the past 5 years you have been to hospital 3 times a week for dialysis, the only thing can help you at this point is a new kidney, because the dialysis is not a lifetime solution. Think about how frustrating and anxious you might be to live a life waiting for a organ transplant that could be much more easily if a great amount of people donate it. After a transplant of a vital organ, the average survival rate is over 80%. A massive increase from the 20% that would live without the surgery. With medical breakthroughs, and a organ and tissue donation, you can help save the live of many people all over the world. One person who donates organs (hearts, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines) can save up to ten lives, while a tissue donor (corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, tendons, veins, etc.) can improve 12 or more lives by restoring eyesight, helping fight infections in burn patients and preventing the loss of mobility and disability. When asked if they would like to become organ donors, many people ask themselves "Why should I donate my organs? What are the benefits? " For many people the topic of organ donation can be a touchy one. Many people have religious beliefs against the practice, or apply...
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...among them is organ printing. Organ printing uses specially designed three-dimensional printers to layer live cells into working organs. This practice has several implications for the environment, with its energy usage, and society, relating to its medical applications, both now and in the future with its continuous development. Keywords: Organ, printing, impacts, society, environment Organ printing, otherwise known as ‘bioprinting’ is a technology that has advanced in recent years. Scientists are able to recreate some organs or human tissue using three-dimensional printers that are then used in organ transplants or for research purposes. According to Ventola (2014), this reduces the number...
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...Most people if not all, in this room are the same on the inside, 2 kidneys, two lungs and one heart, but not everyone is lucky, and not all of their vital organs function properly, they are in desperate need of a transplant, they undergo vigorous medical treatment, but at the end they have to wait and see. Each day, an average of 75 people received an organ transplant however, every day between 16 and 17 people die because of shortage of donated organs this is roughly 6 and a half thousand each year. There are currently over 79,000 patients on the waiting list, and over 10 per cent of these are children under the age of 18. Three thousand a month are added to this total. Not a lot you may say when the population is close to 7 billion but now add twenty to thirty family and friends to each patient, and the number increases. One person’s organ donation can save up to 30 lives, it can offer another person a second chance at life, Because of you, 2 other people could have their sight restored. Because of you, the girl too ashamed to step outside because of severe burns could have a skin graft. Because of you, the patient with bone cancer could avoid the pain and trauma of amputation Although the good that organ donation does, only 29% of the British population have actually signed up on the organ donor register yet more than 10,000 people in the UK need a transplant every...
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...The human body is made up of eleven organ systems. The eleven organ systems carry out many different tasks within the body. These systems include the integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, urinary system, and reproductive systems. As important as all of these systems are, I will only discuss the system that the pituitary gland is helpful to. It is called the endocrine system. The pituitary gland is a pea-sized structure located in the base of the brain behind the sinuses. It is only a small endocrine organ, but its task is to controls many of the important functions in the body. Another task the pituitary gland...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, today I am here to share with you my views on organ donation, in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate gift after you have left this earth the gift of life. Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you...
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...Topic: Organ donation Thesis Statement: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death. Introduction: Almost everyone would want to be able to say “I have saved a life.” But by becoming an organ donor, you can be able to say “I will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others, and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately, the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months, even years for a match, and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many stigmas related to organ donation, but most of them are relatively false, and in order to be well informed, you must know what organ donation is, how it works as well as how you can become an organ donor and what organs or tissues you can donate. Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself, but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. Body: * Main Point 1- What organ donation is and how it works 1. Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from one person for transplantation into another. Organs you can donate...
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...Should Organ Market be legalized? Many people die each year while waiting on the list for an organ. The National Organ Transplant Act was founded to address the organ donation shortage and improve the organ matching. The National Organ Transplant Act is responsible for the placement process and the managing of the waitlist. But in title three section one of the National Organ Transplant Act the federal government bans the buying and selling of organs in the United States. The growth in population and the decrease in organ donation has resulted in organs deficit. There is a growing supply and demand gap in the United States. The non-legalization of organ markets goes against the concept of choice and individual rights which is part of the foundation of the United States. The body is a private property and people should have the right to do as they please with their body. By having an organ market there will be many economic and personal benefits. Some arguments that are proposed by people against the organ market are that the legalization of the sale of human organs would create a black market. A black market that might increase crime in the illegal pursuit of organs. It is also believed that organ market will result in many negative externalities; a negative externality is a cost that is suffered by a third party that was not included in the original plans. An example of a negative externality that would arise from the legalization of organ market would be an increasing child...
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