The coagulation pathway is a cascade of events that leads to hemostasis. The intricate pathway allows for rapid healing and prevention of spontaneo ...

Functional residual capacity (FRC), is the volume remaining in the lungs after a normal, passive exhalation. In a normal individual, this is a ...

In 1905, Nikolai Korotkov, a Russian military surgeon, wrote a 281-word report for the imperial medical military academy detailing his auscultatory ...

Cardiac enzymes have been in use since the mid 20th century in evaluating patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (MI). The biomar ...

In physiology, osmosis (Greek for push) is the net movement of water across a semipermeable membrane.

Antonio Maria Valsalva, an Italian physician, first described the Valsalva maneuver (VM) in his work in 1704.