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Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the organ), poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, excessive amount of apoptosis of cells, and disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself.
Thymus atrophy during early human development (childhood) is an example of physiologic atrophy. Skeletal muscle atrophy is a common pathologic adaptation to skeletal muscle disuse (commonly called "disuse atrophy"). Tissue and organs especially susceptible to atrophy include skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, secondary sex organs, and the brain ...
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
spinal muscle atrophy SMA-6: six-channel serum multiple analysis SMA-7: serum metabolic assay SMN: statement of medical necessity SMS: senior medical student SMT: spinal manipulative therapy: SMV: superior mesenteric vein: SN: student nurse skilled nursing SNB: sentinel node biopsy (ductal carcinoma) SNF: skilled nursing facility: SNHL ...
There are three main types of synucleinopathy: Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). [1] Other rare disorders, such as various neuroaxonal dystrophies, also have α-synuclein pathologies. [2]
[4] [5] Intentional denervation is a valuable surgical technique for managing some medical conditions, such as renal denervation in the setting of uncontrolled hypertension. [6] Pathological denervation, by contrast, is associated with serious health sequelae , including increased infection susceptibility and tissue dysfunction.
The following is a list of terms used to describe biological disorders of development, arranged by root word and shared prefix: Biological development disorders (cellular, tissue and organic) Feature