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Pancreas
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Your pancreas is your body's control centre for using, storing and releasing energy. After you have eaten your breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or even a snack in-between, your pancreas goes to work. It releases digestive juices into your small intestine, and special cells in your pancreas, called B ...
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Pancreatitis
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Pancreatitis is inflammation of your pancreas, and there are two types. In acute pancreatitis the inflammation goes after a few days, while in chronic pancreatitis the inflammation can last for many years, so your pancreas can become more and more damaged over time. ...
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Pancytopenia
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Pancytopenia is what you get when you have very low numbers of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in your bloodstream. It is usually caused by problems in your bone marrow. ...
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Pandemic
Updated: Jan 25, 2010 - 15:14A pandemic is a worldwide spread of an epidemic. This means it is a disease that infects lots more people than most diseases and in a short time, spreads all over the world!
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Parasite
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Parasites are germs that cause infections if they attack your body. Some bacteria and viruses are types of parasite. ...
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Parietal lobe
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Your parietal lobe is at the top of your brain behind your frontal lobe. It tells your body what you feel with your fingertips and lets you know when you feel pain, or if something is too hot or too cold. Your parietal lobe is also involved in the control of things like calculating, writing and ...
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Pelvis
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Your pelvis is the strange, bony structure at the bottom of your spine that gives shape to your bottom and hips. A part of your pelvis called the acetabulum is the 'socket' of your hip joint. The head of your femur is the 'ball' that fits into this socket. ...
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Peristalsis
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:36Peristalsis is the first step on the road to digestion. When you have chewed and swallowed food, the muscles that line your gastrointestinal tract squeeze up and contract (tighten) to push the food along, like a snake eating a mouse! This is peristalsis. ...
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Perthes' disease
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:37Perthes' disease is a problem with the blood supply to the head of your femur. This means that your osteoblasts don’t get the supplies they need to build new bone in your hip joint, so it doesn’t become hard bone. The head of your femur becomes soft and weak and can lose its shape. It then do...
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Phaeochromocytoma
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:37Phaeochromocytoma is a rare type of tumour that affects your adrenal glands. These tumours can be benign or malignant, but most of them are benign. No one knows what causes a phaeochromocytoma, but when it has grown it makes your adrenal gland produce too much of two hormones called adrenali...
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