Stacker compiled a list of facts you may not know about 25 major organs and what do for your body. Read on to see what you ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

You have between 600 and 800 lymph nodes spread throughout your body. Lymph nodes are a key part of your immune system. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) You might be able to feel some of your lymph ...

We are entering an era of medicine where increasingly sophisticated data will be obtained from patients to determine proper diagnosis, predict outcomes and direct therapies. We predict that the most ...

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare condition that affects the fat-cell-containing part of the mesentery. Mesenteries are tissue folds in the body. They're essential in the abdomen, since they provide ...

For decades, the mesentery was simply seen as a sheet of tissue holding the intestines in place, nothing more than a structural support. It was visible during surgery, mentioned briefly in anatomy ...

Is swelling (edema) = drinking too much water? Actually, that is not the case. Even just a decrease in blood albumin causes water in the body to leak from its "proper place," leading to swelling. In ...

In holothurians, the regenerative process following evisceration involves the development of a ‘rudiment’ or ‘anlage’ at the injured end of the mesentery. This regenerating anlage plays a pivotal role ...

Histology of the intestinal wall and anatomy of the enteric nervous system. The intestinal wall is organized into 4 concentric layers: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis and serosa. The mucosa, ...

aDepartment of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany bPathology, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany cDepartment of Pediatrics, Dr von ...

Leiomyosarcoma is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma in adults. It is a type of smooth muscle tumour. This is the type of muscle that you use without thinking about it (involuntary muscle).