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Key functions of the Oral Cavity: Initiates chemical and mechanical (aka, physical) digestion: • The teeth and tongue physically manipulate the food; • Salivary enzymes chemically digest carbohydrates. Anatomical divisions • Oral vestibule - Ex

Basic Pathophysiology • Autoregulation breaks down and excessive cerebral blood flow occurs. - Autoregulation normally maintains constant cerebral blood flow over a wide range of systemic blood pressure. - When the limits of cerebral autoregulation

Takayasu arteritis, aka, pulseless disease • A granulomatous disease that affects the aorta and its large branches. • Thickening and fibrosis of the vessel walls narrows the lumen. – In the image, we can see the large, bulging aorta and the aor

The female reproductive tract Includes the uterine tubes, uterus, and vagina Paramesonephric ducts (aka, Mullerian Ducts) • Emerged as a groove in the intermediate mesoderm, parallel to the mesonephric ducts, during week 6. • The following geneti