Sentences with phrase «on organ size»

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By checking in on fetal size, due date, blood flow, organs, appendages, and facial construction, an ultrasound, and the sonogram you walk away with, are so much more than just a gender - reveal opportunity.

Your baby is starting to grow to a pretty big size, and this baby will push on your organs and stomach naturally.

The baby is about the size of a lime, and you won't yet be feeling the effects of baby weight on your internal organs.

Scientists have long experimented with organs - on - chips: tiny representations of human organs, such as lungs, hearts and intestines, made from cells embedded on plastic about the size of a computer memory stick.

«If this technology can be scaled to human - size grafts, patients suffering from renal failure, who are currently waiting for donor kidneys, could theoretically receive an organ grown on demand,» says Harald Ott, head of the team that developed the rat kidneys at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

The most advanced qubits are circuits made of superconducting metal, and to control or read out a qubit, researchers make it interact with a microwave resonator — typically a strip of metal on the qubit chip or a finger - size cavity surrounding it — which rings with microwave photons like an organ pipe rings with sound.

They differ most obviously from their spider and scorpion relatives in three ways: their massive two - segmented jaws, which can be up to one - third of their body length and are armed with teeth and spine - like and horn - like processes of various sizes; the flagellum, found on the jaws of adult males in most species and thought to play a major role in reproduction; and the malleoli, racquet - shaped sensory organs on the underside of the first segment of the last pair of legs.

To control or read out a superconducting qubit, researchers make it interact with a microwave resonator — typically a strip of metal on the qubit chip or a finger - size cavity surrounding it — which rings with microwave photons the way an organ pipe rings with sound.

New research on howler species has revealed an evolutionary «trade - off» between investments in the size of the male hyoid — the bulbous, hollow throat bone that allows the howlers» guttural roar to resonate — and in the size of reproductive organs, namely the testes.

The ultimate aim is to build a full - size organ, but the micro-hearts could be used to test the effects of chemicals and drugs on the heart.

Depending on the organ in which they are formed or the specific function that they perform, the tubes vary greatly in size and shape, and defects in their tubular architecture have been linked to a number of diseases, such as atherosclerosis and polycystic kidney disease.

Based on the results of these tests, the cancer is then staged according to its size, number of lymph nodes affected and whether it has spread to nearby or distant organs.

Our cancer experts determine an individualized treatment plan based on the stage of the cancer, the size and location of the tumor, if the tumor has spread to other organs or lymph nodes, and other factors such as overall health.

The goal of minimally invasive surgery is to perform operations through very small incisions a mere fraction of the size of the incisions used in traditional surgery with equal or superior clinical outcomes and less impact on a child's body and organs.

Once secreted into the bloodstream, ILPs act on the organs of the body to regulate their growth, thereby regulating body size in accordance with nutrition [3,11].

The adrenal glands are walnut - sized organs that sit on top of the kidneys.

In some cases, a person with cancer will notice symptoms during the early stages of the disease, but in other instances, the cancer can go unnoticed until the tumor has either grown in size (putting pressure on an organ, for example) or spread to other areas in the body.

Not only did I have a honeydew melon - sized mass growing inside my lady parts and squeezing the good out of my other internal organs; I also had a cyst on one of my ovaries and one in my breast.

When we eat foods that are processed, blended or chopped into very small pieces, our organs don't need to work as hard on reducing the size.

Great Danes have shorter life spans than most dogs — most likely the result of breeders intent on making the breed larger yet, and the strain that size puts on their organs — which only makes the death of Zeus doubly sad.

She got exrays again Tuesday morning and they could tell a difference in size of internal tumors that she had from one day to the next and they were putting pressure on her organs and other stuff that was causing her to cough a ton.

X-rays have been used to diagnose fractures and strains on the skeletal system, organ size and growth, heart size and even internal bleeding.

One study failed to find evidence of decreased CoQ10 levels in dogs with congestive heart failure, but reported that although dramatic effects on blood dynamics were not observed, CoQ10 supplementation reduced the increase in organ size associated with chronic heart failure [3].

The most influential factor on the lifespan of this giant breed is its sheer size which takes a toll on the dog's internal organs as well as its joints.

A physical exam allows us to pick up on things that your pet may not be showing or telling you — such as a new heart murmur, changes in the size of their kidneys or liver, new growths or lumps, or pain or abnormalities when we palpate certain abdominal organs or joints.