Physiology Definition and 57 Threads

can someone help me understand why decreasing arteriolar resistance will (increase filtration and..) result in oedema? I thought that decreasing resistance decreases pressure so filtration decreases but, all I've got in my notes is that constricting arterioles increases the resistance...

I realize that IQ has been discussed on this forum to the nth but I also noticed that most everyone in those threads simply dismissed IQ as some triviality. But neuroscience (Not to be confused with Cognitive science, which is Behavioural Psychology of the mind) and other fields for that matter...

The pulmonary capilaries between the alveoli sacs handles the gas exchange right. So I was wondering how large can their surface area get. Oh yeah can someone name all the proteins that regular oncatic and hydrostatic pressures, and how they do it.

Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren for their discovery of "the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease" http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2005/press.html

Ok so here's the situation, some 13 year old gets pregnant and wants to have an abortion. Someone shoots this statement at me " Are you also aware that at 13, her body is VERY likely not physically equipped to be able to bring up the baby, and it will be very difficult for it, and her, to...

evil physiology problem here's a really evil physiology problem: Why is it when people watch a movie, they see a continuously running picture, when really a movie is composed of a set of still frames? What physiological process is involved in this? I really am stuck on this one, and I...

http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/2003/index.html "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging" Paul C. Lauterbur - University of Illinois Sir Peter Mansfield - University of Nottingham