fundamentals
Anatomy and Disease
Introduction
The human body is remarkably well designed. Most of its Organ Systems have a great deal of extra capacity or reserve: They can still function adequately even when damaged. For example, more than two thirds of the Disease often affects anatomy, and changes in anatomy can cause disease. If the blood supply to a tissue is blocked or cut off, the tissue dies (called infarction), as in a Acute Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable Angina) (myocardial infarction) or Because of the relationship between disease and anatomy, methods of seeing into the body have become a mainstay in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The first breakthrough came with X-Rays , which enabled doctors to see into the body and examine internal structures without surgery. Another major advance was Other methods of producing images of internal structures include Ultrasonography , which uses sound waves; 