HOLY-WIKI-MOLY

Post three, and by now, your head is probably spinning. But we’re on a roll here, as we keep rolling through our micro condensed medical dictionary. It is easier than you having sit with a CARAMEL FRAPPUCCCINO and try wiki-ing  it all yourself.  It’s o.k. if you only want to check out a few. Remember, this isn’t a quiz, it’s just a taste of your body’s functions.  If you can, actually try to have fun with it. (TRY SOME OF THESE OUT AS CONVERSATION STARTERS AT A COCKTAIL PARTY AND SEE WHERE IT GOES).

IMMUNE SYSTEM

A complex network of interacting cells, cell products (such as antibodies) and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances including destroying infected and malignant cells

LIPID-SOLUABLE MOLECULES

Also known as fat-soluble hormones that can pass through cell membranes to mechanically enclose its contents controlling the movement of particles like molecules into and out of the cell

METABOLISM

The sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained and destroyed, and by which energy is made available

MEDULLA (ISN’T THIS A GREEK MYTHOLOGY WOMAN WITH A HIDEOUS FACE AND LIVING VENOMOUS SNAKES IN PLACE OF HAIR?)

The soft, marrow-like center of an organ such as the kidney or adrenal gland

(OH, AND YOU’RE PROBABLY THINKING OF “MEDUSA”)

NEUROTRANSMITTER

A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse causing the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, muscle fiber, organ other tissue

OSTEOPENIA

Bone density that is lower than normal peak density by not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis

OXYTOXIN

Widely referred to as the love hormone, also the hug hormone, cuddle chemical, moral molecule and bliss hormone due to it’s effects on behavior between the sexes (THIS ONE EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND. AND, BE HAPPY ABOUT)

HORMONE SPEAK

WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE PROPERLY BALANCED AND FUNCTIONING, ALL OF YOUR BODY FUNCTIONS WORK MORE SMOOTHLY. WHEN YOUR HORMONES ARE UNBALANCED YOU JUST DON’T FEEL RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW YOU THINK YOU’RE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. The good news, for both men and women, is that hormone imbalance is easily correctible with the right specialist. That specialist is DR. STEPHEN GOLDSTEIN, M.D, F.A.C.S. at Denver Hormone Health. (HIS WORK IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD) With years of experience, he knows how negatively hormone imbalance can effect every part of your life. With individualized Bioidentical Hormone Replacement THERAPY, he can help you feel your optimal best. Which is his only goal. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

SO CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

(CLEARLY YOU’LL FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU DO)

And with that, be sure and check out our final list of little known medical facts in the next post.