[Yona Souza]

Lesly, I like how you managed to summarize and emphasize the importance of the pituitary gland. You also connected the content to the medical interpreter job, which is great! Thank you for sharing!

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, you summarize the pituitary gland’s function and importance really well, and show great definitions for each hormone.

[Yona Souza]

The pituitary gland or also referred to as the master gland, is a very small gland but controls many things in our body. It’s located in the brain below the hypothalamus, and it consists of two main parts: the anterior and posterior pituitary.

The anterior pituitary controls the production of hormones and also regulates our body’s development and growth. The anterior pituitary gland is responsible for the production of the growth hormone, the thyroid-stimulating hormone, the luteinizing hormone, and follicle follicle-stimulating hormone. The posterior pituitary releases ADH, an important antidiuretic hormone that helps regulate water levels in the body.

The pituitary gland is so important that if it’s in a healthy condition, it enhances stress response, reproductive health, hydration, growth and development, and emotional responses. Otherwise, if the pituitary gland is not functioning properly, the individual may experience growth disorders, thyroid issues, diabetes, and emotional and cognitive changes in their body.

Although very tiny, the pituitary gland is crucial in the functioning and amplification of many hormones, and it’s important to maintain it healthy by staying hydrated, getting enough sleep, monitoring hormonal health, and exercising regularly.

[Yona Souza]

Lesly, I like how you explain that some of the parts of the reproductive systems serve as alternative things, ex, the vagina serving as a birth canal. Good Job!

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, you summarized the differences and the importance of both systems really well! Good Job!

[Yona Souza]

The reproductive system of males and females differs in many ways; it’s important to understand these differences to successfully perform the job of a medical interpreter during an encounter.

The male reproductive system is composed of the testes, where sperm and testosterone are produced, and the penis and urethra. The other organs are the seminal vesicles, the epididymis, and the prostate gland.

While the female reproductive system is primarily composed of the ovaries, uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, and the vagina. The ovaries produce eggs and hormones such as estrogen and progesterone.

These two reproductive systems have different hormonal production and function. While in males, testosterone is the main hormone, responsible for sperm production and the makeup of sexual traits such as a deeper voice, muscle mass, and facial hair, the females’ main hormones are estrogen and progesterone, which help control ovulation, menstruation cycles, and pregnancy changes.

These differences are extremely important during one’s developmental times:

When females undergo puberty, there are some physiological changes and mood such as the beginning of menstrual cycles, breast development, and widening of the hips. While in males, there’s the growth of facial hair, deepening of the voice, growth of reproductive organs such as the penis, and the start of sperm production.

Another difference is fertility and hormone production. While males experience a longer fertility lifespan, since they produce sperm throughout their lives, women encounter menopause, the end phase of women’s fertilization process, when the ovaries stop producing eggs, and estrogen and progesterone production decline. Menopause’s onset is usually when women are about 45-55 years of age.

[Yona Souza]

Joseph, thanks for sharing the information, you provided very nice details, and it shows that you put in effort when summarizing the research you’ve done. Well Done!

[Yona Souza]

Lesly you highlighted the definition and importance of all parts of the nerve cell well, you summarized the information in a way that is easy to learn! thank you for sharing.

[Yona Souza]

Cristina, your explanation is very well developed, you highlighted the importance of the 4 chambers of the heart really well and it made me understand how oxygenated and deoxygenated blood is vital for our body, and that efficiency MATTERS!

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, I liked that you emphasized that pulmonary respiration works differently. Your explanation is easy to follow and has great details. Thank you for sharing.

[Yona Souza]

There are about 7 components of a nerve cell:

Soma, also known as the cell body, can control the cell’s activity and is responsible for the overall function of the cell since it contains the nucleus and the cells’ genetic material.

Dendrites: Are extensions of the cell body; they are extremely important for transmitting signals and receiving signals as well. Because of their branch structure, dendrites enhance the ability to receive and send information.

Axon: Looks like a long tube, and it transports electrical impulses away from the soma by transmitting the signals to other neurons, glands, or muscles.

Myelin Sheath: surrounds the axon and enhances the transmission of a signal because the signal can efficiently jump/skip from axon to axon nodes. They’re also extremely important for the protection of the axon and preventing its damage.

Nodes of Ranvier: These are the gaps in the myelin sheathes that allow for signals to jump/skip along the axon; these are key in making the transmission more efficient.

Axon Terminal: These are the ends of the axon, and they release the neurotransmitter into the synapse of the cell

Synapse: is the space between two neurons, or a neuron and a target cell. This space is where the release and reception of signals happen, the communication between cells.

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[Yona Souza]

Although arteries and veins are considered blood vessels and part of the circulatory system, they have key differences in structure and function.

Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart and take it to the rest of the body’s system, which is true only in systemic circulation, since it works the opposite way in pulmonary respiration. While veins carry oxygen-poor blood towards the heart, which is true only in systemic circulation, since it works the opposite way in pulmonary respiration.
While arteries are thick-walled and carry blood under high pressure because of the heart’s pumping, veins are thin-walled and can carry blood under lower pressure.

There are also two ways in which arteries control the flow of blood, while the veins don’t:

Through Vasodilation: arteries are able to dilate, that is, widen, for blood to flow to areas of the body that need more flow.

Through Vasoconstriction: arteries can constrict, that is, narrow, to better control and restrict blood flow, since there are organs of our body that need less blood flow

The location in which they’re located and their shape hint at their function since arteries are thicker and carry blood under high-pressure circumstances, they need to be protected under all circumstances, that is why they’re located deeper in our body, while veins are located closer to our skin’s surface, which helps blood donations and IVs due to their easy accesibility.

The heart has four chambers, including two atriums and two ventricles, these chambers are important to control and transport oxyganeted and deoxyganeted resulting in a better efficiency of the circulatory system, these chambers keeps oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood mixing with each other so that blood is carried to the right parts of our body based on its properties.

[Yona Souza]

Leonisa, you show great knowledge about how diet relates closely with mental retention and I enjoyed learning more about how proteins help protect the brain function. Thank you 😀

[Yona Souza]

Lesly, I enjoyed reading your post and I liked that youu mentioned that lack of practice may also inhibit mental retention which is something that sometimes goes unnoticed. Interpreters need to constantly practice their vocabulary and skills in both languages so that information stays fresh in their brains!

[Yona Souza]

Joseph, I like how you emphasized that our ears are deceptive, as mentioned in the video, the techniques you wrote about are great, getting rid of the “fluff”, information doesn’t add the real value! Practicing the skills mentioned in the video is definitely the best way to train our brains and ears to take what’s really important.

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