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| anatomy of a leech: Neurobiology of the Leech Kenneth J. Muller, John G. Nicholls, Gunther Siegmund Stent, 1981 In the 19th century, the medicinal applications of leeches prompted basic research into their neurobiology, reproduction, development, and anatomy; subsequently, leeches became an important model for understanding the nervous system. In this monograph, each chapter provides a narrative account of experimental work on a particular area of leech neurobiology, and explains its significance for the broader field of neuroscience. The appendices describe methods for maintaining and manipulating leeches in the laboratory and include an atlas of neurons in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. Extensively illustrated, this book is a classic in the field and is considered a must read for neuroscientists and those interested in leech biology. It has been out of print for many years; however, some recent inquiries have prompted us to reprint it and make it available at an affordable price. |
| anatomy of a leech: Leech Biology and Behaviour: Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics Roy T. Sawyer, 1986 Sawyer, a well-known leech specialist, surveys the most recent research on this biologically and medically important group of animals. Useful to neurobiologists, molecular biologists, zoologists, and ecologists, these volumes include coverage of the leech's increasingly important role in neurobiological and neurophysiological studies. |
| anatomy of a leech: Leech Biology and Behaviour: Anatomy, physiology, and behaviour Roy T. Sawyer, 1986 |
| anatomy of a leech: Leeches (Hirudinea) K. H. Mann, 2013-09-11 Leeches (Hirudinea): Their Structure, Physiology, Ecology and Embryology presents a concise account of the vast knowledge, particularly in the realm of physiology of the Hirudinea. The text provides the various aspects of the life of leeches (Hirudenea). The first three chapters are devoted to the survey of the different families of leeches and the description of Hirudo medicinalis (Medicinal leech). The physiological aspects of leeches such as its circulatory and respiratory systems, muscles, nerves, sense organs, and reproductive processes are elaborated in detail in subsequent chapters. Leech nutrition, behavior, locomotion, and the ways in which the distribution and abundance of leeches is affected by factors of the environment, both living and non-living are elucidated as well. Zoologists will find the book very useful and informative. |
| anatomy of a leech: Indian Hirudinea W.A. Harding, 2019-09-25 Reprinted from The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma in 1927, Harding and Moore’s illustrated compendium describes the biology, anatomy and sub species of the parasitic leech family that is the Suborder Rhynchabdellae predominantly found in south Asia. |
| anatomy of a leech: Concepts of Biology Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise, 2023-05-12 Black & white print. Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is meaningful and easy to understand. The book is designed to demonstrate biology concepts and to promote scientific literacy. |
| anatomy of a leech: Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, 2010 The third edition of Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates continues the tradition of in-depth coverage of the biology, ecology, phylogeny, and identification of freshwater invertebrates from the USA and Canada. This text serves as an authoritative single source for a broad coverage of the anatomy, physiology, ecology, and phylogeny of all major groups of invertebrates in inland waters of North America, north of Mexico. --Book Jacket. |
| anatomy of a leech: Advances in Comparative Immunology Edwin L. Cooper, 2018-08-07 Immunologists, perhaps understandably, most often concentrate on the human immune system, an anthropocentric focus that has resulted in a dearth of information about the immune function of all other species within the animal kingdom. However, knowledge of animal immune function could help not only to better understand human immunology, but perhaps more importantly, it could help to treat and avoid the blights that affect animals, which consequently affect humans. Take for example the mass death of honeybees in recent years – their demise, resulting in much less pollination, poses a serious threat to numerous crops, and thus the food supply. There is a similar disappearance of frogs internationally, signaling ecological problems, among them fungal infections. This book aims to fill this void by describing and discussing what is known about non-human immunology. It covers various major animal phyla, its chapters organized in a progression from the simplest unicellular organisms to the most complex vertebrates, mammals. Chapters are written by experts, covering the latest findings and new research being conducted about each phylum. Edwin L. Cooper is a Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Neurobiology at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. |
| anatomy of a leech: Annelids in Modern Biology Daniel H. Shain, 2009-04-22 Annelids offer a diversity of experimentally accessible features making them a rich experimental subject across the biological sciences, including evolutionary development, neurosciences and stem cell research. This volume introduces the Annelids and their utility in evolutionary developmental biology, neurobiology, and environmental/ecological studies, including extreme environments. The book demonstrates the variety of fields in which Annelids are already proving to be a useful experimental system. Describing the utility of Annelids as a research model, this book is an invaluable resource for all researchers in the field. |
| anatomy of a leech: Biology of the Integument J. Bereiter-Hahn, A.G. Matoltsy, K.S. Richards, 2012-12-06 The integument plays an important role in the survival of meta zoans by separating and protecting them from a hostile environ ment. Its function ranges from protection against injury and in fection; partlcipation in the regulation of body temperature and water balance, to respiratory activity, monitoring of the environ ment and production of signals related to behaviour. All these result from specific structural, biochemical and physiological properties of intra-and extracellular components of the integu ment. Thus its characterization can be best accomplished by a multidisciplinary approach with authors specialized in different fields of science. This multi-author book, in two volumes, provides an up-to date survey of the literature. The first volume deals with the integument of invertebrates, the second with that of vertebrates, both organized primarily on a phylum basis. As the level of knowledge on the integument of phyla differs considerably, the information provided is correspondingly either limited or con densed. For some of the smaller groups of invertebrates little information is available, as often only a few electron micrographs are to be found in the literature; on the other hand, from the large body of knowledge existing for vertebrates, particularly for mammals, no complete overview can be provided, but publica tions giving access to further information have been reviewed critically. |
| anatomy of a leech: Carnal Knowledge Charles Hodgson, 2015-02-03 From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know: -eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language? -callipygian means having beautiful buttocks? -gam, a slang word for leg, comes from the French word jambe? A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described. |
| anatomy of a leech: Leeches, Lice and Lampreys Graham C. Kearn, 2007-11-05 Many different kinds of animals have adopted a parasitic life style on the skin and gills of marine and freshwater fishes, including protozoans, flatworms, leeches, a range of crustaceans and even some vertebrates (lampreys). There is a parasitic barnacle, described first in the 19th century by Charles Darwin, fish lice that change sex and bivalve molluscs parasitic only when young. This book explores for the first time in one volume, the remarkable biology of these little known and frequently bizarre animals. The following closely interwoven themes are considered for each group of parasites: how they find their hosts, how they attach, feed and reproduce, the damage they inflict and how the host’s immune system retaliates. Based on the British fauna, but extending where appropriate to examples from North America, Australia and elsewhere, the book is essential reading, not just for the professional parasitologist, but also for anyone interested in fishes and in this neglected field of British natural history. With the enquiring naturalist in mind, terms and concepts are explained as they arise, backed up by a glossary, and the text is liberally illustrated. An introductory chapter on fish biology sets the scene and common fish names are used throughout, as well as scientific names. |
| anatomy of a leech: Quackery Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen, 2017-10-17 What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. |
| anatomy of a leech: Leech Robert G. W. Kirk, Neil Pemberton, 2013-02-15 Armed with razor-sharp teeth and capable of drinking many times its volume of blood, the leech is an unlikely cure for ill health. Yet that is exactly the role this worm-like parasite has played in both Western and Eastern medicine throughout history. In this book, Robert G. W. Kirk and Neil Pemberton explore how the leech surfaces in radically different spheres. The ancients used them in humeral medicine to bring the four humors of the body—blood, phlegm, and black and yellow bile—back into balance. Today, leeches are used in plastic and reconstructive surgery to help reattach severed limbs and remove pools of blood before it kills tissue. Leeches have also been used in a nineteenth-century meteorological barometer and a twentieth-century biomedical tool that helped win a Nobel Prize. Kirk and Pemberton also reveal the dark side of leeches as they are portrayed in fiction, film, and popular culture. From Bram Stoker’s Dracula to a video game player’s nemesis, the leech is used to represent the fears of science run amok. Leech shines new light on one of humanity’s most enduring and unlikely companions. |
| anatomy of a leech: The Amazing Life of Birds Gary Paulsen, 2008-12-24 Zit monster. Puberty Werewolf. Potty Boy. Doo Doo Rules! I’m Duane. Duane Homer Leech. Don’t ask. I’m 12. And one week. What I want to know is, where is this whole puberty thing going? So far it’s just something put on earth to destroy me. And I don’t have a clue what’s coming next. |
| anatomy of a leech: Leech Therapy Matt Isaac, 2011-07 From Cleopatra to Demi Moore, from ancient methods to modern medicine, leech therapy has withstood the test of time; and this book is here to help you use the leech for your maximum benefit. This book will guide you as you learn more about this wonderful creature and the gifts it has in store for you...Leech Therapy: an introduction to a natural healing alternative includes: practical recommendations, professional advice, clinical knowledge, biological descriptions, and historical facts. Leech therapy can be an effective treatment for heart diseases, bronchitis, asthma, cirrhosis, constipation, hemorrhoids, diseases of the eyes, ears, throat and nose, radicular pain, allergies and many more... |
| anatomy of a leech: Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals Richard Owen, 1843 |
| anatomy of a leech: The Book of Blood Harvey P. Newquist, 2012 A thrilling and lively tour of the world of blood, from ancient history to modern science, to dark and often gruesome legends of vampires and plague, this book informs readers about the most important tissue in the body. |
| anatomy of a leech: Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, including the anatomy of the organ ... Translated from the third German edition and edited by C. E. Hackley, and D. B. St. John Roosa ... With an appendix by the editors. Illustrated, etc Carl STELLWAG VON CARION, 1868 |
| anatomy of a leech: Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates: Annelida Edward E. Ruppert, 1991 |
| anatomy of a leech: The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom F. Rymer Jones, 1861 |
| anatomy of a leech: Lectures On The Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of The Invertebrate Richard Owen, William White Cooper, 2024-04-17 Reprint of the original, first published in 1843. |
| anatomy of a leech: Handbook of Invertebrate Zoology William Keith Brooks, 1890 |
| anatomy of a leech: Outlines of Comparative Anatomy Robert Edmund Grant (M.D.), 1841 |
| anatomy of a leech: A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals Thomas Henry Huxley, 2024-06-27 Reprint of the original, first published in 1877. |
| anatomy of a leech: Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids Indru Khubchandani, Nina Paonessa, Khawaja Azimuddin, 2008-12-05 The second edition of Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids covers this important and common disorder, offering a comprehensive critical analysis of advantages and disadvantages of recognized treatment options, covering both recent advances and traditional treatments in the field. The topics covered include essential elements of diagnosis, surgical technique and after-care for the main operations used in hemorrhoid surgery. Providing authoritative in-depth presentations of all perspectives and latest techniques available, the individual procedures are each described by an internationally recognized expert, and the full range of treatment options is covered. The chapters have been revised, with some additions and updates, including stapled hemorrhoidectomy and office management, and also hemorrhoidectomy with several concomitant comorbidities. This uniquely comprehensive guide is essential reading for all practicing and trainee colorectal and general surgeons. |
| anatomy of a leech: 7 Reprints on Comparative Anatomy Henry Nottidge Moseley, 1873 |
| anatomy of a leech: A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom Thomas Rymer Jones, 1855 |
| anatomy of a leech: Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates Prof. R.L.Kotpal, 2012 |
| anatomy of a leech: Regulation of Bacterial Virulence Michael L. Vasil, Andrew J. Darwin, 2012-12-05 A comprehensive compendium of scholarly contributions relating to bacterial virulence gene regulation. • Provides insights into global control and the switch between distinct infectious states (e.g., acute vs. chronic). • Considers key issues about the mechanisms of gene regulation relating to: surface factors, exported toxins and export mechanisms. • Reflects on how the regulation of intracellular lifestyles and the response to stress can ultimately have an impact on the outcome of an infection. • Highlights and examines some emerging regulatory mechanisms of special significance. • Serves as an ideal compendium of valuable topics for students, researchers and faculty with interests in how the mechanisms of gene regulation ultimately affect the outcome of an array of bacterial infectious diseases. |
| anatomy of a leech: The Medical and Physical Journal , 1811 |
| anatomy of a leech: Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, Including the Anatomy of the Organ Karl Stellwag von Carion, 1868 |
| anatomy of a leech: General Outline of the Organization of the Animal Kingdom Thomas Rymer Jones, 2023-02-22 |
| anatomy of a leech: Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds Carter T. Atkinson, Nancy J. Thomas, D. Bruce Hunter, 2009-03-20 Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds provides thorough coverage of major parasite groups affecting wild bird species. Broken into four sections covering protozoa, helminths, leeches, and arthropod parasites, this volume provides reviews of the history, disease, epizootiology, pathology, and population impacts caused by parasitic disease. Taking a unique approach that focuses on the effects of the parasites on the host, Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds fills a unique niche in animal health literature. |
| anatomy of a leech: The Leeches of Minnesota Henry Francis Nachtrieb, Ernest E. Hemingway, John Percy Moore, 1912 |
| anatomy of a leech: General Outline of the Organisation of the Animal Kingdom Thomas Rymer Jones, 1855 |
| anatomy of a leech: Embryology and Phylogeny in Annelids and Arthropods D. T. Anderson, 2013-10-22 Embryology and Phylogeny in Annelids and Arthropods describes the embryology of segmented invertebrates, utilizing morphological facts of embryonic development in the furtherance of speculations on phylogenetic relationships. This book begins with an introduction to embryology and phylogeny, followed by a discussion on the experimental embryology of animals groups, such as polychaetes, oligochaetes and leeches, onychophorans, myriapods, apterygote and pterygote insects, crustaceans, and chelicerates. The cleavage, gastrulation, and basic pattern of development of these invertebrates are also provided. This text concludes with a presentation of the onychophoran-myriapod-hexapod assemblage or Uniramia. This publication is recommended for experimental embryologists researching on the embryonic development in annelids and arthropods. |
| anatomy of a leech: Research Methods in Applied Settings Jeffrey A. Gliner, George A. Morgan, Nancy L. Leech, 2000-02 The authors of this unique text found that while most students can crunch the numbers quite easily and accurately with a calculator or computer, many have trouble seeing the big picture or seeing how research questions and design influence data analysis. As a result, the authors developed a semantically consistent framework that integrates traditional research approaches (experimental, quasi-experimental, comparative) into three basic kinds of research questions (difference, associational, and descriptive), which, in turn, lead to three kinds or groups of statistics with the same names. This text: *helps students become good consumers of research by demonstrating how to analyze and evaluate research articles; *offers a number of summarizing diagrams and tables that clarify confusing or difficult to learn topics; *points out the value of qualitative research and how it should lead quantitative researchers to be more flexible; *divides all quantitative research questions into five logically consistent categories that help students select appropriate statistics and understand their cause and effect; and *classifies design into three major types: between groups, within subjects, and mixed groups and shows that, although these three types use the same general type of statistics (e.g., ANOVA), the specific statistics in between-groups design are different from those in within-subjects and mixed groups. |
| anatomy of a leech: Medicinal Leech Therapy Andreas Michalsen, Manfred Roth, Gustav J. Dobos, 2011-01-01 Medicinal leech therapy has undergone a renaissance in recent years, both in terms of how well the effects of using leeches are understood,and in the discovery of new clinical applications that have resulted in remarkable outcomes. This timely book introduces the basic principles of using leeches in clinical practice, and clearly sets out the methodology and potentialapplications. Emphasis is given to those areas of medicine where scientific studies have already provided firm evidence of success -- treatment of arthrosis and pain is already benefiting from this highly effective therapy.Excellent instructions for the use of leeches cover the full spectrum of possible applications, while the encouraging new developments in research are also addressed. This valuable guide for physicians to this important therapy comes from the acknowledged experts in the field. |
| anatomy of a leech: A Practical Treatise on the Efficacy of Bloodletting, in the Epidemic Fever of Edinburgh Benjamin Welsh, 1819 |
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