The thyroid scan and thyroid uptake provide information about the structure and function of the thyroid. The thyroid is a gland in the neck that controls metabolism, a chemical process that regulates the rate at which the body converts food to energy. top of page.
The mask, dubbed Triton, acts like a fish gill to extract oxygen from water so that the user can keep on breathing while under the sea. The scaly texture on the arms conceal small holes in the material where water is sucked in.
A portable oxygen concentrator works by compressing air from the environment and then passing it through a sieve bed to remove the nitrogen. The concentrator has two sieve beds containing Zeolite, a cubic crystal that collects the nitrogen when the air is under pressure and releases it with the reduction of pressure.