Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip is an abnormal and possibly crippling condition in which blood cannot get to the hip bone. When the blood supply to the bone is blocked, the area without blood supply can die. This may lead to collapse of the bone requiring replacement with an artificial hip joint.
Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Permaculture Flowers of the leguminous tree, Kowhai, the national flower of New Zealand Nitrogen fixation is a pattern of nutrient cycling which has successfully been used in perennial agriculture for millennia. This article focuses on legumes, which are nitrogen fixers [â¦]
The bacteria fix nitrogen by converting it to ammonia and nitrates which the plant can absorb and use to build its nitrogen containing molecules such as amino and nucleic acids. In return it offers some of its own sugars to the bacteria to cover their needs. It's a trade off between biologically usable nitrogen and sugar.