Heart Failure Â». Heart failure is the pathophysiologic state in which the heart, via an abnormality of cardiac function (detectable or not), fails to pump blood at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues and/or pumps only from an abnormally elevated diastolic filling pressure.
(Physiology) a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in man of two lobes situated below the thyroid. In early life it produces lymphocytes and is thought to influence certain immunological responses.
Glandular Cell Abnormalities are usually atypias due to inflammatory responses. The glandular epithelium is a thin (single layer linning) and is susceptible to irritation from a lot of possible causes including hormonal, microbial, physical and chemical agents used for douching.