Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Symptoms, and Prevention

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is also known as AIDS which is a chronic life-threatening disease. Actually, it is a special type of serious infectious disease of the human immune system. It is defined as the HIV post infection condition. Total immunity of the body is damaged by the infection of the HIV. So a patient died … Read more

Secchi Disc : General Description and Uses

Secchi disc is a simple type of round plate painted with successive black and white colors. Angelo Secchi created the Secchi disc in 1985. A thread is hung in the center of the plate or disc. The diameter of the plate is around 30 cm or 12 inches which is white-black in color. The disc … Read more

Benthos: Classification, Distribution and Importance

The word ‘benthos’ comes from the Greek word ‘bathys’ which means depth. Benthos refers to some aquatic organisms that live above, inside, or near the bottom of a body of water. Such organisms live in flowing or stagnant water bodies and are also found in salt or freshwater habitats. The sedimental organisms at the bottom … Read more

Spotted Crake : Porzana porzana

The spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a migratory waterbird which belongs to the family Rallidae under order Gruiformes. During winter, they migrate to Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh from Europe and Western Asia. Systematic Position Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Aves Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Genus: Porzana Species: Porzana porzana Habit and Habitat Spotted crake is … Read more

Neurohypophysis: Structure and Functions

Hypophysis or the pituitary gland of human is small pea-shaped gland weighing about 0.5 gm which makes up 80 percent of the gland’s overall weight. It is located under the brain, just behind the bridge of the nose between the hypothalamus and the pineal gland. Hypophysis or the pituitary gland consists of the following two … Read more