What is African swine fever? African swine fever is a deadly animal disease that only appears among porcine species such as pigs and wild boars. African swine fever is not a zoonosis (a disease that may spread among animals and humans and can be transmitted either way) and therefore is not dangerous to human...

What is known about the Nipah virus disease? The Nipah virus (NiV) causes a severe infectious disease in humans and was first isolated and identified in Malaysia and Singapore in September 1998 among pig farmers and people with close pig contacts.

The two adrenal glands of the human body are very important and secrete various hormones.

How is the thyroid gland structured? The thyroid gland surrounds the trachea, just below the larynx. The middle tissue is called the isthmus. It connects the right and the left thyroid lobes.

The spinal cord is of great importance to the nervous system and to the whole body.

What kind of brain regions do we distinguish?

A nerve is a bundle of nerve fibers, which are the axons of the neurons. A nerve connects the CNS with the periphery. Nerves either come from or go to the brain or spinal cord. A nerve is surrounded by connective tissue.

What are the components of the nervous system? The nervous system has two complimentary parts: the central nervous system (CNS) – comprised of the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) – comprised of the cranial nerves and the spinal nerves.

Welcome to our English MTA Dialog medical crossword in December 2017! With this feature you may test your knowledge after reading MTA Dialog during the year 2017. The terms in the crossword are all words you may know from the issues during this year.