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Write a short paragraph (one or two sentences) describing four aspects of the involvement of iodine in biology. Must not exceed one A4 page. b. Discuss in a short essay one of your choices from (a) above. Must not exceed two A4 pages. Please use Times New Roman 12 size font with at least 2.0 cm borders. The criteria, layout, font size and number of pages must be strictly adhered to. Answers outside these criteria will not be marked. Scripts will be checked for possible plagiarism. Uses 1. Tincture of iodine used in disinfecting wounds 2. used in medicine as X-ray radiocontrast agents for intravenous injection. This is often in conjunction with advanced X-ray techniques such as angiography and CT scanning 3. An important trace element required by the body. There role is as constituents of the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine. With various deficiency effects. 4. Exposure to radioactive iodine can increase risk of developing thyroid cancer
James Lee 07925999 MDSA 102190, Science, Medicine and Society, Essay 2
X-ray where an Iodine contrast medium has been used to make the blood vessels in the brain clearer, in order to diagnose an arteriovenous malformation.
3. Iodine is trace element required by the body in small quantities in order for proper growth and development; it cannot be produced by the body and so must be taken in through food. Iodine is required by the body for the production of the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine and iodine deficincy leads to various ill effects including goitre. 4. Radioactive iodine can be used to treat certain forms of thyroid cancer including follicular and papillary thyroid cancer. This treatment works on the principle that the radioactive iodine is circulated in the blood and that the thyroid cancer cells will pick up this iodine wherever they are in the body and then the radiation in the iodine will cause the cancer cells to die.