Chapter 17: The Special Senses I. An Introduction to the Special Senses The state of our nervous systems determines what we perceive. 1. For example‚ during sympathetic activation‚ we experience a heightened awareness of sensory information and hear sounds that would normally escape our notice. 2. Yet‚ when concentrating on a difficult problem‚ we may remain unaware of relatively loud noises. The five special senses are: olfaction‚ gustation‚ vision‚ equilibrium‚ and hearing. II.
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| | | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN CUBA | | | | INDEX • 1) History ………………………………………………………………
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Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) it is an uncommon mitochondrial myopathy and multisystem disorder that affect the heart‚ eye‚ and the body muscles it is characterized by a three signs including onset before age 20 years ‚pigmentary retinopathy and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) 1‚2‚3 The other clinical features that accompany with this syndrome include Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein elevation or cerebellar ataxia‚ dementia‚ deafness‚ proximal myopathy‚ short stature furthermore
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Smallpox is a highly infectious disease caused by the variola virus‚ an orthopoxvirus. Humans are the only known reservoir of this virus‚ thus no known animal or insect reservoirs have been identified. As routine vaccination is no longer undertaken‚ exposure to variola virus has the potential to cause high rates of morbidity and mortality in human population. Following an incubation period‚ infected individuals manifest with prodromal symptoms that include high fever‚ malaise‚ back pain and prostration
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1 History and examination of the cardiovascular system I Mitral stenosis 3 2 Mitral regurgitation 8 3 Mixed mitral valve disease 12 4 Aortic regurgitation 13 6 Mixed aortic valve lesion 23 7 Mixed mitral and aortic valve disease 24 8 Hypertension 27 9 Atrial fibrillation 31 10 Palpitations 35 11 Slow pulse rate 37 12 Gallop rhythm 39 13 Angina pectoris 41 14 Acute myocardial infarction 45 15 Jugular venous pulse 52 16 Congestive cardiac failure 54 17 Infective
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World War II.The war was playing vital role in being contributing factor that cause depression in Grace.The stress is the triggering element that cause phychology disorder in her. The children‚ Anne and Nicholas have an uncommon disease‚ xeroderma pigmentosa‚ characterized by photosensitivity‚ so their lives are structured around a series of complex rules designed to protect them from inadvertent exposure to sunlight. The new arrival of three servants at the house — an aging nanny and servant named
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ORIGIN (COUNTRY): The Devon Rex was originally founded in England‚ but is now located all over the world. APPEARANCE: The head on the Devon Rex is a triangular shape. The eyes are large in proportion to the head‚ and are set low on the head. The ears are “butterfly” like and are extremely large. The coat of the Devon Rex is extremely short and curly. It is very fragile‚ so fragile that grooming can cause the fur to break completely. The whiskers are also very fragile‚ as they also get broken. The
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Language (ASL) and English skills they have already acquired (Reid‚ 1996). When deafblind persons lose their vision‚ as in the case of a student with Usher Syndrome (a combination of congenital deafness and progressive vision loss caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa)‚ they often learn to read braille (Ingraham and Anderson‚ 2001). Further‚ etiologies associated with deafblindness may also cause reading disabilities‚ dysgraphia‚ and learning disabilities in general (Miles and Riggio‚ 1999: 15).
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Factors that Causes Poor Eyesight Thesis statement: This study is aimed to determine the factors that cause poor eye sight and the effects to a normal life of a person. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Body 2.1. Information about the eyes 1.1. Anatomy and physiology of the eyes 1.2. Symptoms and prevention of eye damage/problem 2.2. Causes 2.1. Sun or light exposure 2.2. Chemical exposure 2.3. Over exposure to radiation 2.4. Blows of the eye 2.5. Use of contact lenses 2.6. High-risk newborn
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Unit 1 – Introduction to the Cell Robert Hooke – built the first microscope (30x magnification); viewed slices of cork called cellula (little rooms). Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - worked with glass huge improvement in quality of lenses nearly 300x magnification became possible first to observe: * single-celled organisms “animalcules” * protists from pond water * bacteria from his mouth – “father of microbiology” * blood cells * banded pattern in muscle cells * sperm from
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