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    limits of two-point discrimination sensitivity in several skin areas on the subject’s forearm‚ thumb and index finger. The activities involve the touch sense of the skin‚ which allows us to distinguish different kinds of stimuli upon the surface of the body. By using our touch sense‚ we discover superficial‚ deep pressure and sensations we describe as brushing‚ vibration‚ flutter‚ and indentation. For the forearm‚ it ranged from 12 mm to 35 mm. The thumb‚ demonstrated discrimination values of 3 mm

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    The purpose of this lab was to determine the participant’s two point threshold for the finger‚ palm‚ forearm‚ and back. The experimenter used a dial caliper as the tool to deliver a stimulus to the participant. The following increments were used when adjusting the caliper on each body part: finger 0.01 inches‚ palm 0.05 inches‚ forearm 0.1 inches‚ back 0.1 inches. To accurately record the threshold for each body part manipulated‚ the following conversions were used

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    Cellulitis. Her chief complaint of fever and vomiting that started at 1600 on 11/2/2016 with pain‚ swelling and redness in the right and left forearm. Patient reported shooting up Opana and using cocaine in the last 12 hours. Patient cleans her needles with Clorox and believes she may have injected Clorox into her right forearm. She also reports pain in the left forearm as well. The patient has no known drug allergy‚ no past medical history‚ but does have past drug use.

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    The brachial plexus is a network of spinal nerves. Spinal nerves carry information from peripheral sensory receptors to the spinal cord (of the central nervous system)‚ and then carry information back from the central nervous system to effector muscles and glands. The brachial plexus carries out these functions in the pectoral girdle and upper limbs. Specifically‚ nerves of the brachial plexus aid in innervation of the muscles of the upper limbs (with the exception of the trapezius and the levator

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    vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention device Noor Hasliza Binti Abdul Rahman (51216210179) UniKL BMI Mr. Shamsul Zahari Bin Shahidin Introduction: The development of this device is basically to wrap around the forearm of the patient and it will provide accumulated pressure around the forearm. This device is non-pneumatic thus it will not use any air pressure or pump to operate. Current device use in the market of biomedical department is intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) device‚ it use air

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    on the outer part of the elbow. Common symptoms include radiating pain from the outside of the elbow‚ pain when extending the wrist or gripping objects or a weakness in the forearm. Tennis elbow can be prevented by utilizing stretches and exercises. Following are some practical ways to prevent tennis elbow: Strengthen forearm muscles: Increased muscular strength increases the stability of joints such as the elbow. This includes stretching your arm muscles so that they will be strong enough for your

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    have 3 exercises for each bodypart running at once. then once an exercise plateus‚ you swap it out with a new one. forearms are done on workout 2 days. a full rotation of a standard DC split for most people should look something like this: 1A MON 1B WED 2A FRI 2B MON 3A WED 3B FRI monday=chest‚ shoulders‚ triceps‚ back width‚ back thickness wednesday=biceps‚ forearms‚ calves‚ hamstrings‚ quads friday-repeat of mondays bodyparts monday-repeat of wenesdays bodyparts hest: incline

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    the skin that results from a knife or a similar pointed object that is "deeper than it is wide". Most stabbings occur because of intentional violence or through self infliction. History of the patient: The patient got stabbed with a knife at the left forearm while drinking alcohol with his friends. (The scrub nurse told me‚ the patient has an absent radial pulse when they assessed him). Reason to undergo surgery: Surgical intervention may be required but it depends on what organ systems are affected

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    are all situated for the humerus.(8) The radius is the shorter of the two bones in the forearm. The radius is located on the thumb side of the forearm and allows rotation to allow to the hand to move about at the wrist.(9) The ulna is one of the most important bones to the form arm as it does give it a strong structure and keeps in place at all times. Located on the opposite side to the thumb on the forearm‚ he ulna joins together with the humerus bone‚ to make the elbow joint. The ulna is the reason

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    ANATOMIC KINESIOLOGY JOINT ACTIONS OF INTEREST & MUSCLES MOST INVOLVED FOR EACH ACTION Scapular (Shoulder Girdle) Actions: Elevation: upward movement (shoulder shrug) Depression: downward movement (return from shoulder shrug) Abduction: (protraction) away from the vertebral column – baseball stretch Adduction: (retraction) toward vertebral column – pinching shoulder blades together Upward Rotation: scapula’s inferior angle moving away from midline – raising arms Downward Rotation:

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