At any given time‚ 10 percent of the adult population has neck pain and it is the second leading cause of lost time from work behind low back pain‚ with less than 1 percent developing neurologic deficits and requiring surgical intervention. Most of the patients do recover with conservative therapy regardless of the underlying etiology of pain. Patients clinically present for a number of contributing factors and despite the cause‚ end up recovering well with conservative therapy. The development
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DOI: 08/18/2007. Patient is a 53-year-old male registered nurse who sustained a work-related injury to his neck when he tried to pull a patient. Per OMNI‚ patient is diagnosed with back pain. IW was declared P & S in 2009. He is status post C5 to C6 fusion in 2005 and C3 to C5 anterior fusion in 2008. MRI of the cervical spine obtained on 10/29/14 showed postoperative changes from C3-6. At C6-7‚ there are mild degenerative disc space changes along with a broad- based disc bulge and some posterior
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The Terracotta Neck Amphora with the Battle between Herakles and the Centaur Nessos was created circa 675-650 B.C. during the middle of the orientalizing period‚ which lasted roughly from 700-600 B.C. This art period drew inspiration from eastern countries like Anatolia‚ Syria‚ Assyria‚ Phoenicia‚ and Egypt. Throughout this time period there was a significant increase in the number of Greek colonies within Asia minor. Ionians in particular began to colonize this area which lead to the development
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ANATOMY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM TEST REVIEW LeGrotte 2014 1. Which wall of the heart is thickest and why? The myocardium (cardiac muscle)‚ is the thickest section of the heart wall and contains cardiomyocytes‚ the contractile cell of the heart. 2. What part of the heart is the pacemaker and why? The SA Node is located in the right atrium of the heart. It is made up of a group of cells (myocytes) positioned on the wall of the right atrium‚ at the center of the heart and near the entrance of the
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BSC2085 Anatomy-Physiology 1 Exam 2 Study Guide‚ Chapters 5 & 6 There are only four primary tissue types found in adult organs; epithelial‚ connective‚ nervous‚ and muscular tissue. Epithelial tissue lines body cavities‚ covers the body surface‚ and forms the lining of many organs. Connective tissue serves in most cases to bind organs to each other. Nervous tissue and muscular tissue are considered excitable tissues because they are very sensitive to outside stimuli. A simple epithelium consists
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October 15‚ 2009 Sasha Kuznetsov Head of a Ruler and a Woman’s Head Head of a Ruler: Woman’s Head: Ca. 2300-2000 B.C. 1909 Iran or Mesopotamia‚ Pablo Picasso (Spanish‚ 1881-1973). Arsenical Copper. Bronze. (MMA‚ 47.100.80).
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1Cardiovascular System: Anatomy Review: Blood Vessel Structure and Function 1. Name the three layers or tunics of the blood vessel wall and what they are composed of. Location Tunic Name Composed of Innermost Tunica interia Endothelium Middle Tunica media Smooth muscle cells and sheets of elastin Outer Tunica externa Collagen fibers that protect and reinforce the blood vessels and anchor it to surrounding structures 2. In the following list of characteristics‚ put “A” for artery‚ “C” for
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9-1 * adaptation - a decrease in receptor sensitivity or perception after constant stimulation * receptor A had a circular receptive field with a diameter of 2.5 cm. receptor b has a circular receptive field 7.0 cm in diameter. which receptor provides more precise sensory info? * receptor A provides more information because it has a smaller receptive field. * 5 special senses - smell (ofalction)‚ taste (gustation)‚ vision‚ balance (equilibrium)‚ hearing 9-2 * general sensory
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Did you get it? 1. What’s the role of eyelids? To protect the eyes. 2. Which structure of eye forms tears? Lacrimal glands 3. What are tears? A dilute saline solution containing lysozyme and antibodies. 4. What’s the visual role of the external eye muscles? They direct the eyeball toward what you wish to see. 5. What is the meaning of the term blind spot in relation to the eye? The blind spot contains no photoreceptors; it is the site where the optic nerve leaves the eyeball 6. What function
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NAME __Molly Manning__ LAB TIME/DATE ___10/24/13__ Exercise 2 Skeletal Muscle Physiology The Muscle Twitch and the Latent Period 1. Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber‚ motor unit‚ skeletal muscle twitch‚ electrical stimulus‚ and latent period. Skeletal muscle fiber-fibers attached to the skeleton that produce muscle tension. Motor unit-consists of the motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers. Skeletal muscle twitch-mechanical response to a single action potential. Electrical stimulus-muscle
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