Radiologic case study A male patient of approximate mid 50’s in age went to the doctor with severe tenderness‚ swelling and pain in his left knee after falling down stairs and twisting his knee. The doctor found there was noticable swelling. An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) showed the back side corner of the knee to be intact but also did show thickening of the ligament located on the outer side of the knee. The MRI shows an oval abnormality that ran alongside of the ligament. However‚ MRI
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important stabilizer of the tibiofemoral joint. The ACL has a proximal attachment on the posteromedial portion of the lateral condyle of the femur and creates an anterior medial vector to reach its distal attachment at the anteromedial tibia. The anteromedial vector the ACL makes allows it to prevent primarily anterior translation of the tibia on the femur and secondarily tibial rotation subluxation on the femur and both valgus and varus forces at the tibiofemoral joint. In the United States‚ there are 200
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Introduction The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body. The knee joins the femur to the tibia. The smaller bone that runs alongside the tibia is the fibula. The patella‚ also known as the knee-cap‚ is another one that makes up the knee joint. I decided to discuss this joint structure because of reoccurring knee injuries. The Knee Joint The knee joint is formed by the articulation of the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia. The fibula
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metacarpal of the thumb and the other part inserting on the falciform bone‚ the tendon to the falciform bone is the larger of the two. Between the dorsal surface of the falciform bone and the palmar surface of scapholunate‚ there is an arthrodial joint. The falciform is connected to the styliform cartilage on the opposite side of the wrist by a
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is on the back of the thigh which bends the knee. Gastronomies are the calf muscle which lifts the heel and straightens the ankle. Latissimus dorsi is a large muscle on either side of the spine which supports the spine and stabilises the shoulder joint. Trapezius is the muscles on the spine which also raise the shoulder girdle. Biceps is the muscle which bends the elbow. Triceps is the muscle which straightens the elbow. Deltoid forms the curve of the
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Introduction A joint venture‚ according to Adler and Graham (1989)‚along with mergers and acquisitions‚ licensing and distribution agreements‚ and sales of products and services – critical aspects of all such interorganizational relationships‚ are face-to-face negotiations. This would mean the interaction between people. In today’s society‚ as the world becomes much more globalized than we could ever think of‚ with the fast growth of the internet industry‚ we are connected with people from another
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to be confused with an acquisition‚ a Greenfield venture is a strategy in which a parent company enters into a new market without the involvement of another business or partner. This popular strategy entails a company leasing or purchasing land‚ building a new facility‚ employing or relocating managers and employees‚ and then independently launching a new operation where none has existed before. Basically‚ the operations within a Greenfield venture are done from the ground up. As of today‚
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three main ones). Wednesday 4th and 5th period: 1. Distinguish between spongy and compact bone in your long bones. 2. How would you define bone? 3. Explain how a joint is formed. 4. Distinguish between a ligament and a tendon. 5. Name the three types of joints and give three examples of each. 6. Explain what a synovial joint looks like and draw it from the Concise Biology Text. (Do not email me the drawing unless you have technology to take a picture of what you drew). Thursday 6th and
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BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT 1 The Ball-and-Socket Joint HCS/230 January 10‚ 2011 Dr. Mike Liang THE BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT 2 The Ball-and-Socket Joint Joints are essential in allowing movement of the human body. They are located at the intersection of bones‚ and their structures determine the type of movement that will occur at that location. Each joint contains components
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work related injury when his shoelace got caught in the wheel of cart then twisted left knee. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with other tear of medial meniscus‚ current injury‚ left knee‚ initial encounter. MRI of the left lower extremity joint without contrast dated 4/14/16 revealed nondisplaced flap tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus‚ intrameniscal cysts‚ and partial tear of the posterior root attachment; grade 3 chondral degeneration along the medial femoral condyle and
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