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    Back Pain

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    IF YOUR BACK HURTS‚ DON’T IGNORE THE PAIN. PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WILL CORRECTLY ASSESS THE PROBLEM AND PROVIDE SAFE & EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. Roughly 70 to 85 percent of people have experienced back pain at some point in their lives. Many cases of lower back pain are the result of a muscle strain. The good news is that such back pain generally heals quickly in a few weeks or months. Depending on the causes of lower back pain treatments can vary from person to person‚ so it is generally advisable to get

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    Directional Terms

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    the __1__ body surface; the buttocks and shoulder blades are on the __2__ body surface; and the top of the head is the most __3___ part of the body. The ears are __4__ and __5__ to the shoulders and __6__ to the nose. The heart is __7__ to the vertebral column (spine) and __8__ to the lungs. The elbow is __9__ to the fingers but __10__ to the shoulder. The Abdominopelvic cavity is __11__ to the thoracic cavity and __12__ to the spinal cavity. In humans‚ the dorsal surface can also be called the __13__

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    four main sutures such as coronal suture‚ sagittal suture‚ lambdoid suture‚ and the squamous sutures. E. The features that the larger skeletal in the sarcophagus would show to indicate it was a female is the vertebral column of a female is about 61cm (24in.) and a male vertebral column of a male is about 71cm (28in.). F. The bone of the neck region that could be affected or damage by strangulation or neck trauma other than the cervical vertebrae is the hyoid bone. G. If the bones of a

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    components of the axial skeleton? Vertebral column and thoracic cage. Exercise 2: Skull Markings Questions A. Which bone is palpated when touching the forehead? Frontal bone. B. What bone is palpated when touching the temple? Temporal bone. Exercise 3: The Vertebral Column Questions A. What are the five categories of vertebrae in your vertebral column?

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    Spinal cord injury happens when an acute traumatic damage to the a certain area or the complete spinal cord (including the intervertebral disc joints) or nerves roots within the spinal column occurs. This type of injury can cause stretching‚ bruising‚ pressure‚ severing and laceration. The cauda equina is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve roots‚ that can be damaged as well and results in temporary or permanent loss of movement

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    cartilage‚ the vomer‚ the inferior nasal conchae and the perpendicular plate. Question D: How would Hassan and his team be able to tell the ages of the skeletal remains of the woman and the baby? Answer: Age can be estimated by examining the vertebral column. Average length for an adult female is around 24 inches; in an adult male it is approximately 28 inches. The total number of vertebrae can also help determine age. During early development there are 33 total vertebrae. This number decreases

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    A vertebral column extends from your skull to your pelvis. It is made up vertebrae‚ which are serrated by masses of Fibrocartilage which are called intervertebral disks. The disks are connected by ligaments. An infant has 33 separate bones in the vertebrae column; however‚ the adult column has 26 bones‚ because four form into the coccyx. While the other five bones form the sacrum. ( Hole‚ 210 )The vertebral column not only supports the head and the trunk of the body‚ but it’s also flexible enough

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    Framework of the Skull The bony framework of the head‚ called the skull‚ is subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the facial portion. Refer to Figures 3-5 through 3-8‚ which show different views of the skull‚ as you study the following descriptions. Color-coding of the bones will aid in identification as the skull is seen from different positions. Cranium This rounded chamber that encloses the brain is composed of eight distinct cranial bones. * The frontal bone forms the forehead‚ the anterior

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    Axial Skeleton Lab 1

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    BCS 145 LAB: AXIAL SKELETON WHY ARE WE DOING THIS LAB? The skeletal framework of the body is composed of at least 206 bones and the associated tendons‚ ligaments‚ and cartilages. The skeletal system has a variety of important functions‚ including‚ the support of soft tissues‚ blood cell production‚ mineral/electrolyte and lipid storage‚ and‚ through its relationships with the muscular system‚ the support and movement of the body as a whole. Skeletal system disorders can thus affect many other

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    Suture‚ The Lambdoid Suture‚ and the Squamous Suture is how Hassan and his team would be able to tell the age of the skeletal remain of the woman and the baby. E. What features of the vertebral column would the larger skeleton in the sarcophagus show to indicate it was female? The length of the vertebral column would only be 61 in. long. Also by the sacrum‚ it is shorter and wider in females to accommodate childbirth. F. What bone in the neck region other than the cervical vertebrae may

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