Pubic symphysis

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    Evaluate how the name of a muscle can distinguish its location, action, shape, and function. Select five different muscles to make this distinction. Depending on the anatomical position of the body part, certain prefixes, and suffixes are utilized in order to find its location verbally. These prefixes and suffixes can be described by the: size of the muscle, location of the muscles, direction of the muscle fibers, amount of origins, shape of a muscle, and location of a muscle origin/insertion.…

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    Backwards Marching Backwards marching is a marching command in which one lifts up on their toes and walks backwards in a gliding motion without their heels touching the ground. This movement focuses on the lower half of the body, primarily using the joints in the hips, and the knees, and ankles in both legs. These joints, along with the help from many muscles, allow the necessary movements to be performed, such as plantar flexion, extension, and flexion, in order to execute backwards marching…

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    zone and the comfort of the catcher in that position. The five most important muscles that help with trunk flexion are rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, psoas major, and illiacus. Rectus abdominis origin is at the pubic crest and the pubic symphysis. The insertion is at the cartilage of the fifth, sixth and seventh ribs and xiphoid process. External oblique’s origin is the external surfaces of the fifth and twelfth ribs. Its insertion is at the anterior part of the iliac…

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    Westphalen, 2012). The prostate is separated from the rectum posteriorly by the Denovillier fascia that is 2-3mm in thickness. It is bordered laterally by the obturator interni muscles superiorly, the levator ani muscles inferiorly, and the pubic symphysis and the Santorini plexus of veins anteriorly (Jung and Westphalen, 2012). The prostate gland is generally divided into two components: nonglandular and glandular (McNeal, 1980; Myers et al., 2010). The nonglandular part consists of the…

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