Arteries of the head and neck

“Almost every decision I’ve made as an artist is an outcome of my particular learning disorders.” This essay is going to be about Chuck Close. He is known for painting giant portrait heads. He does photorealistic portrait paintings, finger painting and more. He has also gone through a lot of challenges throughout his life. Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940, in Monroe Washington. He has a brother, Martin Close. He had a mom and a dad. His hobbies and interests were creating art. His mom…

Stereotactic Neurosurgery The stereotactic neurosurgery process uses a 3-dimensional imaging system to enhance the diagnosis and surgical capabilities of the surgeon to make ablations, lesions, biopsy, injection, implantation, simulation and radio-surgery of the affected part. This is a minimally invasive surgical procedure also known as stereotaxy. Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic surgery involves the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders related to the musculoskeletal structure of…

CC: “Nosebleed that won’t stop” HPI: A 66 year old white male, with history of Type II diabetes, gout, hypertension and coronary artery disease status post 3 stent placement most recent 2009. was transferred to UF Health, from a medical center in The Villages, Florida for ENT evaluation of persistent unilateral epistaxis of the right nostril. The three days prior to admission, the patient admitted that while taking a shower he cleared his nose and “red chunks” were seen, he also noted some…

Cervical disc protrusion, is a result of the cervical disc displacement or bulging and can be due to a trauma related to a sport, work, motor vehicle accident or aging and can lead to some form of disability and morbidity. This condition can be associated to cervical radiculopathy, disc herniation, osteophytes and spondylolisthesis (Bartels, 2016). In the United Stated the motor vehicle accidents are the main cause of spine and spinal cord injuries (Stein et al., 2011). The incidence of sport…

pressure 15 cmH2O, FiO2 0.4-0.6, fresh gas flow 1-1.5 L/min. Normocapnia was maintained throughout the surgery. CVP remained stable at 16-22 mmHg. Surgery included diagnostic cerebral arteriography with coil embolization of left posterior communicating artery aneurysm, and placement of right external ventricular drain (EVD). The estimated blood loss during the procedure was minimal (less than 50 ml), and the total intraoperative fluid intake was 500 ml of crystalloids. The patient remained…

between the shoulder and the neck (Boezaart et al., 2010). Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a disorder characterized by the compression of neurovascular structures as they pass through the thoracic outlet, resulting in multiple diverse symptoms (Boezaart et al., 2010). By far the most common neurovascular structure affected by TOS is the brachial plexus, with 95-98% cases caused by its compression (Boezaart et al., 2010). Other structures affected include the subclavian artery and the…

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear” - Martin Luther King Jr. People today remember Martin Luther King Jr as a man who helped African Americans gain civil and economic equality. To me King was important because he never gave up, he was arrested 29 times, imprisoned for 11 days and even stabbed. King went through all of this and never feared what could happen to him nor he gave up, he gave his life just so others could have an easier life. In my school and me…

Atherosclerosis is the process of plaque formation within medium to large arteries. The actual cause of the pathology is unknown; however, there are many risk factors that contribute to atherosclerosis including: cigarette smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes…

ear. The less common, but major causes are Meniere’s disease, which is an inner ear disorder that cause fluid pressure to build up in the ear. TMJ disorder is problems with the joint on each side of one’s head that is in front of the ear where jawbone touches the skull, and head injuries or neck injuries, as well as, acoustic neuroma, which is a tumor that developed on the nerve of the skull, which goes from the brain to the inner ear that control one’s balance and hearing. But this case of…

ourselves to become better people. Because of the Microscope, and taking a close look at ourselves, we discovered atoms and cells. We made huge strides in caring for ourselves because of all that we have learned about our bodies such as how the blood, arteries and veins work within us. Another characteristic of the age is that with all of these accomplishments, not much is said about God having his perfect plan in creating all of these things, or impressing these people for their scientific…