Bones of the head and neck

Spinal / Head Injuries Caused By Falls What is a spinal cord injury? A spinal cord injury is a severe damage to the spinal cord, most of the times caused by a fall usually from high level heights. The spinal cord is a long structure of bones and nervous tissues, that help support your back and that are connected to your brain and neck which send signals to your brain allowing you to move and walk. ” Vertebrae are the 33 individual bones that interlock with each other to form the spinal column.…

If you were to hit your head against wood all day, your head would hurt a lot. But for woodpeckers, that might be different story! Woodpeckers are part of the Picidae family and can be found in most countries. “There are 180 different species of woodpeckers”(wikipedia.org). You can find woodpeckers in forests and wooded areas. Most woodpeckers peck on a wooden tree trunk to find insects to eat. Some species peck on trees to communicate with other woodpeckers. “The largest woodpeckers can reach…

The human body is composed of muscle which are responsible for body movement. Muscles in found in the human body attach to the bones of the skeletal system, in a human body there are “700 individual muscles that make up part of a person’s weight and the muscular system. Each of these muscles are separate organ which are made up of skeletal tissues, nerves, blood vessels and muscle tissues. Muscle tissues are found throughout the human body, inside the heart, the blood vessels and the digestive…

Natural selection was first proposed by Darwin. Natural selection and mutation are always taking place together. They are the basic process of evolution. Natural selection means those organisms that fit in theirs living environment will be survive. There are three kinds of mutations: positive, negative or neutral. Natural selection is always going to decide a mutation. Ether it is positive, negative or neutral. Here are three examples of positive mutation: Polar bear, peppered moth, and giraffe.…

on the side of Roosevelt Community Church depicts a man with his arms spread wide like an eagle. This mural is beautiful but very confusing. It is a man without skin whose arms are spread wide, since there is no skin passerby’s can see are muscles bones and tendons. When I first saw the mural I thought to myself, “what the heck could this possibly stand for?” I sat there staring at the mural and after about ten to fifteen minutes I still just sat there dumbfounded as to what the mural could…

A 36 year-old man presented with three weeks history of enlarging left neck swelling, which was mildly painful. There was no prior history of upper respiratory tract infection. Clinical examination revealed a 5 cm x 5 cm cystic mass at the level II of left neck anterior to sternocleidomastoid muscle. It was soft, mobile, and tender on palpation with normal overlying skin. Nasal endoscopy did not detect any abnormality then. The total white cells count was raised at 12,000/mm3. He was diagnosed…

revealed that the bust was not just painted limestone, but limestone that is covered in a thin layer plaster. Thutmose had used the layer of plaster to model her face. The neck and the headdress have more plaster and this could’ve been Thutmose trying to exaggerate the weight of the crowned head, and the length of her very long-slender neck.…

The Inner Fish Final Assignment Sierra Dashner Biology I Ms. Burchette December 12, 2015 PART 1: Discussion Questions Chapter 1- Finding your Inner Fish The author chose to use 375 million year old rocks because anything older than that would be considered fish, or fish like. However, rocks 365 million years of age would be considered dissimilar to fish. Therefore, the author chose a median of the two in the hope that the “missing link” between fish and land animal would be found.…

sides of your jaw to your skull specifically to your temporal bone. This allows you to be able to use your jaw in simple tasks such as eating or talking. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is known as any kind of pain dealing with the temporomandibular joint or with the muscles located around the joint (WebMD). It is not quite clear what specifically causes, but specialists have their theories. Such as any kind of head or neck injury that may injure your jaw or muscles around your jaw. A…

The aortic arch curves over the heart, giving rise to branches that bring blood to the head, neck, and arms. Innominate artery, sometimes referred as brachiocephalic trunk begins at aortic arch (second branch) and ends at the carotid bifurcation. Innominate artery travels upward and give rise to the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery. It supplies blood to the right arm, head, and neck. Right Subclavian artery and Left subclavian artery, On the left side of the body…