Bones of the head and neck

A. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 1. What are the central and peripheral nervous systems? What structures are part of each? The central nervous system is made up of two parts, the brain, and the spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system is made up of two parts as well, the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. 2. What are Neurons? Describe the key parts of Neurons, including: Dendrites, Myelin, Axons, and Synapse. To keep it simple, a neuron is a nerve cell. Most neurons are very…

serendipity made me smile. I inserted the keys into the ignition, adjusted the gears, too excited to put my seatbelt on. After a few minutes of test driving I felt confident enough to open the windows and turn the radio on, a rush of adrenaline filled my bones causing me to increase the speed of which I was driving at. The main problem with my road is you can 't see far ahead, as I sped down the road, passing houses I see everyday a dog ran into the road causing me to swerve violently and hit a…

Task 1: own reflection Ever since little, exercise played a big role in my life, and not only because my parents were and still are sports fanatics but mainly because I grew up to naturally love the idea of sport itself. Fitness I believe is crucial to one’s daily life and through the experience I’ve had so far, I can’t see why people wouldn’t want to anyways. To this day I’m definitely more of an active outdoor type of person as opposed to a cultural sort of passive person in and outside of…

Concussions in Athletes Tristyn D. Bailey California Baptist University Abstract A growing epidemic in today society are head impacts and concussions cause by contact sports usually happening between athletes. When leaving a head injury undetected, you can result in having long term brain damage and may even prove deadly. To preserve the young athlete’s head health, mental cognition and ability to succeed, it is critical that coaches, players and parents are aware of the inherent dangers and…

The lights in the ER blink as the storm rages on outside. I snap back from the sadness of the weather to the job at hand. I rush to the ER to see my patient has broken bones, a punctured lung, and a laceration along his calf. There’s so much blood everywhere, coming from every open wound on his body. His muscles torn apart and his heart pounding, trying to stay alive. Now was my chance everything I learned about anatomy could help me in this moment. No more time to be wasted I go into the room…

There was a certain topic that I felt I wanted to do more research on. We have touched child abuse slightly within the text. It is something that I went through, and I feel strongly about. By definition child abuse is wide spread and can occur in any cultural, ethnic, and income groups. Child abuse can be physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual. It can also result from neglect. Abuse can result in serious injury to the child and possibly death. Child abuse can occur in household that suffer from…

exact. ("72 Hours That Saved Malala: Doctors Reveal for the First Time How Close She Came to Death") The bullet caused swelling in the brain so a portion of her skull was removed for treatment. This is because the bullet shattered the most fragile bone in her skull which drove fragments into her brain. She also underwent a surgery to repair a facial nerve which was damaged on the left side of her face. Doctors did not know whether or not Malala would survive but she luckily was released in…

Physical pain, psychological distress, disease and many other bodily concerns affect people across the world. Patients often seek the help of a family or specialized doctor to prescribe a form of treatment for back pain, depression, a broken bone, or cancer. The people in this profession hold Medical Doctor (M.D.) degrees and what they are trained to prescribe in their many years of schooling is called conventional medicine or treatment. There are other kinds of treatment that an M.D. cannot…

Although people may not realize it, there is an underlying template for many stories that are popular today. This template, called the Hero’s Journey (or a monomyth), serves as the underlying structure for a wide range adventure stories. There are many steps in this story model, but the more important ones are the “Call to Adventure”, the “Hero’s Acceptance of the Challenge”, the “Road of Trials”, the “Gathering of Allies and Powers”, the “Initial Loss to Evil”, the “Dark Night of the Soul”, the…

fashionable ment, usually slung over the left shoulder. Men were often found wearing these even indoors. Hairstyles and Headwear Early on in the period, men had their either short with no facial hair, due to the high collar and the ruff around the neck. Later in the period, the collars changed from ruffs and high collars to lace collars, draped over the shoulders. This meant that men could have longer hair and they also eventually grew beards also. These beards were maintained in a point. At…