Cadaver

Francisco, and shortly thereafter became a teaching assistant for my Anatomy professor. In these settings, I was able to utilize the PBL approach where my scientific knowledge had greatly expanded. I facilitated group demonstrations of the human cadaver, tutored students in and out of class, and made anatomy relatable and understanding to my peers. I developed leadership skills as I assumed more responsibility, and applied all the knowledge I learned from lab to various clinical settings…

The infamous Night Doctors of the 19th century (and late 18th century) haunted the lives of African Americans, snatching innocent minds and bodies away from their rightful owners. Night Doctors are widely known for their history in body-snatching, which was simply the act of kidnapping and killing innocent blacks (mostly blacks) off the streets for the use of medical experimentation. For dozens of years, scientists, and even just the modern, everyday population have debated on the subject of…

Why Do People Go to College? When people speak of pursuing a post-secondary education nowadays, it usually has a negative connotation with the American student debt being in the trillions. Not only that, but there are also countless stories of college graduates not being able to find jobs in the fields they studied in. To add to on to their burdens, most students working towards a higher education are forced to take out loans in order pay their tuition. Once students consider all the…

charged with the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. He was sentenced to death. His last wish was very unique. He wished for his coffin to be filled with cement (murderbygaslight.com). His reason for this was so people would not dig up his body and use it as a cadaver like he had done so many other times. No one knows why he didn’t want people to dig up his body. On May 7, 1896 Holmes was hung(history.com). He was thirty-five years old when he died. Reports say when Holmes was hung, his neck did not…

Animating a being made from gathering body parts stolen from cadavers in the predawn hours of the morning is evil to many. There is one single act in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that is so evil and unfathomable it alone stands to define Victor as a monster. Justine death can be directly related to Victor. Even though…

the Hamstring tendon, which is a faster recovery with a smaller incision (ref). If a patient’s ACL reconstruction surgery has already failed, a surgeon may recommend a quadriceps tendon auto graft (ref) or allografts, which is a tendon taken from a cadaver and are becoming increasingly popular due to their success of ACL reconstruction (ref). Physical therapy is a crucial part of ACL surgery, as much of the success of the reconstruction is based on beginning exercise immediately after surgery.…

Brachialis muscle was seen uniformly to be consisting of 2 heads, superficial and deep. The superficial head forming the main bulk of the muscle originated from the anteromedial and anterolateral surface of the middle third of humerus ,embracing the deltoid insertion. In addition it also had attachement to the adjoining part of the lateral intermuscular septum. Its fibers ran vertically and terminated in a thick tendon to be inserted onto the ulnar tuberosity. Fibers of…

especially after a posttraumatic event. All in all, people see animals as humans. They see them as friends or even as their own family members because animals provide their company as well as can sometimes sense what a person is going through. This proves that animals have feelings and help so many people through their struggles. Furthermore, animals can be excluded in testing with todays advanced technology. There are numerous methods directed toward not using animals within experiments. One…

Have you ever torn your ACL? If so, then you know that the recovery process can be long and challenging. The ACL, also known as the anterior cruciate ligament, crosses the PCL, posterior cruciate ligament, to form an “X”. It connects the tibia and femur, kind of like a long band, and it also hides behind the patella. The ACL keeps the tibia from moving too far forward and also controls the knee when rotating. Anyone can be at risk of an ACL injury, there are many different signs of the injury,…

them she could not heal anyone anymore. I then saw Tenorio, his bloody shirt dripping down on her. He had his two daughters by his side, they were palidas and each of them had specks of rooster blood scattered on their faces. Then they took Utima’s cadaver, and placed her into a woven cottonwood basket. What had this meant? Were her teachings to me from the Diablo himself? Were my friends correct about Ultima being a bruja? No, that could not be it. A kind curandera, like her, would not stoop to…