Dental anatomy

Kidney Transplants In the United States there are 121,678 people waiting for a life saving organ transplant. Of those, there are 100,791 waiting for a kidney transplant. People are put on the kidney transplant list when their own kidneys begin to fail. A kidney transplant is an option to help prolong the life of a person who is experiencing kidney failure. The process of a kidney transplant is very long and stressful process and sometimes ends poorly. Even though kidney transplants are not…

As their skeletal systems differ, their muscle location and distribution differs as well. Crayfish have more joints, working together with muscles, enabling more movement than starfish (Muscles Anatomy Neal Pearce). By having more joints crayfish are able to move efficiently both on land and in water. In terms of efficiency however, starfish are able to get their job done as well by using its hydraulic system found in its limbs which takes in water…

Humans are bound by science. In everything we do, scientific laws have been put into place to help us come to terms with our existence on this planet. One of the most important of these laws is the second law of thermodynamics, which is also known as entropy. In thermodynamics, entropy is a “quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work” (Vocabulary, 2016), while in a philosophical sense entropy is the migration from order to chaos.…

The Host vs. A Long Way Gone I had the movie The Host and it was a fantastic and very detailed movie. The Host is about a young girl whose body gets taken over by a soul. A soul is an alien that has been placed into a human body so that they can survive. This movie is definitely a science fiction movie, aliens have basically taken over the human race and the seekers are trying to get the last of the humans to become one of them. The whole movie is full of the alien species invading the world.…

What is Achilles Tendinitis? The Achilles tendon in the back of your foot is the tendon that assists with a variety of activities. When you run, stand, jump or walk, this tendon is making all of that possible. When this tendon becomes sore or swollen from an injury or overuse, it's called Achilles Tendinitis. There are two kinds of Achilles Tendinitis. One kind of tendinitis impacts the bottom portion of the tendon, and this kind of pain and swelling can occur in people who have had an injury…

The biggest differences between the vertebrae in the spine, are shape and secondary functionality. The cervical vertebrae are the smallest, they are the most flexible allowing the biggest range of head movement. The only vertebra containing no vertebral body, the axis, is located in the cervical vertebrae. Thoracic vertebrae are mid sized, and the physical shape of the thoracic vertebrae are the most rigid because they connect the ribcage and torso to the spine. Thoracic vertebrae are the only…

In the article, "Organ Sales Will Save Lives, by Joanne MacKay, she appeals to the readers’ emotions by raising awareness that there are thousands of people in the world that die every year due to not enough life-saving organs, specifically kidneys. End Stage Renal Disease is when the kidneys stop working and the patient must endure grueling dialysis treatments and put on the transplant list, where they wait for a very long time for a cadaver kidney donation (MacKay ##). With only these options,…

All my life I have used my arms and hands. Never before have I thought what it would be like to lose them. In fact, never has it occurred to me how important it is to have a functioning body. A task that seems to be normal and every day can be excruciatingly difficult for those who have lost parts of their body. Our bodies are a symbol of health; our bodies must maintain optimal health. In the poem “When I am Finally Old” by Erna Hennessy, I see many ideas that Hennessy is tackling.…

Previously, a Greek anatomist named Galen found most of the information on anatomy that was used during that time period. He had previously found that there was a set of arteries leading directly from the heart to the brain called the rete mirabile. Andreas Vesalius proved that there is no such thing as the rete mirabile through…

Crupina vulgaris Crupina vulgaris is a class A federal noxious weed under the asteraceae family and dicot group, and is part of the spermatophyta subdivision that produces seeds (Natural Resources Conservation Service 2016). C. vulgaris is commonly known as Bearded creeper or Common crupina. It is a winter annual weed that can grow 1 m or 1 to four feet tall (Crupina vulgaris 2015) with three sterile and two fertile flowers (Crupina vulgaris (bearded creeper) 2011) pink to purple in color. C.…