Femur

Growing up, I watched a lot of sports. Baseball was my favorite. My family and I cheered for the Atlanta Braves through the good and bad times. Some of my favorite memories are of going to baseball games with my family. I clearly remember the day my favorite player went down due to an ACL injury. In 2010, Chipper Jones made a spectacular throw from third, a boom-boom play at first. Chipper got the out for the Braves. I remember my excitement fading as Chipper immediately went to the ground. I…

The knee joint is the largest joint within the human body. It joins the thigh with the leg, and contains two articulations; one between the femur and tibia, and the other between the femur and patella. A human knee is a mobile “trocho-ginglymus” also known as a hinge joint, a hinge joint is a bone joint that permits motion in only one plane. The knee permits flexion and extension, while also providing a slight internal and external rotation. The knee joint is extremely vulnerable to acute injury…

calcaneal tendon which inserts into the back of the calcaneous. The gastrocnemius muscle has two heads, the medial head originates from the medial condyle and the lateral head originates from the lateral condyle of the femur. The plantaris muscle originates at the supercondylar line of the femur and the soleus muscle originates on the shaft of the tibia and fibula. There are also the deep muscles that plantarflex the ankle and flex the toes. The flexor digitorum longus muscle plantarflexes the…

There are many bones in the human body, the bones make up the skeleton that provides structure and support for the body. This paper will list some major bones and the muscles that are connected to these muscles. The first major bone on the list is the tibia, which is located in the lower leg. The muscle that connects to the tibias origin is the hamstring, which helps with flexibility and strength in the legs. Another muscle would be the clavicle which is in the insertion of the trapezius…

composition of the ACL is Type 1 collagen. The rest of the ligament is composed of Types 2 and 3 collagen, and elastin to allow the ACL to be elastic in nature. The collagen fibers of the ACL also accommodate themselves to the bone fibers of the femur and tibia. When this accommodation occurs, the result is a transitional zone comprised of mineralized and plain fibrocartilage. This zone prevents too much stress to be pinpointed onto one spot. This happens because of the shift from tendon to…

There are many injuries that athletes sustain, but maybe one of the injuries most people hear most about is the ACL injury. The reason this is one of the most heard about injuries is because of just how devistating this injury is. The amount of recovery and permanent damage makes it one of the most devastating injuries in sports. There are three different degrees of sprains when talking about ACL injuries. Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3. I would go further into depth as to what all of these mean.…

Although the skeleton is one whole system, it’s split up into two parts. These can be identified as the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. Axial Skeleton The axial part of the skeleton is the vertical, central section of the skeleton which includes the skull (cranium), the vertebral column and the rib cage. The axial skeleton is the supporting structure of the skeleton. It provides support and protection for the brain, the spinal cord and many of the organs within the human body. It…

Material and Method For the present study, total 1000(500 males and 500 females) asymptomatic, healthy adults, residing in Teerthanker Mahaveer University of cosmopolitan origin with age over 18 years old with no diagnosed history of knee arthropathy and spinal deformity and a written informed consent was taken from the subjects. The measurements were taken between 2 to 5 p.m. to remove the inconsistencies due to diurnal variations. Sampling Method - : Purposive and Judgment sampling methods…

On April 1, 2005, I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and immediately went through intense rounds of chemotherapy. The affected area originated in large tumor on my thigh, but it soon spread through my entire femur. I had many surgery including an eleven hour surgery that removed my entire femur. I was always told that I would not be able to do certain things- mainly in the educational field, but time and time again I have proven my doctors wrong. I have been a straight A student since being…

was injured in November 2007 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. I was commanding the vanguard of a combat team leaving a patrol base to conduct a night operation in the Zharay district. Shortly after our departure and ‘shake-out’ into formation, my command vehicle was hit by a Command-Wired IED that defeated the armour and safety systems aboard our Light Armoured Vehicles. The initial blast and subsequent fire that spread to the ammunition and explosives we were carrying generated three Killed-in-Action…