Femur

make their overall experience as positive as possible. Trigger Event My first week of clinical, my patient was post-op day one from a left hip arthroplasty. Knowing that this involved the total removal of the head, neck and part of the shaft of the femur, I expected the patient to be in a lot of pain. I was also unsure of how she would be able…

Subject Line: Sit down. This is going to take a minute. Hi _____________, On Thursday November 19th, 88 days from now, I will fight in my first sanctioned amateur boxing match. Here’s how this happened: Over the course of my twenties and into my mid-forties, I gained an enormous amount of weight. You know I was a big guy. Even as a vegetarian, and then vegan, I touted the healthfulness of my no-meat lifestyle but ignored the quantities food I consumed. I was…

Most of the bones in the lower and upper extremities are long bones, including the femur, tibia, fibula, and metatarsals in the lower limb, and the humerus, radius, ulna, and metacarpals in the upper extremity. Each long bone has a shaft called a diaphysis and two ends that are usually wider than the shaft, known as epiphyses (singular…

from a small paper cut, a tear of a ligament, or a bone breaking in the body. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the four central ligaments that stabilize the knee (Ref). This ligament prevents the tibia from sliding from the front of the femur and runs diagonally in the middle of the knee (ref). It is estimated that 70 percent of these tears occur through non-contact, while the other 30 percent occur from direct contact, whether it be from an outside object or player in sports…

(Gaithersburg, MD). 2.2. Isolation and Proliferation of MSCs Bone marrow derived MSCs were isolated as described previously (Baghaban Eslaminejad et al., 2008). In brief, bone marrow from deep anesthetized wistar rats was flushed out of tibias and femurs. After 2 washings by centrifugation at 1200 rpm for 5 minutes in PBS, cells were plated in 75-cm2 tissue-culture flasks with concentrations of 0.3 to 0.4 × 106 cells/cm2 in the DEMEM medium supplemented with 15% fetal calf serum. Cells were…

This study analyzed the differences and the relationships of the isolated sciatic nerve in regards to the compound action potential and the neuromuscular junction stimulations of the Rana pipens gastrocnemius. A total of five exercises were used to identify the effects on the stimulation of the sciatic nerve and the gastrocnemius. A dissection for both labs were performed to isolate the nerve and to isolate the gastrocnemius. Both experiments used LabChart to perform various stimulations on the…

suspect others do), there is a significant difference between human brains and the majority of animal brains, and that difference is mirror neurons. Mirror neurons allow humans to experience what others feel. It’s why when you see someone break their femur or get hit in the groin you can almost feel the pain along with them; the neurons are also responsible for an essential part of the human character, sympathy (brainfacts.org). A defining characteristic of psychopaths is the lack of sympathy;…

The hip flexor contains seven main muscles, two of the muscles are Iliacus and the Psoas Major (found in the abdomen). They are more commonly referred as the Iliopsoas. The Iliacus operates on the pelvic crest and goes all the way to the femur. The third main muscle is the Sartorius goes down the thigh in the anterior compartment. Four out of seven is the Vastus Rectus or the Rectus Femoris, is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body. Fifth muscle is rectus femoris is situated…

allowing for nutrients to be diffused. The bone cells transport materials along the line as needed so that each cell can receive the proper nutrients, and they continue this process until flat bone is formed. In long bones, which include the humerus and femur, a different growth process is used. The beginning formation of the bone appears as a simpler form of the future complete bone. Through continued growth, the bone allows blood vessels which provide bone stem cells to come inside. As the…

Over the course of years Forensic Anthropology and Biology has coincided with the criminal court system, and has had the ability to help face dangerous individuals with justice and to find these individuals guilty. Forensic Biology is defined as the application of science where the process of identifying badly decomposed, skeletal, or that of unidentified human remains is done. Forensic Anthropology is defined as the application of science that involves the physical anthropology to the criminal…