Flat feet

is an inactivating PH mutation in either the EVER1 or EVER2 genes, which are located adjacent to one another on chromosome 17. Flat…

Ultimately, the stepping reflex is observed when the infant is held above a flat surface and beings advancing his/her feet once the feet make contact with the surface. Although these infants are far too young to be able to independently walk, the stepping reflex mimics walking but in a tiptoe manner as compared to the normal heel to toe manner. Nearly all…

Alligators Alligators are such great animals, and are often mistaken with Crocodiles but they are two totally different animals. Alligators have wide, flat and rounded snouts. Their food consists of fish, frogs, snakes, turtles, birds, and other mammals. They’ve even eaten deer and other cattle as well. They are also known to attack humans because they are territorial and the females protect their babies. They can survive a very wide range of temperatures, but are mostly found in more warm…

When Baynton states, “Disability has functioned historically to justify inequality for disable people themselves, but it has also done so for women and minority groups” I think he means that inequality and discrimination have not only been towards disable people but to women and minorities as well. People with disabilities, women, and minorities all have fought for rights and justice in regards to many ways of life. For instance, the term disability in regards to disable people was correlated to…

It can be performed moving forward, backward, or sideways in the sagittal and frontal planes; but, nonetheless, all three directions prepare with a demi-plie (a bilateral knee flexion with feet flat on the ground). Then, the dancer jumps and extends the legs simultaneously away from the midline of the body in a “scissor-like” movement and closes back on the floor in fifth position. The trailing leg has an important role in sustaining balance…

structured with sides that have deep slants that are underneath a dark burial chamber. It also had a flat top and was only a one-story building. Originally mastabas only had single burials and they have increased over the years. The…

The Trendelenburg position involves placing the patient head down and elevating the feet (Colbert, Ankney, & Lee, 2016). It is named after German surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg, who created the position to improve surgical exposure of the pelvic organs during surgery ("What Is Trendelenburg Position And Reverse Trendelenburg Position?" n.d.). Trendelenburg position it is used to complete surgeries for patients with abdominal hernias. Lithotomy position requires the patient to lie on his back,…

In fact, this particular type of sculpture was among the most commonly created in Cycladic art. This one was found in a tomb, and despite being labeled as a “standing” female figure, it is technically unable to stand as its feet dangle in a way that restrict it to only being able to lie down. There is no firm agreement among archaeologists as to what the purpose of these figures were, however, there is a popular proposition that they may be associated with an offering, or…

launch at a range of two hundred to three hundred feet by calculating different variables. The independent variables of this lab were the shape and mass of the rocket, the angle degree the rocket is positioned at, and the amount of water added the rocket. The dependent variables were the distance, and the time. The ideas of the rockets design are based on the rockets of modern day time. The design for the rocket, Twix Fix, was that it would have a flat nose, and three fins. The three wings were…

went further into the forest, they saw a light flickering on and off. A few minutes later Radagast brought Fili and Kili dinner and he saw the light flickering on and off he knew something was wrong. Fili and Kili answered, “Thieves”, they stand ten feet tall, eat anything that moves, and weigh more than three…