Head and neck anatomy

Tara Tate Megan Brejcha Anatomy & Physiology II 13512 F17 Thyroid Disorders: An Overview The thyroid gland is a small x-shaped gland that lies in the front of the neck and is part of the body’s endocrine system. Located below the Adam’s apple along the trachea, the thyroid consists of two lobes joined by an isthmus, or middle section. It is an important gland in that it regulates metabolism and growth and affects almost every organ of the body. The thyroid uses iodine in the…

consists of the head and neck region of the mural. In this quadrant you see half of a face. The face only goes up as far to see the nostrils of the man. The man’s head is tilted backwards and there are blue and white hexagons coming out of the top half of the head. The face of the man is muscle and if you look at the next you see the muscle striations in the neck. Lastly you’ll notice that the muscles on the neck go into as much detail as showing us the muscle striations in the neck. Quadrant…

laterally flexing, and rotating the vertebral column (Tortora & Nielsen, 2015). The final major muscle trained in a deadlift is the trapezius muscle. The trapezius is the most superficial muscle of the back, and is also connected to the posterior of the neck (Kenney, Wilmore & Costill, 2015). Getting its name from its trapezoid shaped nature, the trapezius is used in many scapular movements due to its unique shape (Tortora & Nielsen, 2015). The trapezius is also used in stabilizing the skull…

resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome look and function like those of worms and bacteria. In only 201 pages and 11 chapters, Shubin gets his point across easy. Chapter 1 mentions how common descent and how fossil records are intertwined. Shubin gets his point across with using the example of the creature the tiktaalik. The tiktaalik is the earliest living thing with a neck, meaning that it can turn its head and look…

unification of the kingdoms, their necks…

helmet absorbs some of the impacting force and thus moves “independent of the skull” Broglio et al. 38). • Motion capture and post-injury video analysis (Hybrid III test model) Limitations: 10% error in generation analysis, and 15% in peak values. • Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) Limitations:…

14th century and went into Europe abound the late 15th century. Renaissance period was known as the period of time that fully changed how the Greek and Roman people lived their lives. During the renaissance period interest in medical knowledge and anatomy surged after the dark ages (“History of Medicine”). Medicine was usually studied by scholars and or aristocrats (“Renaissance Period”). It was said to be that “Medicine was practiced more rather than art and science” (“Renaissance Period”).…

I think the piece as a whole was formed to illustrate the idea woman, with her long neck, small face and long, skinny legs. In addition to what is physically depicted, there is also a bit of symbolism included into the figure. As I mentioned earlier, the hands were facing upward on the sculpture. This placement of the hands represents…

inches in length, lies on an oval shield with a trumpet near his right hand. Portraying a realism form of art, the off-white statue portrays the man in different axis points. The legs are at a profile with the upper body at a more right angle, and the head also at a right angle, but facing toward the ground. Most of the object seems smooth but there is great detail in the vein work within the feet and lower arms. The Dying Gaul, which was originally created approximately around…

can kick. Steps: 1. Approach the horse slowly at angle towards the left shoulder of the horse. 2. Put the reins over the horse’s head by guiding the reins over the horse’s ears. The reins should sit on the horse’s withers (the base of the neck above the shoulders). Reference picture 1. Picture 1- Withers of a Horse (http://horse-pros.com/5478/horse-anatomy-withers) 3. If horse has a halter, take off the horse’s halter. 4. Place the bit in your right hand. 5. Warning: Possibility of…