Intervertebral disc

According to MRI results 93% of these injured athletes had either cervical disc disease or cervical stenosis….. Although burners may be the result of a brachial plexus stretch injury in high school and collegiate football players seen with acute symptoms, nerve root compression in the intervertebral foramina secondary to disk disease is a more common cause in collegiate and professional players who have recurrent or chronic burner syndromes…

Neurosurgery There are eight main parts of the brain. There are traces of ten different elements from the Periodic Table of Elements in the brain. Neurosurgery has dated back to around 10,000 BCE. The person who created modern neurosurgery was Harvey Cushing. Other famous neurosurgeons are Walter Dandy, A. Earl Walker, Donlin M. Long, Henry Brem, and Ben Carson. There are different specialties a neurosurgeon can choose to do. There are a lot of diseases that need neurosurgeons to treat them.…

Andrew Rider of Insurance Company referred this file for medical case management. Instructions were given to meet with Karen Hartman and assist with coordination of appropriate and related medical care, and identify needs to facilitate recovery. INTERVIEW SETTING On 11/9/16 I met Ms. Hartman at the office of Dr. McPherson. Ms. Hartman works at this medical office so she was already at work. She has not lost time due to her injury. She is alert and oriented and willing to work with a nurse…

A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult male with a birth date of 10/04/1961. The member has a diagnosis of low back pain. The member’s treating provider, Ben Altmann, DC recommended the member continue chiropractic visits. The carrier has denied coverage of continue chiropractic visits as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 12/18/2015, which states in part: “The committee upheld the denial based on the Definition of Maintenance…

The student discusses the stages involved in a computed radiography lumbar spine examination for a 35 year old male, with English as his second language, who was sent to the x-ray department following an appointment with his General Practitioner (GP). The clinical details read: “Recent road traffic accident 4 weeks ago, locking pain and stiffness in lumbar region, with bony tenderness. X-ray lumbar spine to rule out fracture” Prior to evaluating the clinical details, the request card was…

The Process of the Skeletal System The human body consists of around 300 bones at birth, but as the body grows, the bones shrivel up and decrease to 206 bones. Those 206 bones form the skeletal system. Each bone varies in shape and size. The skeletal system is much more than framework for the body. The skeletal system has many functions. The skeletal system is composed of dynamic living tissues and it interacts with all of the other organ systems. The skeletal system even remodels its self.…

(1988) with age was seen amongst individuals 45years and above. The mean decline of height per year increases with age. The mean annual rate of decline of height was approximately -0.5cms/year regardless of age. It may be due to thinning of intervertebral disc or changes in postural habits of individuals. Regression equations of body height with knee height in Males: B.H. = 75.62+1.79(KH); r2=0.54 Females: B.H. = 71.92+1.79(KH); r2=0.26 Regression equations of body height with knee height and…

Analyze the anatomical structure of ten different organelles in the cell and their respective functions. Chloroplast: Its main function is photosynthesis trapping energy from the sun and producing sugar from carbon dioxide. Its structure is made up of a double membrane system. They are known as the outer and inner membranes. The inner membrane surrounds the stroma and grana other words known as stacks of thylakoids (NCBI, 2016). Endoplasmic reticulum: Its main function is translation and…

The gift of Perfection of Character: Guiding Principles For The Martial Arts & Everyday Life by Master Teruyuki Okazaki, on my fifteenth birthday, changed my life. An outdoors person, I taught myself Taekwondo martial arts, when my friends were playing on their PlayStations and becoming masters of ‘God of War’. Perfection of Character inspired me to join the neighborhood Taekwondo Academy. My winning the silver medal within a year of my learning the martial art formally in a local competition…

TIBETAN TERRIER ORIGIN AND HISTORY The Tibetan terrier is a native of the “Lost Valley” of Tibet where it is considered a prized companion and luck bringer to those fortunate enough to possess them. The breed has been raised in Buddhist monasteries for over 2000 years and is considered the “Holy Dog of Tibet”. The lamas kept the dogs as watchdogs, companions and good luck charms. The dogs also did some herding and retrieved objects that fell down the mountain. The Tibetan terrier is not…