The Left Leg

Mechanical Heart valves are designed to mimic natural heart valves as closely as possible. The valve is implanted in the heart of the patient where the damaged heart valve was removed. Artificial heart valves allows for correct blood flow through the heart by opening and closing with each heartbeat (St Jude Medical, n.d.). The Medtronic mechanical heart valve contains two leaflets (Medtronic, 2011). The pressure in the heart causes the leaflets to open and close, allowing blood flow in only…

heart through the pulmonary artery to the lungs and to the left side of the heart then back out to the rest of the body with oxygenated blood and the cycle repeats. In TGA, deoxygenated blood returning are not going to the lungs to be oxygenated, but is pumped back out to the body. This happens because…

right ventricle, left atrium and the left ventricle. The right atrium is the chamber which receives blood from the body that has been depleted from its oxygen and pumps it to the right ventricle. The right ventricle then pumps the blood from the right atrium over to the pulmonary artery which as the name would suggest means it goes to the lungs and the oxygen depleted blood is once again oxygenated. The left atrium of the heart then receives the blood that has been oxygenated to the left…

Right knee pain. ICD-9 - 719.46 SUBJECTIVE: The patient is an 18-year-old female referred to physical therapy secondary to right knee pain. The patient reports the date of onset was approximately two months ago. She reports her symptoms came on after running on the treadmill and since then her symptoms have somewhat persisted, however, she reports her pain is almost completely gone. She just has what she calls muscle tightness. X-rays were performed, which were negative. The patient…

When I read this week’s assignment for the 2 page paper, I was really excited. From the website given I chose sleep disorders and restless leg syndrome as my two topics. I chose sleep disorders, because it has always interested me. I chose restless leg syndrome, because my dad has it. He suffers from it almost every night. I would love to learn more about it to be able to help him. There are many common sleep disorders. Most of them can be caused by stress, physical health, emotional health,…

child and they will be less likely to complain about being fatigued or show discomfort when asked to write. While paper position depends on whether the child is right-handed or left-handed. Right-handed children should place their papers directly in front of them with the left side of the paper center to their body, while left-handed children should place their paper partially clockwise and hold their pencil slightly farther…

Left Handedness Matt Hellman English III Mr. Putnam December 12, 2015 Left Handedness I. Introduction II. Some may wonder why they are left handed versus right handed, there are a few different theories of why this happens. A. The first example deals with the hormones in the body. 1. Hormones/Testosterone 2. Nervous System and Hormones B. Next, some have found that the reason people may be left handed instead of right, is due to genetics. 1. Genetics 2. Identical Twins C.…

Left hander 's doubtlessly have a noteworthy burden. It can be baffling living in a privilege gave world as a left hander as I have found. For instance, for our situation, attempting to utilize a divider mounted pencil sharpener, opening a container of wine with a corkscrew, or turn the pages of a book. This…

The first book that I remember someone, my mother, reading me is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. My mother would always read to me before bed. We would snuggle together, and I strongly believe that these experiences shaped me into the reader I am today. Also, I believed that it contributed to my love of reading. 2. Again, here is a prompt – read it, close your eyes and think about what the response should be. What is the first thing you remember reading on your own,…

long until the doctor discovered that she behaved in an unusual manner. Especially during post-surgery reviews, the doctor would observe that Kara’s left hand is active without her knowing that something is going on. He would ask Kara if she knew that her left hand was moving, for example, unbuttoning her blouse. “When the doctor told me that my left hand was undoing my blouse, I was mortified! It was shocking and confusing! So, I began to re-do the buttons on my blouse, only to have them undone…