Throne of Blood

Previously I have used both breathing exercises and progressive muscle relaxation to fall asleep easier and attempt to relieve some stress. Before both attempts of these relaxation exercises, I was at yoga so my body was already very relaxed. Neither of the exercises were difficult for me but I struggle more with concentrating during PMR. In both sessions of the breathing exercises, I was able to get deeply into my headspace and feel free of stress or anything else. It really helped me focus…

Case- Study; Kycie Jai Terry was born on October 11th, 2009. She was happy and healthy. One day on January 30th, 2015, she got sick. Doctors found she had a type¬¬-1 diabetes. The things went from bad to worse. She had severe brain damage called traumatic brain injury and fell into a coma. She spent 111 days in the hospital and struggle hard with frustrated tears. Nurses also never quit and kept trying. Finally, Kycie says goodbyes and went home with her family and friends. She was still working…

of oxygen being supplied to the heart muscle. Hypoxic cell injury is a mechanism where oxygen levels are decreased to the myocardial cells of the heart and results in atherosclerosis. Blood flows through each of the coronary arteries independently. When one of the arteries is blocked, the other still receives blood flow. However, if both coronary arteries are blocked, myocardial hypoxia occurs,…

- The developing fetus does not breath by drawing in air into its lungs like an adult does. Instead, the fetus draws its oxygen from the mother’s blood where the oxygen content is low. The hemoglobin in adults consist of two alpha and two beta subunits. Fetal hemoglobin consists of two alpha and two gamma subunits. This allows hemoglobin to bind oxygen with higher affinity compared to adult hemoglobin, allowing the extraction of oxygen from maternal circulation. It Is important in fetal…

color ink the patient used in their tattoo, patients acquired symptoms resembling melanoma within their lymph nodes. Through trauma or the type ink color, the ink particles travel through the lymphatic system and settle in the lymph nodes. The white blood cells…

three of the John Hopkins residents joined together and discovered a hydrogel that combined serum and hyaluronic acid, to create a sticky gel. The two components took a vital role in this gel, the serum served as a protein that had all the parts of blood for a cell to survive while the hyaluronic acid was a molecule that already existent in the heart. This gel served as a synthetic stem niche because it enclosed stem cells while taking care of them and rapidly restoring their metabolism. The…

an air bubble is caught and blocks a blood vessel. It causes a cut off of blood to certain part of the body. There are many different ways of getting an air embolism. One is during surgery or just in the hospital, IV site are at a high risk because it is a line into a blood vessel. If the air embolism is not resolved it can make its way to your heart and cause it to stop. If an air embolism is in an artery it is extremely severe, because it can cut off blood flow to organs like the brain. When…

against which the heart contracts to eject blood. Afterload is divided into components: one factor is the aortic pressure the left ventricular muscle must overcome to eject blood. There is an inverse relationship between afterload and stroke volume. Factors that affect afterload include age due to stiffness and less contraction of the muscular arteries, increase of blood pressure and constriction of the arteries. The heart simply ejects all of the extra blood that filled it. However, increased…

A speculum is inserted into the vagina to clear an opening so that the cervical ostium can be localized and cleansed. A sterile saline flushed catheter is advanced through the cervical ostium into the cervical canal, where its balloon tip is inflated to hold the catheter in place. The vaginal probe can now be inserted while a sterile saline filled syringe is attached to the catheter. The saline is pushed through the syringe and through the catheter while the transducer moves from left to right…

Sasha Scanlon WCCC/ Spring Semester 2015 A&P II/ Matt S. The Effects of Varied Substances on a Daphnia’s Heart Rate. Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to compare the resting heart rate of a Daphnia, to its heart rate after 5 different substances were tested on it: Aspirin, Nasal Spray, Alka Seltzer, Coffee and Tea. Daphnia’s are often used as an experimental animal in lab settings because they are small, have a short life span and are easily maintained,…