Vertebra

A metabolic bone disorder. Occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” When viewed under a microscope, healthy bone looks like a honeycomb. When osteoporosis occurs the holes and spaces in the “honeycomb” are much larger than in healthy bone. The bones have lost density or mass and contain abnormal tissue structure. As bones become less dense, they weaken and are more likely to break. This occurs from a lack of calcium and phosphate…

have evolved over the millions of years from the first hominid. One of the hominid species that humans have evolved from is the Australopithecus Afarensis. A classification of an Australopithecus Afarensis is a Southern Ape. This species is a vertebra and a primate. The Australopithecus Afarensis have similar characteristics with humans, homosapeaons, while having their own ape like characteristics and way of life. This species was discovered in 1974 and was formally named in 1978 after a…

During my life I have gone to the doctor’s office for many reasons like to get shots or to give blood. Now the normal person would go into the office get the shot or give the blood, get the area sanitized, and leave to go home. In my case though I go into the office, take the shot or give the blood, and take the rest of the day to recover from the event. I never liked shots or giving blood in any situation. In my life I always forewarn people that I will seem okay after the event, get up to…

rotation of the mandible in concert with the movement of hyoid, tongue, pharynx and cervical spine. (Bibby et al, 1981) proposed new technique in which they introduced the ‘hyoid triangle’ taking Retrognathion (RGn), hyoidale (H) and third cervical vertebra (C3). This triangle allows the assessment of hyoid bone posture in three directions, maybe used to assess normal physiologic position and fuctions of the surrounding anatomy in this area, which may be important in orthodontic and surgical…

The untitled artwork from “The Entre Pausas (Between Pauses) Series” by the Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino during the late 1960s and early 1970s, portrays the struggle of women living in a patriarchal society. Anna Maria Maiolino was born in Italy, but due to World War II, she immigrated with her family to South America. She first lived in Venezuela and later moved to Brazil in 1960. Throughout her career as an artist, Maiolino has interpreted social issues in most of her paintings,…

Gloria Estefan is a survivor of a bus accident that happened while she was on tour. The accident was caused when a truck crashed into the bus. The incident occurred on March 20, 1990 in Pennsylvania. The accident caused Gloria to suffer from a broken vertebra. Gloria Estefan used perseverance, adaptability, and initiative to survive a difficult situation. To begin with, Gloria Estefan used perseverance…

while there is a relatively large movement. Spinal cord The spinal cord runs encased in the spinal canal, inside the spine. The spinal cord reaches down to the first or second vertebrae of the spine, approximately level with the navel. Between each vertebra nerves going out from the spinal cord through the hole on each side. Where the spinal cord runs out yesterday nerve fibers into a kind of tail, the so-called horse tail, cauda equina in Latin. Different names for different kinds of…

numbness, or tingling in the area of the body supplied by the nerve. The pain may feel sharp and burning. Spinal nerves leave the spinal cord through openings between the 24 bones (vertebrae) that make up the spine. Radicular pain is often caused by a vertebra or one of the round cushions between vertebrae (intervertebral disks) pushing on a…

Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue. All bones in your body can be affected by this disease but there are a few bones that break more easy. The bones of the spine, hip, and wrist are most likely to break. Hip fractures can be especially dangerous in elderly people because of how long it takes to heal and on top of that, they can not move while they are in the healing process which can lead to blood clots. Osteoporosis occurs when…

hurt my shoulder last year pitching and was referred to physical therapy, I was not looking forward to waking up an extra hour earlier to go to a place that I had been to five years before. When I was nine years old I was diagnosed with a collapsed vertebra in my neck that turned out to be a rare form of cancer called Histiocytosis. I had to wear a cervical collar for a year and the only form of exercise I was allowed to do was in this bright, open atrium called the physical therapy department…