Vertebra

The skeletal system is a very important part of a human’s body. Without the skeletal system, we would not be able to move. The skeletal system is made up of mostly bone, but also tendons, ligaments and cartilage, which are arranged into a solid structure that supports and protects the body. We will look at the skeletal system in more detail covering, the functions, bone structure, bone classification, joint classification and diseases that affect the skeletal system. The skeletal system has…

The skeletal system has several functions. These functions include supporting the body, protecting the vital organs, providing a point of attachment for skeletal muscles, giving the body shape, and aiding in the formation of red blood cells, white blood cells, and white blood cells, and platelet. In addition, the bones of the skeletal system also store the body’s main supply of calcium. Osteoporosis is a condition that causes the bones to weaken and become fragile due to a lack of calcium in the…

On February 16, 2004, late in the second period of a game against Colorado, Vancouver’s Markus Naslund was elbowed in the head by Colorado rookie Steve Moore. Naslund suffered from a concussion and a chip in his elbow. The Vancouver bench was infuriated that a penalty was not called on the play. Three weeks later an enraged Todd Bertuzzi decided to get even with Moore. During the third period, he sucker punched Moore to the temple and hurled him onto the ice. Moore’s head collided with the ice…

DOI: 11/16/2015. Patient is a 53-year-old male employee who sustained injury while he was walking and cleaning hand rails when he slipped and fell. He had a lumbar strain. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with lumbar Discogenic pain syndrome; lumbar radiculitis; numbness, chronic bilateral low back pain with sciatica, sciatica laterality unspecified; and myalgia. MRI of the cervical spine dated 1/28/16 (no official report) revealed that C3-4 and C4-5 mild broad-based posterior disc bulge.…

Spina bifida is a birth defect, this condition results in an “incomplete closure of the vertebra around the spinal canal (New Health Guide 2014)”. Many individuals do not know they have this condition because they may not encounter the side effects which include nerve defects. These nerve defects may make it difficult for you to walk, and you…

of the whales physically hurting the trainers. In SeaWorld Orlando Florida on February 24, 2010; Dawn Brancheau was killed by one of their bull whales, Tilikum, also known as Tilli. She suffered from a broken jaw, a dislocated elbow, a fractured vertebra, and so much more.…

Assignment 4 Prefix means to fix before or to fix to the beginning of a word. Prefixes are united with or placed at the beginning of words to alter or modify their meanings or to create entirely new words. A root word or word element from which other words are formed. It is the foundation of the word. The root conveys the central meaning of the word and forms the base to which prefixes and suffixes are attached for word modification. A combining form is a world root to which a vowel has been…

What made Darwin stand out from the crowd was his ideas that took all supernatural factors, even God, in the design of the natural world. His ideas were simply evolution and the mechanism of natural selection. Darwin was a big follower of Paley’s work on Natural Theology, but Paley relied too heavily on supernatural factors. Darwin published his work On the Origin of Species in 1859, and in it contained the components of his theory of evolution. Coyne talks about the six components: evolution,…

Ernest M. Hemingway An extraordinary author was once quoted saying, “There is nothing to writing, all you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” This author is none other than Ernest Miller Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway was an American writer that began his career at the age of seventeen. He was in World War I, and after he came back, he became a reporter for both American and Canadian newspapers. His writing was mostly during the post-war Depression Era. Hemingway was born July 21,…

Rodhocetus has a large, flexible sacral vertebra, that was fused together and helps them swim. They also have a short, strong neck, that may not be as flexible as the others . This creature lived in the deepest waters of all the species. Researchers found Dorudon atrox fossils all over: Louisiana…