Wise Blood

memoir from prison, the book starts in 1975 with his graduation from elementary school and initiation into the Crips. His initiation included a brutal beating from fellow Crips members, which immediately followed his first gang shooting against the Bloods. At the age of thirteen, Kody Scott earned the nickname “Monster” due to his violent acts committed against a victim. In 1978, Monster describes himself as having “ambition, vitality, and ruthlessness” in order to build his reputation and…

To understand the Musculo-Skeletal system and how it is suited to the functions that it performs for the body you first need to understand how the system works and what it is responsible for. It is comprised of two separate systems working together as one to provide the body with physical support, the ability to move and protection for its major organs. These two systems are the Skeletal System and the Muscular System and they contain the following:-  Bones of the skeleton  Muscles …

1. There are many different reasons why individuals might join a gang. According to organized crime, we all have what is called cognitive R.A.M. or random access memory. It is the ability to process information just like a computer. Therefore, everyone is programmed differently and has different ways to process information in this world. Furthermore, how we process information is mainly determined how we were raised. Those particular individuals who are raised around gangs such as the Mafia…

arteriosus (DA) diverts blood from the pulmonary artery and moves it directly into the aorta, bypassing pulmonary circulation, because the lungs are not functioning and are filled with fluid. The DA opening is possible through the production of prostaglandins in the vessel allowing for it to stay patent (Kim, 2015, p.1). When the fetus is born the DA undergoes a transition, which occurs approximately 15-48 hours after birth and is this when the arteriosus constricts and closes. The blood is no…

The blood within it transports everything our cell need to sustain life. No cell in the body lies more than a few micrometers from a blood vessel. There are 100,000 mile of the blood vessels in the human body. The circulatory system section showed the blood vessels of the body, the bronchia tree and pulmonary arteries. Arteries carry blood away from heart and veins carry blood to the heart. Then we move along to the respiratory system, the…

Endocarditis will damaged the heart valves to where the heart will start leaking and will not be able to push the blood throughout the body. There is a few ways to prevent it; to do it on your own you should have good oral hygiene. Doctors can give you antibiotics to help prevent Endocarditis, but there will always be a chance of getting it know matter what you…

respiratory rate. Also, increased blood flow in the…

A chest x-ray will be done to show the heart, lungs and blood vessels. If the heart is enlarged, it should be prevalent on the x-ray. An ECG will be done to record the electrical signs of the heart to help look at the heart rhythm and structure problems. A echocardiogram uses ultrasound waves to show images of…

for example in some pregnant women it may cause birth defects if the virus reaches the blood and also the baby 's blood system. It also affects the body system because the bite of the mosquito goes directly into the blood since they are trying to feed off of the blood of a person or animal.…

The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste, and other unwanted materials. The primary function of the lymphatic system is to transport lymph, a fluid containing infection-fighting white blood cells, throughout the body. Kikuchi Disease or kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign and self-limited disease that mainly affects young women. Patients present with localized lymphadenopathy, fever and leukopenia in up to half of the cases. The…