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    dislocation due to the weakened socket and the heightened availability for another dislocation. When all else is done but the joint still does not provided the required stability to return to previous activity surgery takes place. The torn or stretched ligaments are repaired so that it is enhanced able to hold the shoulder in

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    Evaluate how the name of a muscle can distinguish its location‚ action‚ shape‚ and function. Select five different muscles to make this distinction. Descriptive terms are used to name skeletal muscles. Some names give the location in the body. The temporalis muscle is attached to the temporal bone in the skull. The brachialis muscle is attached to the humerus bone‚ but brachial refers to the main artery in the arm. Some muscles are named for their origins and insertions‚ like the genioglossus

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    International In early December 1891‚ Canadian American Dr. James Naismith‚ a physical education professor and instructor at the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School (YMCA) in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ USA‚ was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums

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    h  athletes and  sedentary  people.  The  majority  of sprains  are caused  by  an inversion  mechanism of  the plantar­flexed  foot.  As  a  result‚  the  lateral  ankle  ligaments  are  most  frequently  injured‚  with  injury  to  the  anterior  talofibular  ligament  (ATFL)  the  most  common.  Injuries  to  the  ligaments  of  the  ankle  are  common‚  especially  in  athletes  as  symptomatic  ankle instabilities develops  in as many as  10­40% following  an  acute  injury.1  The  ankle   was 

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    not to cut: i. The sacrotuberous ligament that lies deep the inferior edge of gluteus maximus ii. The posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh. 3. Identify the newly uncovered structures‚ from above down: a. gluteus medius b. superior gluteal vessels c. piriformis muscle d. inferior gluteal nerve and vessels e. sciatic nerve f. the gemelli and the tendon of obturator internus g. quadratus femoris. 4. Locate the ischial spine and sacrospinous ligament‚ then find the internal pudendal vessels

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    within the peritoneal cavity by several ligaments. The ovarian ligament anchors the ovary medially to the uterus; the suspensory ligament anchors it laterally to the pelvic wall; and the mesovarium (mez″o-va′re-um) suspends it in between. The suspensory ligament and the mesovarium are part of the broad ligament‚ a peritoneal fold that “tents” over the uterus and supports the uterine tubes‚ uterus‚ and vagina. The ovarian ligaments are enclosed by the broad ligament. The ovaries are served by the ovarian

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    ganglia. E) horns. 2) Enlargements of the spinal cord occur A) adjacent to the anterior median fissure. B) in the filum terminale. C) near the posterior median sulcus. D) in segments of the spinal cord that control the limbs. E) in the thoracic region of the spinal cord. 3) The ________ is a strand of fibrous tissue that provides longitudinal support as a component of the coccygeal ligament. A) conus medularis B) filum terminale C) cauda equina D) ventral root E) dorsal

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    iscylindrical or conical in shape and protrudes through the upper anterior vaginal wall.Approximately half its length is visible with appropriate medical equipment; the remainder liesabove the vagina beyond view. It is occasionally called "cervix uteri"‚ or "neck

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    A vertebral column extends from your skull to your pelvis. It is made up vertebrae‚ which are serrated by masses of Fibrocartilage which are called intervertebral disks. The disks are connected by ligaments. An infant has 33 separate bones in the vertebrae column; however‚ the adult column has 26 bones‚ because four form into the coccyx. While the other five bones form the sacrum. ( Hole‚ 210 )The vertebral column not only supports the head and the trunk of the body‚ but it’s also flexible enough

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    Humans breathe and speak daily without a thought of what really goes into this one aspect of communication. Even though breathing and speaking may seem like a mindless process‚ there are a number of muscles‚ ligaments and body parts that go into the mechanisms that make life what it is. In order to live and speak‚ we must be able to breathe. Respiration is the act of breathing. The act of drawing in a breath‚ or inspiration is the process of in-taking air. Air is taken in through the upper airways

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