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    Skeletal Case Study

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    Name: ___________________________________ Period: _____ Date: ___________ Case Study: Skeletal System Chief Complaint: 72-year-old woman who fell on her right hip. History: Margaret Donovan‚ a 72-year-old white female‚ was brought to the emergency room by her son-in-law after falling in her bathtub. She was previously in good health‚ despite leading a relatively sedentary lifestyle and having a 30-year history of cigarette smoking. The only medication she currently takes is Inderal (propranolol)

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    PAPER – CONTRACT 1 Define contract. Explain the essentials of valid contract. A voluntary‚ deliberate‚ and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. Contracts are usually written but may be spoken or implied‚ and generally have to do with employment‚ sale or lease‚ or tenancy. 1. Essentials of a valid contract All agreements are not contracts. Only that agreements which is enforceable at law is a contract. An agreement which is enforceable at law cannot be contract. Thus

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    called the anti-aging cream. Since it is applied topically‚ how does it affect the skin? This medication is used to improve the appearance of the skin by reducing fine lines and wrinkles‚ reducing roughness‚ and improving skin color. Tretinoin belongs to a class of medications called retinoids. It works by affecting the growth of skin cells. In a sense it tightens the skin; maintaining the skin’s firmness‚ and adds a "plumping" effect. 2. Explain the relationship between the functions of epithelial tissue

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    Comparing the Cardiac muscle and the Skeletal muscle Differences Similarities Skeletal muscle is usually linked to bones by structures called tendons. Cardiac muscle is found in the heart. They are both important parts to the body. Skeletal muscle cells are usually arranged into cylindrical fibres with multiple nuclei and can be directly controlled by voluntary nerve signals from the nervous system. Cardiac muscle cells are normally shorter and are linked via gap junctions which allow compounds

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    Muscle Injuries

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    ------------------------------------------------- LIST OF MUSCLE INJURIES Properly functioning muscles perform only one duty‚ contraction. Muscles enable the body to sit‚ to move and to stand upright. They are attached by way of tendons to bones. Their contraction is controlled by electrical signals that can either be voluntary‚ such as when a person decides to stand up‚ or involuntary‚ as with the muscles that expand and contract the chest to control breathing. Muscles are made of thousands of muscle fibers. Knowing the types

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    Chapter 9: Muscles and Muscle Tissue‚ Lecture Outline: I. Overview of Muscle Tissues (pp. 276–278; Table 9.1) A. Types of Muscle Tissue (p. 277; Table 9.1) 1. Skeletal muscle is associated with the bony skeleton and consists of large cells that bear striations and are under voluntary control. 2. Cardiac muscle occurs only in the heart and consists of small cells that are striated and under involuntary control. 3. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs and

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    We have more than 600 muscles in our bodies. They pump blood throughout your body‚ and help you lift heavy things like backpacks‚ and textbooks. You could control some of your muscles‚ while others like your heart‚ have their own jobs without us thinking at all. Muscles are all made up of same material. A type of tissue like the material in a rubber band. Thousands or tens of thousands of small fibers make up all or each muscle in our body. There are different muscles‚ fibers‚ and contractions.

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    reduce trauma by relaxing skeletal muscles. Explain the process of muscle contraction and how a neuromuscular blocking agent‚ such as Metubine‚ would interfere with muscle contraction. In order to understand how a neuromuscular blocking agent works one must first understand the process of muscle contraction and what has to take place in order for us to be able to move our muscles. To create a muscle contraction your brain sends a message (nerve impulse) to your muscles via axon extensions. The

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    moral muscle

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    Moral Muscle can be defined as pushing ourselves to do more than the minimum in our moral life. Moral Muscle is not just having physical strength but metal strength. The phrase Moral Muscle is a metaphor in which shows a type of strength someone obtains mentally. Someone who exercises his or her moral muscles has an mindset to do the right thing. Someone is considered to have moral strength when they restrict themselves from doing bad things and in place of that commit good thing. Moral strength

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    6: Bones and Skeletal Tissues Objectives Skeletal Cartilages 1. Describe the functional properties of the three types of cartilage tissue. 2. Locate the major cartilages of the adult skeleton. 3. Explain how cartilage grows. Classification of Bones 4. Name the major regions of the skeleton and describe their relative functions. 5. Compare and contrast the structure of the four bone classes and provide examples of each class. Functions of Bones 6. List and describe five important functions

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