What is FAS/FASD? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ such as beer‚ wine‚ or mixed drinks‚ so does her baby. Alcohol passes through the placenta right into the developing baby. The baby may suffer lifelong damage as a result. FAS is characterized by brain damage‚ facial deformities‚ and growth deficits. Heart‚ liver‚ and kidney defects also are common‚ as
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Tools needed for the dissection of the sheep heart are; 1 scalpel and 3-4 mall probes. Before cutting into the heart‚ trim the fat around the atria and great vessels. Also be sure to identify and explore a few structures/features such as the base and apex of the heart before making any incisions. [pic] You will need to orient the heart so that the vena cava is placed dorsally. The apex of the heart will be inferior to the base. The superior/inferior
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Chicken Wing Dissection Lab Purpose: To find and pair six different muscles in the chicken wing‚ in order to observe and understand the details of how muscles are involved in movement. Materials: Dissecting Pan Chicken Wing Forceps Surgical Gloves Procedure: 1. First‚ I put on my surgical gloves. 2. Then‚ I gathered all of the materials needed for this lab. 3. Before dissecting‚ I noted how the chicken wing appeared. I recorded these characteristics. 4. I then began the dissection
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal alcohol syndrome is a neurological condition caused by exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. This condition has a lifelong severe effect on the fetus‚ affecting a child’s physical‚ emotional‚ and neurological development. The term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is used to encompass the range of disabilities associated with exposure to alcohol in utero‚ and includes the diagnosis alcohol-related neurodevelopment disorder (ARND). Signs and symptoms that a child
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Intro Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is a term that is used to describe a range of problems that can occur to a fetus if the mother consumes any amount of alcohol during her pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most severe form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and has the most visibly identifiable characteristics. Alcohol drastically interferes with the growth and development of several body systems such and the brain and spinal cord‚ facial features and even causes many mental‚ behavioural
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Cow Heart Dissection By: Ashley McAllister 3/16/2014 Ashley McAllister Anatomy Miss Reilmann March 16‚ 2014 Cow Heart Dissection A. Background Information When the class dissected the cow heart last Thursday there were a lot of different things that could be seen. The purpose of this particular dissection was to see how the heart worked and pumped blood so that the body was able to receive the nutrients and oxygen it needed to survive. The cow heart and a human heart are alike
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Preparing for Dissection The first thing to do when preparing to dissect a shark is to get a pair of gloves so the smell of shark and the raw shark is not touched and on whoever will be dissecting. The next thing to do is get all of the materials that will be needed while dissecting the shark. The things that will be needed are: scalpel‚ tweezers‚ prop‚ pickups‚ scissors‚ and a tube to put the shark in. Then of course the last thing needed before beginning the dissection is the shark. External
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Introduction Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most common preventable form of mental retardation in the world. FAS causes a range of disorders‚ is found in all ethnic groups and populations and is most prevalent is impoverished communities. In South Africa‚ epidemiological studies have shown that rural populations in the Western Cape are particularly affected and have FAS rates exceeding those reported in other world communities. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a series of birth defects caused by
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Protecting Foetal Rights Angela Kim LWSO 335 Linda McKay-Panos Spring 2006 I. Introduction "Prenatal Substance Abuse and Judicial Intervention" by Richard D. Bell. Many dissenting views on judicial intervention in pregnancy and birth exist. In his article‚ Bell demonstrates his disagreement with the decision put forward by Shulman J. in the Winnipeg Child and Family Services case against G. (D. F.) to intervene and impose treatment on a pregnant‚ substance abusing woman. For Bell
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For my final project in Zoology I choose to write about the Starfish and Mussels we dissected. I chose these because‚ for me‚ these dissections were the most fun! Seeing what was inside of the starfish was nothing I had thought it would be‚ and the mussel is something I eat but usually it is mostly cleaned out by then so it was interesting to see what it looked like before it was cooked. As well as dissecting these animals‚ I was able to learn about how they interact with one another. In this essay
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