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    Critical Review of Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne This is an analytical book review of Heinrich Fichtenau’s The Carolingian Empire: The Age of Charlemagne. It will cover the Fichtenau’s writing techniques and sources he used in developing this fascinating book. Thesis: To better understand the significance of Charles the Great‚ one must first comprehend the unfortunate features challenging Charles during the Carolingian period. This was a quality intention for

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    Intro Background One of the most common injuries to the knee involves the anterior cruciate ligament; also known as the ACL. The knee is set up as a central point where three bones meet together forming the knee itself. These bones are the femur (thigh bone)‚ shinbone (tibia) and the kneecap (patella). All of which are connected to other bones by ligaments. The four primary ligaments in the knee are the LCL (lateral collateral ligament)‚ PCL (posterior cruciate ligament)‚ MCL (medial collateral

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    To this date‚ there have been many controversies on “to what extent was Lucy bipedal?” which has been supported through evidences such as‚ the analysis of Lucy’s skeleton particularly her femur‚ careful examinations of the footprints in Laetoli and surveying the habitat of A.afarensis over a

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    What Are Compound Fractures

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    get to the fracture site without a barrier of skin or soft-tissue. Therefore‚ a bone does not need to be through the skin in order for the injury to be called a compound fracture. Open fractures could lead to possible infections. Examples of a fractured limb would be a leg fracture. You can recognise this by a child telling you their leg hurts or looking out for pain when they move their leg. Also a lump‚ swelling or bruise in the area of

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    Section 005 November 4‚ 2013 ACL Tears in Female Athletes ACL TEARS IN FEMALE ATHLETES The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) found in the knee connects the femur (thigh bone) to the tibia (shin) and provides stability to the knee. The ACL prevents the tibia from shifting too far forward and from rotating too far inward under the femur. The recent increase of this injury has parents‚ athletes‚ doctors‚ and coaches in fear. Athletes and parents fear the injury to due the expensive surgery‚ and

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    Breech Presentation Final

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    Chapter 48: Breech Delivery Techniques Dr. Ernesto S. Uichanco Introduction Classification of Breech Presentation Vaginal Delivery Versus Cesarean Section Management of Labor and Delivery Spontaneous Breech Delivery Assisted Breech Delivery Delivery of the Shoulder and Arms Delivery of the Head Mauriceau-Smellie-Voit Maneuver Piper’s Forceps Application Complete Breech Extraction Cesarean Section Difficulties in Vaginal Breech Delivery Nuchal Arm Cervical Entrapment of

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    MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS WORKSHEET‚ Reflection questions and surface anatomy This worksheet will guide your note-taking for the Major Skeletal Muscles slideshow. Be sure to include drawings or sketches of your muscle groups. It will help you when you are studying this material in the future. Your drawings do not need to be fancy. You can make simple stick figures with arrows pointing to the location of the muscle group if you wish. 1. Axial muscles are skeletal muscles of the   Trunk      or    Head                 

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    Arthritis Index

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    ARTHRITIS INDEX * Introduction * What is ARTHRITIS? * Symptoms of ARTHRITIS. * Causes of ARTHRITIS. * Types of ARTHRITIS. * Osteoarthritis * Gout & Pseudo gout * Rheumatoid arthritis & Juvenile Rheumatoid arthritis. * Arthritis in Hand & Spine. * Treatment of ARTHRITIS * Home remedies. * Conclusion * Bibliography. Presented by

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    Hoodwinked

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    For some of this term we have been working on “Fractured Fairy Tales”. A fractured fairy tale is a story that uses fairy tales that you are familiar with and changes the setting‚ point of view or plot and some of the characters‚ usually these changes add humour to the story. One of the fractured fairy tales we focused on was “Hoodwinked”. Hoodwinked is the fractured fairy tale of “Little Red Riding Hood”. Hoodwinked main characters; Red Puckett‚ Granny

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    Anterior Cruciate Ligament

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    The knee is made up of many ligaments and tendons and Four bones. The superior portion of the knee is the distal head of the femur. The patella sits on top of the joint where the inferior portion of the knee is the proximal head of the tibia and fibula just below. Tendons connect muscle to bone‚ where as ligaments connect bone to bone. The main ligaments in the bone are the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) which runs from the patella to the tibia‚ The Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) which runs

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