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    Skeletal Project

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    Professor: Pierre Louis‚ Vertulie 4/16/13 A&P SKELETAL PROJECT! This system has 206 bones and associated cartilage‚ tendons‚ and ligaments. Because bone is unbending‚ it gives the body a structure‚ maintains its shape‚ and protects essential organs. Bones provide a place for muscles and supporting structures to attach‚ and‚ with the movable joints. A joint is a place of union between two or more bones that may be movable or immovable. Bone also functions as a place for mineral storage

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    Muscles attached to scapula: Levator scapulae origin is transverse processes of C1-C4‚ insertion at superior angle of scapula‚ it moves scapula and flexes neck. Pectoralis minor’s origin is ribs 3-5 and insertion at coracoid process of scapula‚ it depresses scapula and elevates ribs. Rhomboids Major and Rhomboids Minor’s origin at spinous processes T1-T4‚ insertion at medial border of scapula‚ they move scapula. Serratus anterior’s origin is at ribs 1-9‚ insertion is at medial border of scapula

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    Emma Parker

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    preoperative antibiotics. A straight lateral approach to the proximal femur was made. Dissection was carried through the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Hemostasis was obtained with electro cautery . The fascia latta was divided in line with the skin incision. The fascia over the vastis latteralis was divided in line with the skin incision and the vastis latteralis was divided in line with its fibers revealing the lateral aspect of the proximal femur which was retracted with the

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    Immature Bone Analysis

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    If a human femur was found‚ for example buried in a forest‚ a forensic anthropologist will need to examine it. However‚ if more bones were found there may be a more useful bone‚ or combination of bones‚ that would be more likely to provide pertinent information. There are many things that can be found out from a human femur‚ when it is first found and proved to be human anthropologists can use different observations‚ measurements and analysis techniques to categorise the bone and build up a biological

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    University of Phoenix Material The Skeletal System Exercises After viewing the animation answer these questions. * Exercise 5.1: Coloring Exercise * * Scan completed coloring exercise and submit as a separate document. * * * Exercise 5.2: Appositional Bone Growth * After viewing the animation‚ answer the following questions: 1. Define appositional bone growth. Formation of new bone on the surface of older bone or cartilage 2. Which cells produce

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    individuals based on morphological changes • Analyze bones to determine height estimations. • Develop a regression calculation for estimating height. • Evaluate bones for pathological and physiological changes. Materials Assorted bones: pelvic girdles‚ femurs‚ skulls‚ etc. Metric ruler or tape measure Photos of Bone Trauma or Pathology Before You Begin 1. Read the Dem Bones case study written by Alease Bruce of the Department of Health and clinical Sciences University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The Case

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    Fracture

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    Fracture * Bones form the skeleton of the body and allow the body to be supported against gravity and to move and function in the world. Bones also protect some body parts‚ and the bone marrow is the production center for blood products. * Bone is not a stagnant organ. It is the body’s reservoir of calcium and is always undergoing change under the influence of hormones. Parathyroid hormone increases blood calcium levels by leeching calcium from bone‚ while calcitonin has the opposite effect

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    Osto Hardware

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    | For fracture of proximal/distal tibia | 3) Spanning External Fixator | | For fracture of the femur extended to tibia | 4) Hoffman’s External Fixator | | For pelvic affection (ex. hip dislocation) | 5) Hybrid External Fixator | | For periarticular fracture of the ankle or knee joint | 6) Compression Hip Screw Fixator | | For intertrochanteric fracture of the femur | 7) Buttress Plate / T-plate | | For fracture of the proximal 3rd of tibia | 8) 9) Luque

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    antibiotics. A straight lateral approach to the proximal femur was made. Dissection was carried through the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Hemostasis was obtained with electrocautery. The fascia lata was divided in line with the skin incision. The fascia over the vastus lateralis was divided in line with the skin incision‚ and the vastus lateralis was divided in line with its fibers‚ revealing the lateral aspect of the proximal femur which was retracted with the

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    adult malignancies and accounts %90 of neoplasms arising from kidney. RCC often metastasizes to other organs‚ but very rarely to the head and neck region including maxilla and mandible. A 62-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the mandible was presented in this work. Key Words: Renal cell carcinoma‚ Mandible‚ Metastasis‚ Head and Neck neoplasms.‚ Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 3% of all tumors in adult individuals and has the highest incidence in industrialized

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