Achilles Tendon Injury 1. Anatomy: 2. Pathology: – Achilles tendonitis – Achilles tendon rupture – Achilles tendon avulsion Anatomy • Largest tendon in the body • Achilles tendon forms from the union of gastrocnemius (medial and lateral) and soleus tendons • Blood supply: posterior tibial artery Imaging • • Figure 1. Normal MRI of the Achilles tendon demonstrates this to be a well defined hypointense (dark) structure (arrow) inserting onto the calcaneus‚ thereafter becoming
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While Auden’s The Shield of Achilles gives a glimpse of the mythology concerning the great Trojan War‚ the lines themselves are immersed in their own battle of legos vs. pathos as the two main characters’ dissenting views and one’s triumph over the other illustrate an everlasting plight of humanity. Thetis‚ the mother of Achilles‚ is hope personified‚ as she acts in desperation to save her son from death‚ in spite of the knowledge of his inevitable fate. As she watches Hephaestus forge the indestructible
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This books name is Zach’s lie and it was written by Roland Smith it was copyrighted in 200l. On the day three masked strangers invade the Osborne house and terrorize Jack‚ his sister Joanne‚ and their mother‚ Jack’s life is changed forever. His father’s involvement in drug smuggling in South America has sent his family’s life spinning out of control. The father is committed to the Federal Detention Center‚ and Jack‚ now Zach Granger‚ is forced to change how he looks‚ give up his friends‚ and begin
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Every change in film history implies a change in its address to the spectator‚ and each period constructs it spectator in a new way. – Tom Gunning Since the time of silent cinema‚ disasters have been a subject of film-goers fascination which continues to the present date which tends to create “sensual or psychological impact” on their spectator. These catastrophes can be in varied forms likes manmade‚ natural‚ alien invasions ‚ planetary related etc. but tends to follow the same clichéd form of
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Moore English Literature 3 April 2011 Most Honorable Character: Hector or Achilles? Honor: honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one ’s beliefs and actions; this is the definition by which these two characters‚ Hector and Achilles‚ ought to be judged. By taking this definition to heart‚ Achilles is far from honorable. Throughout the Iliad‚ Achilles acts on rage and revenge. “Rage-Goddess‚ sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles‚ murderous‚ doomed‚ that cost the Achaens countless losses‚ hurling down to
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each other. Achilles was one of the biggest aspects in the war and one of the best warriors on the battlefield. Whether or not Achilles was a hero is questionable. Achilles was born to Pelus the king of Myrmidons and Thetis a sea nymph. Thetis‚ his mother‚ wanting Achilles to be immortal‚ dipped Achilles into the river styx and held him by his heel. Forgetting to dip the rest of his body into the river styx‚ Achilles was left with a heel that would be his downfalling. When Achilles was a young
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instead he is famous for doping. Doping changed everyone’s perspective on him. Achilles has a similar personality: Agressive‚ doing anything he can to avenge Patrouclus. Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles have similar personality but they show it in different ways. Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles demonstrate an aggressive personality when they are competing. Lance Armstrong shows aggression when he races and Achilles when he fights. To show this‚ Lance Armstrong “excelled in football‚ swimming
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Even though Achilles is being wronged by agamlmnon‚ Achilles should do better if she could try to control his anger and respect his king. Achilles stubbornness in thinking that things should be fair and equals what often spurs his anger. Achilles often sees the lies and injusticensess in his society which causes him to defy social norms. Despite his god-like exterior‚ on the inside‚ Achilles battles mortal weaknesses hat are dangerous to his relationships and his troops. Thinking through literature
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English 101 July 12‚ 2011 Achilles Achilles‚ the Greek hero‚ is used allusively to represent great weakness. in Greek mythology‚ foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War‚ son of Peleus and Thetis). He was a formidable warrior‚ possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis‚ knowing that Achilles was fated to die at Troy‚ disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of King Lycomedes of Skyros. He was discovered there by Odysseus‚ who persuaded him to go to
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Being a hero is everybody’s dream. Two epic heroes are Beowulf and Achilles. Beowulf was an Anglo- Saxon from the group of the Geats. Achilles was a Greek and was part mortal‚ part God. They killed different things for different reasons‚ but both were considered great. Though both were epic heroes‚ their cultural backgrounds are what defined them. Their reasoning for fighting differed greatly. In the epic poem Beowulf‚ it stated‚ “that mighty protector of men/ Meant to hold the monster till its
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