and scapular upwards rotation in a less-than-optimal position. Although the athlete is placed in thoracic kyphosis (rounded upper back)--a position normally thought to be harmful‚ here‚ encourages more activation of the musculature surrounding the scapula‚ leading to better long-term health and mobility. To perform this exercise‚ have the athlete start in a kneeling position‚ with the hips ‘sitting back’ onto the lower legs and the head resting on the ground‚ with the arms overhead. From here‚ the
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I woke up in a long white nightgown next to a hundred other nuns in beds lined across a long room. I changed into my habit‚ a tunic held at the waist by a belt. Then‚ pulling my scapula and veil over my head‚ I stepped out the door and through the metal bars into the patient’s asylum. Mass was held at this time in the back chapel by Father Francis‚ also the doctor‚ a huge grey man with the knowledge of all the creative ways he could
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GRADE 8 BIOLOGY REVISION WORKSHEET a) Name the following: i) The process by which raisins swell up when placed in a beaker of water. ii) Non-infectious disease arising due to hypersensitiveness of an individual to a particular sustance. iii) Bone forming cells. iv) Diseases caused due to malfunctioning of organs
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motion in your arm. In addition to the many different structures being beneficial‚ this also makes the shoulder susceptible to many different injuries or problems. The three bones that make up the shoulder are the humerus‚ the clavicle‚ and the scapula. The arm is kept in its place in the shoulder socket by a part called the rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is made of up muscles and tendons. The upper arm bone is attached to the shoulder blade by the rotator cuff. “The acromion is the bone on the
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VEA‚ Jairah Mae R. | 3BIO7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --GENERALIZED VERTEBRATE MUSCULATURE AS EXEMPLFIED BY THE DOGFISH The musculature of the dogfish is considered under the heads of somatic‚ fin‚ branchial and hypocranchial musculature. I.PARIETAL or SOMATIC MUSCLES The Parietal muscles which completely covers the whole body of dogfish consists of: 1. Myotomes - zigzag series which is separated
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Week Four Quiz Chapter 9 Muscular System: Histology and Physiology ________________________________________ 1. Which of the following is NOT a function of skeletal muscle? a. body movement b. maintenance of posture c. respiration d. constriction of organs e. production of heat 2. Which of the following is true? a. Skeletal muscle is capable of spontaneous contraction. b. Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs. c. Cardiac muscle cells have multiple nuclei. d. Smooth
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Joints and Movements The Joints Definition: A joint (articulation) is point of contact between bones or between bone and cartilage. Joint Classifications Joints are classified by: The degree of movement they allow The structure of the joint The three types of joints that we will look at are: 1. Fibrous joints 2. Cartilaginous joints 3. Synovial joints Fibrous Joints These joints are also called "fixed" or "immoveable" joints‚ because they do not move. These joints have no joint cavity
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bones might shift which causes an abnormally shaped spine. There are also many physical deformities of scoliosis as well as pain and complications in the digestive or respiratory system. Physical deformities may include uneven shoulders‚ hips‚ or scapula (shoulder blades)‚ or unevenly spaced arms. These physical deformities cause many patients to not fit in normal clothes correctly. (Scoliosis Research
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The Skeletal System provides us with many important functions. It provides us with the shape and form for our bodies as well as supporting‚ protecting‚ allowing our body to move freely‚ producing blood for the body‚ and storing minerals. The Skeletal System is the system of our body that gives our body its physical shape and with the help of the Muscular System it keeps us moving and makes us able to do tasks that we don’t think about like raising our leg to kick a football or using our legs to boost
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The Spartacus War Strauss‚ Barry NY: Simon & Schuster‚ 2009 Copyright © Reed Business Information‚ a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ISBN-13: 9781416532064 March 05‚ 2013 The Spartacus War By‚ Barry Strauss Sparta is a gladiator and slave best known for leading the slave rebellion in Italy against the Rome in 73-71 B.C.
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