Spinal Muscular Atrophy also known as SMA is a genetic disease affecting the part of the nervous system that controls the voluntary muscle movement. It can be passed down from parent to child. The major causes of SMA is a deficiency of a motor neuron protein called SMN. Mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1. The symptoms of SMA are very sad a child is weak and has a delay in meeting feeding and breathing development milestones. There are four types of SMA‚ type 0 is the most severe it can
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Osteoporosis‚ Osteoarthritis‚ and Muscular Atrophy Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis are both diseases of the bone. Osteoporosis actually means “porous bones” and is a problem with bones where there isn’t enough calcium in them to give them strength. This is because the bone cells aren’t being reproduced as fast as the bone is aging or deteriorating which causes the bones to become fragile. This can happen because of loss of calcium in the bone‚ or a problem with the calcium being absorbed correctly
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This semester I worked on increasing my muscular strength. I feel that overall I was successful in my goal. Determination made me successful along with the help of a fitness app called “Lose It!”. The drive to eat the food that my body needed to gain muscle. The drive to work out and to push myself to the max. I had to really want to achieve my goals to succeed. Tracking my diet and activity in the Lose It app showed me information I was unaware of in my everyday life. I learned that it is actually
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The reason for the request: Ethan and Joshua are brothers that suffer from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Feel free to go to the official MDA website‚ click on diseases link then DMD https://www.mda.org/disease/list to learn more about this debilitating‚ crippling and life threatening disease. As you can imagine‚ even with Medicaid & SSI caring for two boys with these needs can be tremendous and overwhelming. Unfortunately‚ when they want things they mostly go without said thing‚ sometimes even
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Skeletal Muscle Physiology Activity 1 1. Skeletal muscle fiber- long‚ cylindrical cell with multiple oval nuclei arranged just beneath the sarcolemma Motor unit- all of the muscle cells controlled by a single motor neuron Skeletal muscle twitch- a single stimulus-contraction-relaxation cycle in a skeletal muscle Electrical stimulus- uses an electrical current to cause a single muscle or a group of muscles to contract Latent period- the time between the stimulation of a muscle and the start
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Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Vivek is a successful college graduate working from home for charities. He writes blogs‚ vlogs‚ gives disability advice and peer support. From this‚ you would think that Vivek is an average guy. Little would you know that Vivek has Duchenne muscular dystrophy‚ a disorder of the muscles. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rapid deterioration of muscular tissue. This can result in difficulty walking‚ enlarged calves‚ lack of motor skills development and fatigue
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ACTIVITY 6: The Skeletal Muscle Length-Tension Relationship 33. In a force-length graph‚ a. the muscle length is the independent variable. b. the amount of force generated is the dependent variable. c. both active and passive forces must be considered. d. All the above are correct. correct answer 34. According to your lab manual‚ the protein titin is the primary cause of _________ __________. Passive Force 35. In this lab simulation‚ the muscle length of _______
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Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia is a common cause of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a condition that affects the brain and causes people to not think well or act normally. Vascular dementia is one type of dementia. It occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Likely risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. This disease can cause stroke‚ migraine-like headaches‚ and psychiatric disturbances. SYMPTOMS Confusion. Problems
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Lab 4: Skeletal Muscle Function Exercise 5: The Length-Tension Relationship Materials and Methods In this experiment I used a frog anesthetized with ms222. The frog’s skin is cut and removed from both the legs‚ the Achilles tendon is cut and the tendon and calf muscle are removed from the lower legs. The femur muscle is also cut. Attached to the legs are femur clamps which are connected to the transducer arm‚ stimulation electrodes are then positioned against the muscle. I plugged the output
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Massage The Effects of Massage on Muscular Deterioration Massage is obviously beneficial‚ but to individuals who previously underwent vigorous exercise it is much more than noticeable. It’s almost instinct to understand that a therapeutic massage can relieve much of the tension and soreness from previous exercise‚ but how and why is massage helpful in recovery? In this essay I will be explaining the correlation between massage and its ability to relieve muscular tension and expedite muscle recovery
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