Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries Dr. April 30‚ 2014 By Elisa Vigil Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries The causes of a spinal cord injuries result from damage to the vertebrae‚ ligaments or disks of the spinal column or to the spinal cord itself. Traumatic spinal cord injury may come from a sudden‚ traumatic blow to your spine that fractures‚ dislocates‚ crushes or compresses one or more of your vertebrae. Another cause of this can be from a gunshot or knife wound that
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following paper will examine the etiology‚ mechanisms‚ and manifestations of spinal cord injuries‚ as well as how they relate to the case study. Given A.D.’s status‚ spinal shock can be suspected. Spinal shock is defined as “a sudden and complete transection of the spinal cord that results in complete loss of motor‚ sensory‚ reflex‚ and autonomic function below the level of injury‚” and is often the immediate response to an acute spinal cord injury (Hung‚ 2009). After A.D. was ejected from his vehicle‚ he
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Muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. 349 out of 2.37 million males aged 5-24 were reported to have DMD or BMD in the United States. This means that about 15 of every 100‚000 males aged between 5-24 were affected that year. Also‚ a close friend of mine had muscular dystrophy so it played a role in my life. I wanted to know if it could be cured and if not was there any treatments for it. Muscular dystrophy could potentially be cured through
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STAGES OF SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH. IT ACTED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO MY PERSUASIVE SPEECH ON THE BENEFITS OF STEM CELL RESEARCH) There are about a quarter of a million people in the United States living with spinal cord injuries. In addition‚ between 7‚600 and 10‚000 new injuries occur each year. Nearly half of these new injuries will occur in young people between the ages of 16 and 30. As a person in this category‚ I have become very interested in the research to find a cure for spinal cord injuries
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Spinal cord injury happens when an acute traumatic damage to the a certain area or the complete spinal cord (including the intervertebral disc joints) or nerves roots within the spinal column occurs. This type of injury can cause stretching‚ bruising‚ pressure‚ severing and laceration. The cauda equina is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve roots‚ that can be damaged as well and results in temporary or permanent
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Karen Protiva/ Chemeketa Community College/BI 232 All-Online Week One: APR Lab Assignment on the Muscular System Pay close attention to the Submission Deadline! THIS WORKSHEET MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE COURSE WEBSITE BY THE DUE DATE AND TIME!! Be sure to use a different COLOR or BOLD when answering these questions. Complete this worksheet while following the APR CD-ROM and Workbook on “The Muscular System”. Keep in mind that there may be parts that this lab assignment intentionally skips‚ so
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therapy|New treatments (at least 2 for each)|· Gene replacement therapy· Agents that modify: dystrophic expression‚ increase muscle growth‚ regeneration‚ and modulate inflammatory responses|· Transplanting neural stem cells in to various levels in the spinal cord to slow the disease progression and improve motor function and breathing‚ · Transplantation of protective molecules triggers the host cells to produce their own protective molecules.|In a brief paragraph‚ compare the effects of and therapies
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sensory receptors to gather information about environment * Eyes‚ ears‚ and olfactory structures * Central nervous system (CNS) * Spinal cord and brain and develops from an embryonic dorsal neural tube * Ascending tracts carry sensory information to the brain‚ and descending tracts carry motor commands to the neurons in the spinal cord that control the muscles * Vertebrate brain divided into three parts * Hindbrain - most ancient part and regulates motor activity
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Manny Santistevan February 26‚ 2013 Period 5 Going Further Research Paper- Muscular Dystrophy (MD) Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a term that applies to a group of hereditary muscle-destroying disorders. According to the Muscular Dystrophy Association‚ in 2006 some type of MD affected approximately one million Americans. Each type of the disease is caused by defects in the genes that play important roles in the growth and development of muscles. In MD the proteins produced by the faulty genes are
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Introduction Albinism is the state or condition being an albino. Also it is often caused by the absence of tyrosinase‚ an enzyme essential for the production of cellular pigment. Albinism is a form of hypopigmentary congenital disorder‚ characterized by a partial hypomelanism or total lack of melanin pigment in the eyes‚ skin‚ and hair. Albinism results from inheritance of recessive alleles. Also another term used for albinism is an albino. Albinism is hereditary; it is not an infectious disease
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