NEUROLOGY INTRODUCTION: Nervous System- the body’s communication network - coordinates and organizes 3 Division: 1. CNS- central nervous system - made up of the brain and the spinal cord 2. PNS- peripheral nervous system - includes nerves that connect the CNS to the remote body parts - relays and receives messages 3. ANS- autonomic nervous system - regulates the involuntary function
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E) Meningitis A) Meningitis = acute inflammation of first 2 meninges that cover the brain 1) 13-23_____9) AB) poliomyelitis Polio 3) primarily affects motor neurons of the medulla oblongata‚ and spinal cord a) muscles die
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Conor Westerman LAB 7 1. List whether the student was positive or negative for each characteristic and include whether the characteristic is dominant or recessive. (6 points) a. Blood type A+ b. Widow’s peak yes‚ + c. Free ear lobes yes‚ + d. Tongue rolling yes‚ + e. Hitchhiker’s thumb yes‚ + f. Left thumb dominance yes‚ + g. Little finger bend No‚- h. PTC taster yes‚ + i. Mid-digit hair no‚ - j. Facial dimples yes‚ + k. Freckles no‚ - l. Cleft chin no‚ - (+)=dominant (-)=recessive 2. Can the student
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will need to be shown to be persistent‚ despite treatment or therapy. Disorders of the spine‚ such as degenerative disc disease‚ osteoarthritis‚ spinal stenosis‚ facet arthritis‚ and vertebral fracture‚ etc. often result in a compromised spinal cord or nerve roots. This will be evaluated based on evidence of pain‚ motor loss‚ muscle weakness and atrophy‚ and reflex or sensory loss‚ caused by nerve root compression. Radiological imaging may also be employed to help determine cause of symptoms. In
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When a person ages their body goes through many changes‚ physical things such as the persons respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ nervous‚ muscular-skeletal‚ endocrine system and the persons skin are affected. An ageing person will also experience changes psychologically‚ things such as the risk of mental illness increases with age. And physically‚ for example decreased eyesight and hearing abilities. Some of the physical effects of ageing in an individual can be loss of fat‚ due to the breakdown of their
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E214 TMA01 This essay highlights and discusses models of disability reflected in two separate articles (Appendices A and B). I will identify the models of disability they represent. Both have been recently featured in the Guardian newspaper and are stories on disabled people. Appendix A was reported some years ago but continues to evoke opinion and has featured again recently due to a similar case. ‘Ashley’ is a profoundly disabled girl‚ who at six years old has a mental age of 3 months
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Osteoporosis is the first thing that comes to mind when describing our patient‚ “An 84-year-old thin‚ small boned white female.” Bone production is more abundant in younger children the years before they reach puberty. As you age it takes longer for bone to form. Osteoporosis is caused when you lose bone mass quicker than new bone mass is formed. Calcium‚ Vitamin D‚ and Phosphate are needed to form bone. Insufficient amounts of these minerals can cause bones to become brittle and weak over time
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The Central Nervous System is composed of the brain and the spinal cord and one of it’s primary functions is to send out messsages to the rest of the body. One chronic illness that affects the Central Nervous System is Multiple Sclerosis. Roughly 2 million people througout the world have been faced with this disease‚ and “in the United States‚ it is estimated that 450‚000 people are affected‚ with 10‚000 new cases per year” (Goodman & Fuller 772). This disabiling condition has been found more prevelant
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domain‚ including preschool‚ basic‚ or auxiliary training offices But this determines a patient’s ability to reintegrate into the workforce or community after illness or injury. Physical therapy benefits patients include victims of stroke‚ brain spinal cord burn or sports injuries post operative patient’s cerebral palsy patient’s arthritis sufferers and newborns with physical defects. Employment of physical therapists is projected to grow 36 percent from 2012 to 2022. For Patients to achieve these
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• Diagnosed HIV Stage 4 on treatment (LTE) • CMV retinitis • Central facial palsy (flattening of R nasolabial fold) - paresis of the lower half of one side of the face - damage to upper motor neurons of the facial nerve. - The facial motor nucleus has dorsal and ventral divisions that contain lower motor neurons supplying the muscles of the upper and lower face‚ respectively. The dorsal division receives bilateral upper motor neuron input (i.e. from both sides
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