Block for Sciatic Pain Keyword: Back Pain Therapy What is the Sciatic Nerve? The sciatic nerve is the most massive single nerve in the body that bridges the spine and the lower extremities. It is fed by a total of five nerves originating from the spinal cord‚ transcending the length of the lower spine to the buttocks‚ branching out‚ and continuing to the foot. It innervates the skin and muscles of the lower limbs via the tibial and peroneal nerves. It also provides strength to the legs and is responsible
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Running head: PHYSICAL EXAMINATION (PE) WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION Nursing 200: Complete Physical Examination (PE) Written Documentation Indiana State University College of Nursing‚ Health‚ and Human Services Nursing 200: Complete Physical Examination (PE) Written Documentation The format for this paper is based on : Jarvis (2008). Examiner: ‚ SN ISU Date: 4/12/09 Patient: S.C. Age: 20 Occupation: Full-time nursing student taking 14 hours Language spoken: English Gender:
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Tak 1.1 List all the systems of the human body with their functions and major organs. The circulatory system is the body’s transport system. It is made up of a group of organs that transport blood throughout the body. The heart pumps the blood and the arteries and veins transport it. Oxygen-rich blood leaves the left side of the heart and enters the biggest artery‚ called the aorta. The aorta branches into smaller arteries‚ which then branch into even smaller vessels that travel all over the
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uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/appliedanatomy/2_anatomy_skeleton_rev1.shtml Muscular System - the main functions of the muscular system are: body movement‚ to maintain posture‚ respiratory and to produce heat for the body. http://www.answers.com/topic/what-are-the-functions-of-the-muscular-system Muscular System - the main functions of the muscular system are: body movement‚ to maintain posture‚ respiratory and to produce heat for the body. http://www.answers.com/topic/what-are-the-functions-of-the-muscular-system Nervous System - The
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Ch. 56-61 (cont) Head Injury -trauma to head‚ including chg in LOC -traumatic brain injury= incr potential for poor outcome -immediately after‚ 2h after‚ 3 wk after‚ death common -*abnormal motor reflex‚ alt eye mvmt‚ hypotension= hypoxia= decr O2 in brain‚ incr ICP greater than 20 GCS measures speech‚ eye‚ motor -if greater than 8= 90% chance recov -if less than 8= 30-70% chance recov Scalp lac- most common type‚ profuse bld‚ complication is infx -skull fx- linear‚ depressed‚ simple
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body and to allow you to urinate to get rid of unnecessary fluids and toxins from your body. Nervous system The nervous system consists of the CNS (Central Nervous System)‚ the peripheral nervous system and the nerves that run to the brain and the spinal
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Imbalance The spine is composed of bones called the vertebrae. The vertebrae purpose is to work with fibers to sort the spinal cord. The vertebrae are classified by main regions called the cervical‚ thoracic‚ lumbar‚ sacrum and coccyx. When there is an unusual disease affecting the spine by making an arch it is called scoliosis. Scoliosis is mainly now for its shaped S or C in the spinal column. Its twist and rotation‚have cause deformation in different parts of the section of the spine. Scoliosis can
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Scoliosis is one of three main types of spine curvature disorders. Like a disease on the spinal curvature twisting and resulting in the sideway curves of the spine. It is defined as a lateral‚ or a side-to-side deviation from the normal frontal axis of the body. Scoliosis is similar to Lordosis‚ which also been named the swayback‚ for example when the spine of a person with lordosis curves significantly inward at the lower back. Kyphosis another characterized by an abnormally rounded upper back (more
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(McCance & Huether‚ 2014). “With time‚ neurons become distorted and balloon‚ and microglial cells‚ which also are swollen and filled with large granules‚ proliferate” (McCance & Huether‚ 2014‚ p. 674). The brain will then start to atrophy and neurons will die. The spinal cord’s motor cells will start to change resulting in hypotonia‚ hyporeflexia‚ and weakness (McCance & Huether‚ 2014). Parents may notice that their baby is not reaching important developmental milestones such as rolling over or crawling
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the neck‚ upper trunk and lower trunk is normal. Humans need these spinal curves to help the upper body maintain proper balance and alignment over the pelvis. However‚ when there are abnormal side-to-side (lateral) curves in the spinal column‚ we refer to this as scoliosis. Scoliosis occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty. While scoliosis can be caused by conditions such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy‚ the cause of most scoliosis is unknown. Scoliosis is sort
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