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    and lots of precision? This led me the urge to look it up‚ and let me say I feel that I was close with my prediction. The surgical treatment for removing the Accessory Navicular from the foot‚ involves separating the tendon from the navicular and removing the extra bone. Then the tendon is reattached to the correct ligament and the wound is sutured. In conclusion the surgery can take anywhere from thirty minutes to around an hour and a half. Finally‚ what is this so called “Accessory Navicular?” Turns

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    Exam 3 Hip and Thigh Anatomy of the Hip Hip and pelvic region are not synonymous * Hip is articulation of femur with pelvis * Pelvis consists of sacrum‚ coccyx‚ and 2 large hipbones on either side. * Hip bones are called innominates * have a right and left * pelvis and innominates protect reproductive organs * also part of birth canal * Serves as a stable platform * Supports the body weight * Links the sacrum with weight transmission

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    8. What are skeletal muscles? What is another name for these types of muscles? What do scientists use this name “striated”? Where are they found? What do they do in these aeras? Are they under voluntary or involuntary control? 9. What do tendons do? 10. 11. What are some of our most powerful skeletal muscles that help us maintain proper posture when standing upright? 12. Where do facial muscles attach? 13. Because of this‚ what do facial muscles allow us to do? 14

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    Layers of muscle tissue: Muscle‚ fascicle‚ muscle fiber‚ myofibril * Muscle Spindles * Respond to stretching of muscles * Results in contraction of agonist and relaxation of antagonist * Golgi Tendon Organs * Respond to changes in tension within tendons * Results in contraction of the antagonist and relaxation of the agonist Flexibility: * The ability of a joint to move through its full range of motion (ROM) * Stretch- move joint beyond accustom ROM

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    Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA) is the most common type of autoimmune arthritis and occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body’s tissues. It is also an autoimmune disease which means that certain cells of the immune system do not work properly and start attacking healthy tissues. It is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body. It is triggered by a faulty immune system and affects the wrist and small joints of the hand‚ including

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    Poliomyelitis

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    Pathology: Poliomyelitis I: Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure‚ but there are safe and effective vaccines. Therefore‚ the strategy to eradicate polio is based on preventing infection by immunizing every child to stop transmission and ultimately make the world polio free. However‚ my patient was born before the vaccine was created. She caught the disease as a child and had many problems related to the disease. It crossed her spine therefore she is crippled

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    the blood. 3. How many bones do we have in our body? There are 206 bones in the body. 4. What do bones need in order to be healthy? Exercise‚ Vitamin D‚ Vitamin A‚ Vitamin C 5. Differentiate between tendons‚ ligaments and joints. • Tendons connect muscle to the bone • Ligaments connect bone to bone • Joints are the meeting point of two or more bones 6. What are the 2 main divisions of the skeletal system? Differentiate between the 2 and what

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    The third most common is muscle strain. This is stretching or tearing of a muscle or your tendon. Possible symptoms include muscle spasms‚ cramping and tenderness. Although you may be feeling any of these symptoms‚ you always need to check with your doctor before jumping to conclusions. Even though many people are prone to experiencing back pain

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    Examples include stretch receptors in the arm and leg muscles and tendons‚ in the heart‚ in the colon wall‚ and in the lungs. Smell involves olfactory receptor cells Stretch receptors are mechanoreceptors responsive to distention of various organs and muscles‚ and are neurologically linked to the medulla in the brain stem via afferent nerve fibers. Examples include stretch receptors in the arm and leg muscles and tendons‚ in the heart‚ in the colon wall‚ and in the

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    Ectrodactyly or split-hand syndrome/cleft hand syndrome‚ also known as Lobster-claw syndrome or Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM)‚ came from the Greek word ektroma (abortion) and daktylos (finger). It is a rare inborn genetic disease where the hand is split on where the five fingers should be. Therefore creating a lobster claw-like hand. According to the site‚ SHFM is caused by abnormalities at one of the multiple loci‚ including SHFM1 (SHFM1 at 7q21-q22)‚ SHFM2 (Xq26)‚ SHFM3 (FBXW4/DACTYLIN

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