Anatomy and Physiology Web-quest mucles and bones We live in our bodies. It is important that we understand how our bodies work so that we will be able to take good care of them while we are here on Earth in these spectacular containers!! Your body is covered by the largest organ and is supported within by foundation‚ your skeletal system. All your body systems have to work together in order to keep you alive and well. You will be exploring then parts of your body by using various web resources
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is my passion‚ my daily grind for soccer and running track. I lost my thread when I tore my ACL completely on April 1st in a soccer game‚ and it took a long time to get my thread back. My labyrinth is how to bounce back from having such a significant surgery happen and not to give up on sports like most do when this happens. My orthopedic surgeon‚ Dr. Jason Jones is my Daedalus. He created a new ACL for me out of my own hamstring graft instead of using a cadaver‚ which my body will most likely
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Callie Cattaneo FYW101 Professor Henrichon 9/6/12 Journey of Hurdles The ACL‚ or Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ is an extremely important tendon in your knee that is needed to be able to put weight on your leg. It is common‚ now days‚ for women to tear their ACL’s playing soccer‚ but it is not common to tear three. I was 14 years old and starting my freshman year of high school at Sentinel High in Missoula‚ Montana. It was a week after tryouts and to my surprise I had made the varsity soccer
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of quadriceps tendon. An allograft tissue. Synthetic graft. Surgeries vary according to the types of instruments and the reason why the Arthroscopy is used.: Meniscus Repair-- A surgical procedure to repair the damaged meniscus. ACL Reconstruction – The ACL( anterior cruciate ligament) is critical for knee stability. Lateral Release -- A procedure to loosen the ligaments that pull the kneecap towards the outside of the groove. Microfracture -- A treatment for stimulating the body for
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athlete that the ligament was probably torn‚ and he needed to see a doctor quickly. But‚ since I was a trainer and not a doctor‚ I was not certified to provide a diagnosis. I could only advise the athlete the basic rest‚ ice‚ compression and elevation before seeing an orthopedic doctor later that night. The next day‚ the young man returned with a cast on his leg to thank me again and told me that the doctor verified the torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
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Basketball is a game of profound athletic contrasts. There are graceful‚ even elegant‚ movements that appear to defy gravity‚ that occur in a larger context of physical contact between large‚ powerful athletes. Impact will often occur between players with little warning and at full speed‚ with the athletes’ bodies contorted in different angles at the point of impact. The nature of these athletic movements creates a wide variety of forces upon the basketball player’s body‚ which in turn creates an
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A few hours later when I went to the hospital‚ I discovered that I had torn my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). Initially‚ I did not know what to expect from the situation‚ but I came to realize how much it would affect my life. The ACL functions as a ligament that connects the tibia and the femur. It provides stability in the knee‚ and with this injury‚ I could not participate in competitive soccer for
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Cruciate Ligaments. These types of ligaments are found within the knee joint. They cross each other to form an “X” with the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and the PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) in the back. The cruciate ligaments control the forward and backward motions of the knee. The PCL keeps the tibia from hyperextending‚ or moving back too far. It is stronger than the ACL and is injured less often. The PCL has two parts that blend into one structure that is about the size of a person’s little
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results in 5-10 minutes and they wheeled me back to my room . In the room I was so nervous that I dislocated it or broke it .i was so scared that I did something like that. Then the doctor come in said bad news buddy you tore your acl and at the time I had no clue what my acl was so I was asking 1‚000s of questions about it and he said I will have to see a special doctor to see if I need surgery. But before we lefted they gave me crutches and a immobilizer for my knee. Then gave us the date to go see
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there is a complete tear‚ recovery may take longer but most people are back to usual activity after 6-9 months. This will be the same for LCLs if injured‚ which is rare. Radamel Falcao Garcia‚ one of the best soccer players in the world suffered an ACL injury. There was worry amongst the team as the Fifa World CUp 2014 was near and Falcao may not fully recover by then. Although he missed the world cup‚ he had surgery and is currently fully recovered. Keenan Allen‚ a football player‚ suffered a PCL
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