Shark Attack
(Summarizing and Note-taking)
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Answer the following questions:
1. Identify at least five organ systems in this region of the arm that the surgeon would have marked for reattachment. Cardiovascular, Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, and Integumentary 2. List the names of the specific structures that had to be reattached. The axillary arteries had to be reattached. Bicep and tricep muscle tissues and the humorous bone also had to be reattached. 3. What organ system was most likely not reattached? Explain. The nervous system, severed nerves cannot be reattached the same way; the severed nerves will not be useful again.
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There would be too much damage to the nervous and muscle system to regain use of the arm fully; the muscle and nervous system would not be able to send messages to the brain in order to control the arm. 12. Assume the role of the surgeons as they explain the procedure to Jim’s parents. Write a one- to two-paragraph explanation about the surgery, paying particular attention to what you would say about regaining use of his arm, forearm, and hand. The surgery being performed on your son consists of a few different procedures. First, what we did was to identify the muscles, blood vessels and nerves in both the arm and the stump. Then Dr. Ramos will trim the wound, and insert the supporting plate. This is what is holding your son’s arm in place, and also made reattachment possible. Before we did this, he had to trim the bone, which will make the right arm one inch shorter then the left arm. With the supporting plate in place, we will then be able to reattach everything else. The only bad news is that unfortunately Jim will never regain entire use of his right arm. Although all the vessels and muscles are connected properly the nervous system is too damaged to send messages to the brain. Because of this, recovering movement capabilities will be a slow process. Although with practice and physical therapy, Jim will slowly regain function and strength. 13. Assume the surgery to reconnect blood vessels was successful and blood flow
head of a hammer. Their eyes and nostrils are at the ends of the hammer.
procedure involving the removal of parts of the body comes with it's own risks, including
C. Using what you’ve learned about word parts, describe the types of surgeries listed in the patient’s past surgical history.
So far, I have told you the good news, the bad news is that his arm will probably never gain the same movement it once had. The nerves in his arm can never be attached the same as they were before once they have been severed the way your sons have been. This unfortunately means he might have a little bit of trouble from this arm throughout his lifetime. The movement in his arm, forearm, and hand will be very limited an awkward for him. Jim will probably have trouble playing
When a body part is lost the corresponding part of the brain is not able to handle the loss and rewires its circuitry to make up for the signals it was no longer receiving from the missing digit. The rewiring might occur in one of two ways. Perhaps nerve impulses in the sensory cortex begin to course down previously untraveled pathways. The second theory is that neighboring neurons in the cortex may actually invade the territory left fallow because sensations are no longer received from the missing limb.
Full usage of the arm for Jim is unlikely because the doctors know that the power of surgery allows for the nerves to reattach but not fully regain its normal function once the nerve is damaged. In the future, some typical activities and movements that Jim would probably have problems with is sports such as football, basketball, and swimming because of the physical needs of a fully functioning arm. Additional activities could include shot put, gymnastics, pole vaulting, jumping rope and many more fitness activities. Being that Jim is right handed and his right hand is not a fully functioning hand and has less strength than his left arm, restricted movement activities involve any motor skills that would require his right hand to aid him but if his right hand is dominate the best thing for Jim to do is strengthen his left arm.
a) The structures and the afferent division of the peripheral nervous system that are involved in
His mother said that her son required staples in his head and arm. Jatiek Reed,
Preview statement: Not only is the killing of sharks extremely inhumane, it does more harm than good to our environment.
Nelson Mandela once said “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” This quote explains how we must overcome our fears to become courageous and brave. Joan Bauers realistic fiction short story “The Truth About Sharks” tells us this. One day a girl named Beth a 17 year old girl woke up to what she thought was just going to be an ordinary day. She had to go to the store and grab pants for a party. Sounds like an simple task, but not for Beth. As she was shopping she left all of her belongings in a changing room and was going to look for a shirt. She told a friendly salesperson named Hanne where she was headed. On the way she was
There may be a need of many organs and tissues such as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, corneas, bone, skin, heart valves, and blood vessels
This surgery was performed three days following the accident, due to swelling of the affected limb.
For the past two-hundred years, dissection of the human cadaver has been the gold standard for teaching aspiring medical professionals the networking and layout of the human body. Surprisingly, cadaver usage has had a rather curious history.
The nervous system is divided into two major sections: There is the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.