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Cord Blood Banking is now a huge epidemic nationally. What was once considered to be medical waste is now what is considered a medical breakthrough. Cord blood is stored in two types of banks, both having their benefits and negative aspects. There are many benefits and positive aspects that accompany the banking cord blood. Many of these benefits include but are not limited to the treatment of many life threatening diseases and disorders such as cerebral palsy and childhood cancer such as leukemia

Having a child can be one of the most exciting experiences for a parent. However, bringing a child into the world can also be a very scary experience. Every parent’s wish is to have a healthy baby, but sadly this is not always a reality. When a child is born with a disease the whole dynamic of a family changes, doctor visits and medication become the new norm. Sometimes families are even faced with the difficult decision of life or death for their child, which can only be cured by using donations

is collected through receptors, they are transmitted first to the spinal cord and then to the primary sensory cortex through a series of complex neural pathways. The specific pathway depends on the type and location of stimuli received. Once received the information is processed, an appropriate response

which the body produces when muscle breaks down. • An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) - a scan using radio waves and a powerful magnetic field to rule out other causes of symptoms like strokes, Parkinson’s or any abnormalities in the brain or spinal cord. • An EMG (electromyography) – this is fine needles are inserted into a patients muscle and the electrical activity is recorded. This test will help identify the affected muscles from the healthy

ALS translates amyo to muscle, trophic to atrophy, and sclerosis to hardening. ALS is caused by the motor neurons in a person’s brain to be damaged. This leads to the communication between the neurons in a person’s brain and spinal cord to be discontinued. When diagnosed, the victim experiences difficulty speaking, swallowing, muscle movement, muscle twitching, and eventually, paralysis. The person’s ability to function independently will begin to hinder, causing them to need personal

the pyramids of the medulla oblongata and synapse on lower motor neurons in the anterior gray horns of spinal cord segments C5-C6. From there, the ventral rami of spinal nerves C5-C6 form the superior trunk of the brachial plexus, which splits into two divisions. We will follow the posterior division that supplies to extensor muscles. This posterior division then runs into the posterior cord from which the axillary nerve is derived. The axillary nerve’s motor end innervates the deltoid through its

Central Nervous System The brain and spinal cord forms the Central Nervous System. The spinal cord gathers information from the neurons and sends it to the brain, but not all nerve impulses get sent to the brain. Only a few impulses reach the brain, and an even smaller number reaches the part of the brain where they cause awareness. The brain and spinal cord is made up of gray and white matter, as well as the various nerve cells. The brain is divided

B) Stem cells. A relative of a friend of yours had a spinal cord injury after a bad car accident. The medical team has decided that this patient is a good candidate for a clinical trial using stem cell therapy. Your friend has not had a biology course since high school, so you are going to write for him or her a two-page discussion of stem cell information. In your discussion, include a description of the biology of stem cells, and explain how these cells are unique in their ability to treat diseases

the release of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord (Albright, A.L., 1995). This is regulated when there is a balance between excitatory impulses and inhibitory impulses. James’ condition of cerebral palsy indicates that there is an imbalance between excitatory impulses and inhibitory impulses. The imbalance between these impulses causes a lack in regulation of muscle tone due to the insufficient release of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord (Albright, A.L., 1995). James’ excess production

neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic is a Greek term when translated it means “No muscle Nourishment”. This lack of nourishment causes a reaction within the muscles leading to their eventual break down, otherwise known as “atrophies” which is a simple term meaning that the muscle wastes away. When looking at the term “Lateral”, this is in reference to the section of spinal cord in which the nerves are being affected. While this area degenerates it