Cervical vertebrae

for patients who come into the emergency room that may have a jeopardized spinal cord resulting from an injury or suspected injury to their cervical spine. I am a certified emergency medical technician, farm-medic instructor and currently a medical diagnostic student doing clinicial's. In the United States each year there are approximately 10,000 reported cervical spine injuries that come into emergency rooms. Motor vehicle accidents account for approximately 45%, falls approximately 30%, the remaining

Injury to the seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, including their associated discs, nerves, muscles and lymph nodes, can cause neck pain that only worsens without appropriate treatment. Holding the head rigidly in one position for an extended period, sleeping with the neck held in an abnormal position and pinched nerves are the most common reasons for neck pain. Cervical Herniated Disc A cervical herniated disc may be diagnosed if you suffer chronic neck pain that radiates from the neck into the arms

Somewhere at this very moment someone is arguing and complaining about the unfair and unequal society. One of those unfair situations is the salaries among professional athletes and how their bank accounts are filling up with enormous paychecks. Athletes are active workers just like others, they go to work and they perform. What happens if they do not perform? They will get fired. So just because athletes work with what they are meant to do does not give the right to complain about how unfair life

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE (7) – Trapezius (middle) Smallest of the true vertebrae, cervical vertebrae are found just below the skull. Trapezius is a large muscles, spanning the neck, shoulders and back. CLAVICLE – Clavicular Pectoralis Major Also commonly known as the collar bone, the clavicle is the only long bone in the body that is horizontal, connecting scapula to sternum. Because of its position, the clavicular pectoralis major is commonly referred to as the “upper chest”. CRANIUM – Trapezius (upper)

To understand cervical spinal stenosis, one must understand the process of disc degeneration and the effect it has on your spine. As people age, the disc between the vertebra begin to lose a percentage of its water contact, thus effecting its ability to absorb shock. At first, the changes occur in the annulus of the disc (Cervical Spinal Stenosis, 2013). These tears in the outer ring of the disc might not caused any symptoms and heal by the formation of scar tissue. However, if this scar tissue

The sacrum consists of five vertebrae that begin to fuse during adolescence and completely fuse around the age of thirty. There are four curvatures of the vertebral column the cervical and lumbar are termed lordotic and project posteriorly while the thoracic and sacrum curvature is known as a kyphotic and curves anteriorly. Another name for the coccyx is the tailbone. Knee The artery that is located behind the knee is the popliteal artery which branches off of the femoral artery. Blood Flow through

Introduction and background: Forensic anthropology is a multi-disciplinary industry where understanding biological anthropology and knowledge of human osteology is needed to assist in positively identifying an individual, (Quinney et al., 2009). The purpose of forensic anthropology is to aid in the identification process of human skeletal material by means of establishing a biological profile. A biological profile is formed by the following fundamental characteristics: age, ancestry, stature and

Comparing Mammal Species Across Different Habitats In marine mammal biology a large portion of the study is dedicated towards the study of adaptations to the marine environment. By comparing the anatomy between marine mammals and terrestrial mammals scientists can better understand evolutionary history of how these two categories of mammals diverged from one another. The purpose of this lab was to study the anatomy of different marine and terrestrial mammals and compare their similarities and

base of the skull, are cervical vertebrae, the thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, below the caudal vertebrae are the chevron bones. The cervical vertebrae, which in dolphins is unfused and provides great neck mobility. The thoracic vertebrae support the ribs of the animal and tend to be less flexible then the other vertebrae regions. The lumbar vertebrae are more flexible dorsoventrally (up and down) than laterally (side to side). The caudal vertebrae or bones of the tail vary

three distinct and natural curves in the spine that give it it’s “S” shape which prevent shock to the head in walking and running and provide flexibility to the body trunk. The posteriorly concave cervical curvature contains seven vertebrae (C1 to C7 from top to bottom) in total. Two unique cervical vertebrae are C1 and C2 also known as the atlas and axis and allow a person’s “yes” and “no” head