Neurofibromatosis

1.    Define the terms ischemia and infarction.     Ischemia- local decrease in blood supply    Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2.    What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply.  The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face, arm, or leg, sometimes only on one side;

Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, and Osmosis Raegan R. Green University of Southern Mississippi  DIFFUSION, FACILITATED DIFFUSION, AND OSMOSIS Diffusion is the movement of substances through the plasma membrane from a higher concentration gradient to a lower concentration gradient, and it does not require a transport protein. Osmosis is the diffusion of water. Diffusion and osmosis are similar because they are both types of passive transport and they do not require any proteins to move items

Frankenstein Human emotion is one of the most complex typical human features. It is believed that many of the human emotions felt throughout the day of men and women everywhere are derived from human instincts that have mixed and weakened over time, so, do humans even need emotions? On a technical level, yes, you are able to “survive” without emotions but without emotions humans tend to get very unhealthy. This is because on a psychological level humans need emotions, and when they don’t have emotional

Bullying by definition is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions. [Why] Bullying has grown new outlets over the last decade. With social media outlets and text messaging added to the game, bullying is not just about getting tormented face to face anymore. Cyber bullying can include sending out mean or threatening emails and instant messages

evaluation, examination, treatment and education. The patient of interest was a 10 year old female with complaints of hip and low back pain. During the evaluation, I was able to take the patient history and learned the patient was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis along with left cervical, right thoracolumbar scoliosis for which she is being treated and observed by a physician. Upon examination, the therapist performed a posture assessment, gait analysis followed by muscle testing and range of motion for

If you have ever ridden a roller coaster then you can comprehend where our family was. We were latched in for the ride. There was no stopping it – only riding it out and getting off as soon as possible. My personal declaration throughout the entire journey was, “every mountain would be made low and every valley high and I would walk on flat ground.” Isaiah 40:4 I pulled myself together and set my face like flint. Regardless of the past or future I had learned happiness in not a place to arrive

‘Epilepsy’ comes from the ancient Greek word which means epilepsia, meaning seizure. According to Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania, “Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes seizures, which is a change in the normal brain actively.” Seizures which is not a disease resulting from unusual electrical activity in the brain is a significant symptom for epilepsy. Epilepsy seizures last from few seconds to couple of minutes. While all seizures are not related with epilepsy, generalized seizure

Leukaemia is a malignancy of bone marrow in which there is unregulated growth of white blood cells in the bone marrow. It is state when alterations occur in the normal regulatory process which results in uncontrolled production of stem cells in the bone marrow. Acute leukaemia is a condition of malignancy most commonly diagnosed in children. Acute leukaemia accounts for 25% of cancers diagnosed in children and adolescents aged 1-19 years which accounts for approximately 3000 new cases in the US

There are a few other less common causes of gigantism such as; McCune-Albright syndrome, which is a disease that causes abnormal growth in bone tissue.7 Carney complex, is an inherited condition that causes benign tumors on connective tissue.7 Neurofibromatosis, which is tumors in the nervous system.7 Multiple endocrine neoplasia type one, an inherited condition resulting in tumors on the pituitary, pancreas and parathyroid gland.7 Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms of Hyperpituitarism include; enlarged

Genetic Engineering Genetic engineering is the alteration of genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore different from traditional selective breeding. Genetic engineering (GE) is used to take genes and segments of DNA from one species, e.g. fish, and put them into another species, e.g. tomato. To do so, GE provides a set of techniques to cut DNA either randomly or at a number of specific sites. Once isolated one can study the different segments of DNA, multiply