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VARIATION IN LOCATION OF GREATER PALATINE FORAMEN IN DRY HUMAN SKULL. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The position of the greater palatine foramen varies between standard anatomy texts and various anthropometric studies . This study was done to locate the position of the foramen in relation to the maxillary molars in dry human skulls in Indian population.This study also examined the greater palatines foramen and its distance from the mid palatine suture. AIM To measure the variation in…

Dental crowns that are carefully maintained may last a number of years until you need to get them refitted by your dentist. Once of the most reasons why dental reasons need to be replaced is because they crack. Dental crowns can crack due to a number of reasons, including high-impact sports. Repeated dental crown replacements in a short span of time can be costly and can lead to more damaged to the already decayed tooth that is beneath the crown. The best way to protect your dental crown from…

Athletic injuries are common in sports. They can happen in all different types of athletes. Some injuries can be very dangerous or not bother someone at all. It can depend on what happened, how it happened, or how severe the injury was. Some injuries can cause major difficulties in the future and/or even ruin someones sports career. Hip bursitis is a common problem in athletes. It causes pain in the hip and on the outside of the upper thigh. The bursa is a sac filled with fluid that allows a…

Which Way Do You Roll? Understanding Pronation and Supination If you have frequent problems with your feet, especially if you're a runner, you may want to see a podiatrist for a gait evaluation. It's possible your feet roll to one side or the other, and this can lead to several different foot ailments. If your foot rolls to the inside the condition is called overpronation. If it rolls to the outside, it is called oversupination. Here is a look at how these two gait abnormalities differ and how…

Talipes equinovarus (club foot) is a congenital deformity; it is a relatively common occurring in approximately 1:1000 births. Developed of the foot is deformed when compared to the relationship to the leg. The Achilles tendon and posterior ankle are contracted and the foot is inverted and rotated in relationship to the leg. People with this deformity will have excessive pressure on the lateral portion of the foot, due to its abnormal positioning. Patient’s conditions • Excessive swelling…

In the United States, there are usually between 100,000 and 200,000 Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) ruptures per year. (Osborne. M, 2012) (Why do females injure their knees four to six times more than men…and what can you do about it?) (ucdenver.edu) An ACL injury is the most common injury in female athletes. Female athletes are more prone to having an ACL injury because of the lack of muscle strength and control of their (Chang. W, 2014; Joseph et al., 2014). This injury can lead to…

The thesis I have chosen to write about on a commonly held misconception is that cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. I feel that everyone has, at some point in their lives heard the phrase “cracking your joints will give you arthritis”, even now that this misconception has been proven false many people still say this or believe it. Joint cracking can arise from the negative pressure pulling nitrogen gas into the joint, the sound can also arise from tendons snapping over tissues due…

Skeletal muscle is a highly specialized, post-mitotic tissue that must withstand chronic mechanical and physiological stress throughout life to maintain proper contractile function. Muscle damage or disease leads to progressive weakness and disability, and manifests in more than 100 different human disorders, including DMD, the most common X-linked genetic disorder in humans, and BMD. Current treatment options for muscular dystrophies are disappointingly limited and focus mainly on managing…

An 18-year-old male lacrosse player presents to the clinic for evaluation of left knee pain. He states that he stepped awkwardly with his cleat while taking a shot and had twisted the knee. He had immediate pain, but was able to bear weight afterwards. There was no swelling initially, but the following morning he noticed swelling of the knee. He reports that the knee has an occasional “catching” sensation but does not get stuck. On exam, he has a moderate effusion. He can perform a straight-leg…

adduction. Standing, where the fixed point is at the insertion on the femur, contraction will rotate the pelvis anteriorly[17]. 2.2.2 Psoas This muscle is only muscle group in human body with direct attachment to the spine, the pelvis and the femur. Therefore it has potential to influence, and influenced by movement at both of the spine and hip joints[18]. 2.2.3 Gluteal maximus muscle: superficial group The gluteus maximus muscle is the one of the largest muscle in the gluteal region and…