Lumbar vertebrae

In 1973, the ruling of Perin v. Hayne in the district court system regarding the verdict of malpractice action was appealed to the supreme court of Iowa. The plaintiff, Ilene Perin underwent surgery to address an issue, but the attending physician performed a slightly different procedure then what was initially intended. Despite relieving the patient of her prior ailment, the outcome of the surgery resulted in the creation of another ailment. In attempt to describe what substantial difference…

Scoliosis Scoliosis is a pathology in which the spine has an abnormal curvature. The vertebrae column has two natural curvatures. First, there is a lordosis in which the spine a slight bend in the posterior direction located in the cervical portion of the vertebrae column. The second curvature the spinal column has is known as a kyphosis, in which the thoracic portion of the spine bends slight anteriorly. Scoliosis is evident when a person has excess curvature of the spine in a lateral…

the thoracolumbar fascia. Its insertion is on the internal surface of the lower three ribs and the abdominal aponeurosis to linea alba. These muscles flex the vertebral column. Psoas major origin is at the bodies and transverse process of the lumbar vertebrae. The insertion is at the lesser trochanter. The illiacus origin is the iliac fossa and the insertion is at the lesser trochanter. These muscles flex the trunk toward the thigh. The muscles that are relaxed during the movement of the trunk…

motor fibers, passes through the rear surface of the buttocks and thighs, shins, and then splits into smaller bronchi - peroneal and tibial nerves. The Sciatica is an inflammation of a sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve originates from nervous roots of lumbar department of a spinal cord and lowers branchii on the lower extremity, passing through a rump. Causes • Protruded disk: the hernial diverticulum can squeeze nervous roots which leave a sciatic nerve that leads to emergence of a pain…

bones and nervous tissues, that help support your back and that are connected to your brain and neck which send signals to your brain allowing you to move and walk. ” Vertebrae are the 33 individual bones that interlock with each other to form the spinal column. The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx.” There are different types of spinal cord injuries two of them are, complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries. A complete spinal…

head sits on the body rather than on the front of the body, like apes. The shape of the spine is s-shaped for humans and c-shaped for apes. Specifically, in humans the s-shape is caused by the curvature of the thoracic vertebrae in the front, and concave curvature of the lumbar vertebrae in the back. The spine provides strength while walking and running, as well as positioning the trunk of the body above the…

basic. The canine skeleton is composed of the axial skeleton, the appendicular skeleton and parts of the visceral skeleton. The axial skeleton contains the skull, hyoid bone, the spine, the ribs and the sternum. The dog, has a total of 7 cervical vertebrae, 13 thoracic…

An inversion therapy table resembles a normal table that's on a pivot. You must lie down on the table and strap in your feet safely and securely to the bottom part of the inversion table. Then you must employ the pivot device, allowing you to securely flip upside down. Inversion therapy makes it possible for gravity to stretch the body in a way that it isn't typically stretched. The benefits of a gravity stretch will slowly decompress the joints in your backbone, knees and hips, that are…

In Larsen text,, there is a significant case study with Saunaktuk site where the bioarchaeologist found evidence of violent death. Individuals were found with cut marks not only on the cranium and vertebrae joint but also around the neck, which possible could have been an attempt to decapitate the individual, and cuts on along the facial area that could have attempted to possible facial disfigurement (158, Larsen). There was no doubt that this was a…

What type of senses are lost when a person has a spinal cord injury? What does this injure in the peripheral nervous system? In class we have learned many things involving the peripheral nervous system. We have learned about injuries, nerves, and how things flow. I heard someone the other day talking about spinal cord injury, I had assumed it was a specific injury. However, spinal cord injury happens to people for a number of reasons. I want to know what kind of damage it has on the…