How human skeletal muscle works

How human skeletal muscle work to achieve a smooth, steady contraction using the concept of motor unit summation.

SOAP Notes

Please assist in preparing SOAP notes either in a muscular or skeletal body system of a fictional patient of not less then 4 paragraphs including medical terms with suffixes, roots, and prefixes. Then write a summary of the findings rather then medical diagnosis.

Mechanism of Acupuncture

Give and explain the mechanism of acupuncture.

Where is the lesion?

A 74 y/o woman with poorly controlled hypertension presents with (a) inability to abduct the right eye, (b) a left-sided paralysis of the upper and lower extremities, and (c) a loss of proprioception, discriminative touch and vibratory sense on the left side of the body. The patient's family indicates that these symptoms appeared suddenly after she had eaten dinner and were accompanied by nausea and dizziness. Questions: Explain symptoms a through c. Where is the lesion (area of CNS and side)? Identify the blood vessel that is probably involved.

Cardorespiratory Problems with some neuroanatomy

Your patient is a 76 year-old female who has been admitted after experiencing a right embolic CVA. She presents with dysphagia and left sided hemiparesis. Physical therapy has been consulted to evaluate and treat this patient. On reading the chart you note the patient to have a temperature or 101.6 F, a consolidated left lower lobe on the chest x-ray, and a WBC count of 14,000. 1. What would you consider is a major medical complication for this patient other than the newly diagnosed stroke? Please consider the appropriate classification and type of condition for this patient’s pulmonary diagnosis. Provide rationale for your answer. 2. Name and provide rationale for 3 appropriate exam... click for more