What Should You Know Before Your Surgery? How We Protect You From Infection How We Protect You From Blood Clots: Your laboratory results – your hematocrit should be between 30 and 45% – if your hematocrit drops below 25-26% during your surgery, we may recommend a blood transfusion. – nasal swab: Your nasal swab should be … Read more
– Discussion: – all seven cervical vertebra and the C7-T1 junction are visualized; – Technique: – patient is supine. head is straight in the neutral position; – central beam is directed horizontally to a point 2.5 – 3.0 cm caudal to … Read more
– See: torticollis: – origin: sternal head: anterior surface of the manubrium; clavicular head: superior surface of the medial half of clavicle; – insertion: – lateral surface of the mastoid process of the temporal bone and lateral half of the superior nuchal line of the occipital; – action: – acting unilaterally, … Read more
– See: – S. epidermidis – S. aureus – Discussion: – about 20 % of people almost always carry a strain of staph aureus, and approximately 60 % harbor S. aureus on an intermittent basis; – in the study by von Eiff C, et al, … Read more
– Discussion: – is a coagulase positive, gram positive organism (as opposed to coag neg s. epidermidis) – has a strong propensity to invade traumatized tissue; – often responsible for toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fascitis; – serious infection that spreads rapidly along fascial planes and … Read more
origin: spinous process of C7 to T3, inferior half of ligamentum nuchae; insertion: mastoid process and lateral portion of superior nuchal line; action: acting bilaterally, extends and hyperextends the head and neck;acing unilateally, laterally flexes and rotates head and neck to the same side; nerve supply: lateral branches of the posterior … Read more
– See: limb development – Discussion: – skeleton and skeletal muscle develop from the mesoderm; – thin layer of cells in early embryo located between ectoderm & endoderm & interrupted in midline by notochord; – mesoderm on either side of notochord forms longitudinal mass, paraxial mesoderm; … Read more
origin: C7 and T1-T6 thoracic transverse processes and articular processes of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical vertebrae; insertion: between superior and inferior nuchal lines of the occipital; action: extnesion of lateral flexion of the neck and head, and rotates it to the opposite side; nerve supply: posterior rami of the cervial nerves; synergists: splenius group, … Read more
origin: anterior tubercles of the transverse process of the 2nd to 6th cervical vertebrae; insertion: scalene tubercles on anterior superior surface of the 1st rib; action: – acting unilaterally, flexes and rotates cervicals and raises first rib; – when acting bilaterally, flexes the neck; nerve supply: anterior branches, C5, … Read more
origin: posterior tubercles of the transverse process of 2nd to 7th cervical vertebrae; insertion: superior surface of the 1st rib behind subclavian groove; action: acting unilaterally, flexes and rotates cervical vertebrae; raises first rib; when acting bilaterally, flexes the neck; nerve supply: posterior branches of anterior primary rami of C3, C4; lateral muscular … Read more