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The Lumbar Spine: Representing common postures and how they affect the lower back. A postural assessment prior to your massage treatment can help determine your type of posture and help create a treatment plan to best suit you.

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Basic Skin Functions: The skin is one of the most important parts of the body because it interfaces with the environment and is the first line of defense from e...xternal factors. For example, the skin plays a key role in protecting the body against pathogens and excessive water loss. Its other functions are insulation, temperature regulation, sensation, and the production of vitamin D folates. Basic Muscle Functions: The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, circulates blood throughout the body can create heat. The muscular system in vertebrates is controlled through the nervous system, although some muscles (such as the cardiac muscle) can be completely autonomous. Basic Skeletal Functions: Support The skeleton provides the framework which supports the body and maintains its shape. The pelvis, associated ligaments and muscles provide a floor for the pelvic structures. Without the rib cages, costal cartilages, and intercostal muscles, the heart would collapse. Movement The joints between bones permit movement, some allowing a wider range of movement than others, e.g. the ball and socket joint allows a greater range of movement than the pivot joint at the neck. Movement is powered by skeletal muscles, which are attached to the skeleton at various sites on bones. Muscles, bones, and joints provide the principal mechanics for movement, all coordinated by the nervous system. Protection The skeleton protects many vital organs: The skull protects the brain, the eyes, and the middle and inner ears. The vertebrae protect the spinal cord. The rib cage, spine, and sternum protect the human lungs, human heart and major blood vessels. The clavicle and scapula protect the shoulder. The ilium and spine protect the digestive and urogenital systems and the hip. The patella and the ulna protect the knee and the elbow respectively. The carpals and tarsals protect the wrist and ankle respectively. Blood cell production The skeleton is the site of haematopoiesis, the development of blood cells that takes place in the bone marrow. Storage Bone matrix can store calcium and is involved in calcium metabolism, and bone marrow can store iron in ferrotin and is involved in iron metabolism. However, bones are not entirely made of calcium, but a mixture of chondroitin sulfate and hydroxyapatite, the latter making up 70% of a bone. Endocrine regulation Bone cells release a hormone called osteocalcin, which contributes to the regulation of blood sugar (glucose) and fat deposition. Osteocalcin increases both the insulin secretion and sensitivity, in addition to boosting the number of insulin-producing cells and reducing stores of fat. Art by Chow Martin

How many organs (no matter how minor it is) does a human being have? And what are they? This is really a question with no clear cut answer. It is a human charac...teristic to want to divide things into discrete categories, but nature itself is not nearly so discriminating. The Terminologica Anatomica lists over 7,500 named parts of the human body. Of course, many of these terms apply to parts of the body that may not be considered organs, and some apply to parts of individual organs. However, this large number of names points to the complexity of the human body. Before we can even attempt to answer this question, we must first have a definition of what an organ is. A widely accepted definition of an organ is a collection of tissues that act together to perform a function or functions. By this definition, each individual bone of the skeleton could be considered an organ. But to give an idea of the complexity of the issue, we could then ask whether the cranium comprises a single organ, or is it itself a collection of all the individual bones (organs) which comprise it? Then, is the mandible a separate organ, or is it a portion of the organ we call the skull? Are the teeth part of the skull, or are they 32 individual organs of the digestive system? Likewise with the musculature, we could say that each muscle is an individual organ. But then what constitutes a muscle? For example, the multifidus is a muscle that runs from the transverse processes of vertebrae to insert into the spinous processes of the vertebrae 3 to 4 levels superior to the vertebra of origin. Is each slip arising from each transverse process an individual organ, or does the whole multifidus collectively constitute a single muscle or organ? If we count each bone and each muscle as a separate organ, we rapidly approach 1,000 individual organs in the body, and we have not yet taken account of anything but the skeletal and muscular systems of the body. Likewise, with the organs of the digestive system, for example, we run into a similar problem. Is the small intestine a single organ, or is it three organs: the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum? Another approach would be to attempt to come up with a minimally acceptable list of individual organs of the body. One way to look at this is to list the systems of the body and the major organs in each system. Just as an organ can be described as a collection of tissues that act together to perform a function or functions, a system can be defined as a collection of organs that act together to perform a function or functions. Such a minimal list could look something like the following: Circulatory system heart arteries veins capillaries cisterna chyli spleen Lymphatic system (a part of the circulatory system): thoracic duct right lymphatic duct lymph vessels tonsils, adenoids thymus spleen. lymph nodes Digestive system teeth tongue salivary glands (3 pair) esophagus stomach liver, gallbladder pancreas small intestine large intestine rectum anus Endocrine system hypothalamus pituitary gland pineal body thyroid gland parathyroids suprarenal glands Integumentary system skin, hair and nails and associated glands, including mammary glands. The skin with its associated structures is sometimes considered an organ. Muscular system The individual muscles of the body. Nervous system brain, spinal cord peripheral nerves Reproductive system Female: ovaries, fallopian tubes uterus clitoris vagina Male: testes vas deferens seminal vesicles prostate penis Respiratory system pharynx larynx trachea bronchi lungs diaphragm Skeletal system The individual bones of the skeleton and associated ligaments and other structures. In a normal human adult there are 206 regularly occurring bones, plus a variable number of sesamoid bones that may appear in tendons of muscles. Excretory system kidneys ureters bladder urethra Organs of Special Sense eyes olfactory bulbs vomeronasal organ vestibulocochlear organ taste buds of the tongue Even with such a minimal list, we still have a list of over 60 individual organs or pairs of organs. In short, there is no clear answer to this question. So much depends upon the definition of an organ. This list should not be viewed as a list for memorization. Continuity from the subcellular to the whole organism is a central concept in anatomy. Organelles are collections of macromolecules and tissues are collections of cells and their products, each arranged to cooperate to carry out a particular set of functions. Organs are collections of tissues similarly organized to carry out related, but more complicated sets of functions. Organ systems carry this concept to the next level of complexity, followed by organisms and their structure-function relationships. Full Article Here: http://bit.ly/WskwuS Volume Rendering CT Scans by voxel123 Reference: Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (1998) Terminologica Anatomica. Theime, Stuttgart, Germany.

Several very close up views of 1) Muscle fibers 2) Sciatic nerve 3) The spinal cord 4) Blood supply to the brain. Thanks to Jack Stella for this in his post.

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