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A 52-year-old female since her 20’s has been an avid pool player recently…
A 52-year-old female since her 20’s has been an avid pool player recently she has found it difficult to continue to play. The pool sticks feel heavier and she doesn’t have the strength to strike the balls as hard her muscle weakness has impacted other areas of her life as well; she is no longer able to go grocery shopping because her legs get tired too quickly and recently, she tripped outside her house and hurt her knee. When asked about her family medical history, she states that her brother died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when he was 31, and while it was not confirmed, she suspects that he father died from ALS as well.
upstream causes
Direct causes: Motor neurons are being affected which are causing nerve cells to not work properly when they are in the spinal cord and brain
Indirect causes: Neurons not functioning in the patients body has she gets older causes mutations which leads them to not work properly
Direct cause: ALS being a genetic disease in the family which causes the motor neurons to more work as they normally should, and the patient has been experiencing pain in her muscles
Indirect causes: Family history of developing ALS, and how the patient has been very active throughout her life
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Background information: Ascending tracts: are what help conduct sensory to the brain
located: spinal area
Descending tract: are what help conduct sensory impulses to the brain and muscle/ glands
located: Knee/ leg area
Processes of movement:
-basal ganglia: control system for neuron
-cerebellum: controls your balance
-lateral white matter: controls descending tracts
-medial white matter:receive signals from brain stem
-dorsal root : carries sensory information from limbs to the brain
-ventral root:carries motor information from the brain to the muscles
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Physiology
normal cell function:
muscles would not be in pain and would not be damaged causes nerves to function properly and muscles and joint would be able to work without causing a person pain
macromolecule
Lipids: help communications and signaling, both within cells and between cells
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Carbohydrate: Energy is stored in the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins they are broken down to generate energy or ATP
Protein: help with structural support, movement, binding, and help transport molecule across cell membrane
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