Assignment: Discuss bad headaches
Assignment: Discuss bad headaches
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Assignment: Discuss bad headaches
The headaches sometimes awaken her from sleep and at times can be disabling and occasionally require her to take Tylenol and rest in a dark room. Sometimes she vomits during an attack. Over the past 6 months, her headaches have become more severe and frequent, prompting her visit today.
Assignment: Discuss bad headaches
- What additional questions would you ask to learn more about her headaches?
- How do you classify headaches?
- How can you determine if this is an old headache or a new headache/s? Is this a chronic or episodic condition?
- Can you make a definite diagnosis through an open-ended history followed by focused questions?
- How can you use the patient history to distinguish between benign headaches and serious ones that require urgent attention?
- What diagnostic tests do you want to include to help you with your diagnosis? Minimum 250 words
Anatomy and Physiology of the Digestive System
Objectives
- Identify the anatomical structures of the digestive system and their functions
- Explain the physiology of digestion through the system
Assignment Overview
This exercise helps students understand the anatomical structures of the digestive system
Deliverables
Annotated diagram of the digestive system
Step 1 Draw a diagram. (It is OK to take a diagram from the internet and label it.)
Using the drawing tools provided by your word-processing program, draw a diagram that traces the pathway and physiological processes of a bite of food through the digestive system. Annotate each step in the digestive process with a brief paragraph describing what happens in the step.
Be sure to include ALL the following topics:
- The organs of the digestive system (This includes the alimentary canal AND the accessory organs of digestion)
- The actions of the digestive system
- Propulsion
- Absorption
- Chemical digestion
- Mechanical dtomy and Physiology of the Digestive System
Objectives
- Identify the anatomical structures of the digestive system and their functions
- Explain the physiology of digestion through the system
Assignment Overview
This exercise helps students understand the anatomical structures of the digestive system
Deliverables
Annotated diagram of the digestive system
Step 1 Draw a diagram. (It is OK to take a diagram from the internet and label it.)
Using the drawing tools provided by your word-processing program, draw a diagram that traces the pathway and physiological processes of a bite of food through the digestive system. Annotate each step in the digestive process with a brief paragraph describing what happens in the step.
Be sure to include ALL the following topics:
- The organs of the digestive system (This includes the alimentary canal AND the accessory organs of digestion)
- The actions of the digestive system
- Propulsion
- Absorption
- Chemical digestion
- Mechanical d