Critical Thinking and Clinical Applications Spinal Cord Injuries | BSC 251, Lab Reports of Physiology

Download Critical Thinking and Clinical Applications Spinal Cord Injuries | BSC 251 and more Lab Reports Physiology in PDF only on Docsity! BSC 251 LAB Required Journal Entry #1: Critical Thinking and Clinical Applications Spinal Cord Injuries Karen falls down a flight of stairs and suffers spinal cord damage due to hyperextension of the spinal cord during the fall. The injury results in edema of the central spinal cord with resulting compression of the anterior horn of the lumbar region. What symptoms would you expect to observe as a result of this injury? BSC 251 LAB REQUIRED JOURNAL ENTRY #2 COLORBLINDNESS Red-green colorblindness is an X-linked recessive trait. Females carry two copies of all X-linked genes; whereas, males only one copy of the genes. Explain the genetic inheritance of colorblindness in females. Assuming a female is colorblind, what is the probability that her sons will be colorblind? Explain your answer. What is the probability that her daughters will be colorblind? COLORBLINDNESS CHART By Jill Maroo A&P Lab Instructor (USM) Normal Male XY Normal Female XX Colorblind Male X ֿY Colorblind Female X ֿXֿ Carrier Female X ֿX XY with XX XY, XX XֿY with XX XY, X ֿX XY with X ֿXֿ XֿY, XֿX XֿY with X ֿXֿ XֿY, XֿXֿ XY with X ֿX XY, X ֿY , XX, X ֿX XֿY with X ֿX XֿY, XY, X ֿXֿ, X ֿX