Both fibrin and platelets stabilize the thrombus and prevent it from falling apart. Fibrin is the more important component of clots that form in veins, and platelets are the more important component of clots that form in arteries where they can cause heart attacks and strokes by blocking the flow of blood in the heart and brain, respectively, although fibrin plays an important role in arterial thrombosis as well. There are two classes of antithrombotic drugs: anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs.

Anticoagulants slow down clotting, thereby reducing fibrin formation and preventing clots from forming and growing. Antiplatelet agents prevent platelets from clumping and also prevent clots from forming and growing.

The anticoagulants heparin and dicumarol were discovered by chance, long before we understood how they worked. Heparin was first discovered in by a medical student at The Johns Hopkins University who was investigating a clotting product from extracts of dog liver and heart.

In , dicumarol the precursor to warfarin was extracted by a biochemist at the University of Wisconsin from moldy clover brought to him by a farmer whose prize bull had bled to death after eating the clover. Both of these anticoagulants have been used effectively to prevent clots since These drugs produce a highly variable anticoagulant effect in patients, requiring their effect to be measured by special blood tests and their dose adjusted according to the results.

Heparin acts immediately and is given intravenously through the veins. Warfarin is swallowed in tablet form, but its anticoagulant effect is delayed for days. Therefore, until recently, patients requiring anticoagulants who were admitted to a hospital were started on a heparin infusion and were then discharged from the hospital after five to seven days on warfarin.

LMWH is produced by chemically splitting heparin into one-third of its original size. It has fewer side effects than heparin and produces a more predictable anticoagulant response.

By the mid s, LMWH preparations were being tested in clinical trials, and they have now replaced heparin for most indications. Because LMWH is injected subcutaneously under the skin in a fixed dose without the need for anticoagulant monitoring, patients can now be treated at home instead of at the hospital. With the biotechnology revolution has come genetically engineered "designer" anticoagulant molecules that target specific clotting enzymes.

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Blood thinners reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by reducing the formation of blood clots in your arteries and veins. You may also take a blood thinner if you have an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, heart valve disease, or congenital heart defects. Treatment with blood thinners There are two types of blood thinners — anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs.

Classification of blood thinners Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs can be classified according to their mechanism of action. Common side effects and precautions Drug class Common side effects Precautions Anticoagulants 1. Vitamin K antagonist haemorrhage nausea and vomiting diarrhea jaundice hepatic dysfunction pancreatitis pyrexia alopecia rash Use with caution in mild to moderate renal impairment.

Monitor INR more frequently in severe impairment Not recommended for patients with severe hepatic impairment, or in first trimester of pregnancy Regular blood test to check how long it takes for your blood to clot INR test and dose may need to be adjusted 2.

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COX-1 inhibitor bronchospasm gastro-intestinal irriation such as nausea gastro-intestinal haemorrhage other haemorrhage e. General advice Take warfarin once a day at the same time each day as prescribed, usually in the evening. If you accidentally miss a dose of warfarin, never take a double dose to catch up unless specifically advised by a doctor.

If you forgot to take your dose of antiplatelet drug, take the dose as soon as you remember, then continue to take your course as normal. Never double dose to make up for a missed dose. Take antiplatelet drugs with or after food to help reduce irritation to the stomach. When you are taking warfarin, Avoid binge drinking or getting drunk as doing this can increase the effect of warfarin and so increase the risk of bleeding. Maximum daily limit is three units of alcohol a day for man and two units a day for woman.

One unit is roughly equivalent to half a pint of beer or a single measure 25ml of a spirit such as vodka. Avoid situations that increase your risk of injury e. Seek immediate medical attention if you are bleeding a lot or it takes a long time for bleeding to stop. Get medical help if you have a hard blow to the head as you may have bleeding inside without knowing it. Communication with your doctor When you start taking warfarin as prescribed, tell your doctor about any medications or supplements that you are taking.

Storage of anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs should be kept in a cool and dry place. Blood clotting, or coagulation, is an important process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. Treatment with blood thinners. Classification of blood thinners.

P2Y12 receptor antagonists a. Thienopyridine: Act by inhibiting the ADP-dependent pathway of platelet activation. Adenosine triphosphate analogue: Reversibly interact with the P2Y12 receptor to inhibit the receptor to prevent ADP-induced platelet aggregation.

Common side effects and precautions Drug class. Common side effects. Vitamin K antagonist. Use with caution in mild to moderate renal impairment. Monitor INR more frequently in severe impairment Not recommended for patients with severe hepatic impairment, or in first trimester of pregnancy Regular blood test to check how long it takes for your blood to clot INR test and dose may need to be adjusted.

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When only five ducts had a partial cribriform proliferation, 82 In Question 3, as shown in Fig. When a single duct with a complete cribriform pattern measured 0.

Question 4 addressed the approach to management of flat epithelial atypia when it was present in multiple ducts located within less than 0. In this scenario, when multiple ducts with flat epithelial atypia were close to an excision margin, 48 respondents Finally, question 5 evaluated how respondents measured invasive carcinoma when two foci of stromal microinvasion measuring less than 1 mm each emanated from two opposite poles of a 1-cm duct with high-grade comedo-type DCIS Fig.

Chi-square testing was performed to compare the responses of expert breast pathologists and nonexperts to all five questions. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in the proportion of responses to any of the questions. These results indicate that 15 and 20 years postintroduction of criteria for separation of ADH from DCIS [ 21 , 31 ], interobserver variability in the diagnosis of intraductal proliferative lesions of the breast has not diminished.

Given the significance of margin involvement or proximity in current management of DCIS, this survey demonstrates an even wider variability that exists in the management of such lesions and ultimately patient care. In a survey done by Rosai in , 17 ductal and lobular proliferative breast lesions were distributed among five experts in breast pathology [ 24 ]. Also, some pathologists tended to make more malignant diagnoses than others.

In his report, Rosai considered this interobserver variability to be unacceptably high and suggested the adoption of a terminology such as mammary intraepithelial neoplasia with a grading system similar to that which was being used for the uterine cervix.

A possible explanation for such a high degree of interobserver variability set forth in that report was that the pathologists were not using a standard set of criteria. Therefore, a year later, Schnitt et al. In their survey, they asked six experts in breast pathology to evaluate 24 proliferative ductal lesions.

In this survey, the participating pathologists agreed to use the criteria of Page et al. The specific area of interest on each study slide was indicated by masking all the surrounding tissue so that all the participants focused on the same lesion and to prevent any bias that may result from assessment of changes in the surrounding breast tissue.

The participants in this survey were asked to adhere to the provided criteria rather than the ones they used in their daily practice.

The most common diagnostic problem was the distinction of atypical hyperplasia from DCIS in six cases. Responses to the current survey also demonstrate that although criteria to distinguish ADH from DCIS have been introduced over two decades ago, there is still no agreement on how to categorize these two types of mammary intraductal proliferation. While the sole partially involved duct described in question 1 would not qualify as DCIS according to the criteria set forth by either Page et al.

This might seem logical because the partially involved duct probably reflects an extension of the same process present in the nearby unequivocal cribriform DCIS. However, the fact remains that there is no consensus on what to designate a partially involved duct adjacent to unequivocal LG-DCIS and how to manage such a lesion when it is near or on the surgical excision margin [ 10 ].

This interobserver variability in diagnosis and management was so high that, in the end, patients would have an almost chance of having a reexcision or not, regardless of the diagnosis of the partially involved duct as ADH or DCIS. This was due to a combination of the high proportion diagnosing it as DCIS and the high proportion of those who recommended reexcision even though they interpreted it as ADH. Question 2 addressed the concept of extensive ADH.

Chi-square testing showed that as the number of partially involved ducts increased, the number of patients diagnosed with cancer significantly increased. This scenario has become increasingly more frequent since the introduction of screening mammography.

It was not addressed in the criteria introduced by either Page et al. Question 3 demonstrated that the majority of respondents used the 2-mm size criterion rather than the two spaces in diagnosing DCIS. However, if this single duct measured less than 2 mm, i. Even with a substantial 4 mm duct, 5. These responses demonstrate that in the current day to day practice of pathology, some women with a 0. The last question showed the various approaches pathologists take in measuring invasive carcinoma when multifocal early invasion emanating from a single duct is present.

Even when the criteria used are explicitly stated, application of criteria varies remarkably among pathologists and from one study to the next. Certainly, the issues raised in this study are not uncommon but have not been specifically addressed in any of the major single-, multiinstitutional, or multinational studies on DCIS cases that include LG-DCIS.

Many authorities believe the patient should undergo complete surgical excision to exclude malignancy and prevent the development of advanced neoplasia if found on a breast biopsy. Surgical excision for core biopsies that show ADH is considered standard of care. However, ALH may be an incidental finding in small biopsies, and standard surgical resection of these lesions is more controversial. In general, excision is usually recommended in high-risk patients.

Short-term follow-up with increased mammography frequency should be recommended for patients in whom surgical resection is not performed. Either can be found in association with or at the periphery of a more advanced lesion; therefore, it is important to remember that atypical hyperplasia found on a biopsy may not accurately represent the greater lesion. Studies have failed to show reliable, independent indicators of which atypical hyperplasia lesions are associated with more aggressive entities such as high-grade DCIS or invasive cancer.

It is important to note that while surgical excision after identifying atypical hyperplasia in a core biopsy is generally considered appropriate, some disagreement persists regarding the management of high-risk lesions in certain cases. Important differential diagnostic entities to consider when viewing possible ADH or ALH include usual ductal hyperplasia, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, and flat epithelial atypia, with the most important distinguisher being whether a lesion is ADH or low-grade DCIS.

Atypical lobular hyperplasia ALH , like ADH, is another high-risk breast lesion that has been associated with a four-fold to a five-fold increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer in either the ipsilateral or contralateral breast. Complications of atypical hyperplasia of the breast are related mainly to the surgical treatment of this disease. Infection, bleeding, anesthesia complications, disfigurement, and pain are some, but not all, of the possible complications associated with treatment of this disease.

Atypical hyperplasia of the breast is a complicated disorder, with most experts agreeing that surgical excision is appropriate. Patients should be counseled, however, on an individual basis, as factors that influence the course of treatment may include the extent of disease, atypia, family history, prior history, genetics, and overall patient health status.

Proper management of patients with this complex disease requires collaboration between radiology, surgery, pathology, and the patient and their primary care team. The current standard of care is to excise high-risk breast lesions due to high upgrade rates on the excision of these breast lesions after a biopsy.

Molecular profile of atypical hyperplasia of the breast. Combined histologic and cytologic criteria for the diagnosis of mammary atypical ductal hyperplasia. The breast journal. In ADH there are ducts partially filled with abnormally uniform evenly spaced cells with polarization [ 20 ] Fig. The cells might grow in arcades, rigid bridges, or bars of uniform thickness, micro-papillae, solid or cribriform patterns. The involved spaces might also contain a population of cells with similar characteristics of usual ductal hyperplasia UDH or residual normal epithelium [ 22 ].

One of the major impediments to proper management of ADH is the conflicting definitions of ADH and intra-observer variability which make a definitive diagnosis difficult [ 10 , 23 ]. Ghofrani et al.

Myoepithelial-specific markers such as p63 and myoid markers such as SMA are helpful to demonstrate preservation of myoepithelial cells at the epithelialstroma interface. Collectively, these studies suggest that a more objective biomarker for the differential diagnosis of ADH and LG DCIS would be highly desirable since extent alone cannot differentiate an early neoplastic lesion that may not progress to malignancy from those that represent part of a DCIS process that is underrepresented in the examined specimen and are more likely to progress.

Molecular studies could play an important role to identify such biomarkers; however, given the above described lack of concordance at assessing ADH [ 28 ], any studies related to ADH need to include a strict review procedure by one or more breast pathologists with sufficient experience before inclusion into the study. In terms of the management of the patients, some clinicians prefer to observe patients diagnosed with ADH. However, this option may put those patients at risk of undertreatment.

Given the high upgrade rate, it is not surprising that the majority of clinicians suggest a surgical excision after ADH diagnosis on CNB to rule out concomitant malignancy. For example, if a patient had an area of radiographic abnormality and her CNB showed a focus of atypical cells in keeping with ADH and not sufficient for the diagnosis of LG DCIS, it would be preferable to perform an excision to examine the whole area of abnormality. Because the abnormal radiological mass might be due to a well-developed DCIS, surgical excision could avoid missing a higher risk lesion requiring more intensive treatment [ 31 ].

In this type of upgrade scenario, presumably the most likely explanation for missing a higher risk lesion from a CNB would be sampling limitations. This highlights the important clinical utility of identifying robust biomarkers that can distinguish between pure ADH and ADH that is likely to be associated with a synchronous LG DCIS and thereby avoiding the need for recommending surgical excision for all.

Alternatives to surgical excision include treatment with tamoxifen as this has been reported to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer from 21 to 7. However, recent studies on breast cancer prevention with endocrine therapy show a very low rate of uptake and even lower rate of persistence due to the side effects, even in women at very high genetic risk [ 33 ]. Some parameters may be useful to take into consideration before excision, such as the number of cores, type of needle used, type of lesion, and lesion diameter [ 7 , 10 ].

It has also been suggested to take into account the number of the foci in the core and how much of the radiographic lesion was removed, with multiple foci requiring a greater area to be removed [ 34 ].

None of these parameters or suggestions is clinically proven and prospective validation is required to evaluate such prediction tools. This practice would certainly overtreat the majority of women diagnosed with ADH and clearly demonstrates the need to identify a robust biomarker to avoid unnecessary surgery and optimal management. Unfortunately, risk prediction following ADH diagnosis is controversial [ 7 ], and counseling and further screening for these women diagnosed with ADH are therefore probably not adequate.

Indeed, Degnim et al. One possibility is that this combination indicates a lesion already DCIS at a cellular biology level but lacking the extent to be diagnosed as such. An elevated risk of breast cancer associated with calcification of atypical hyperplasia was, however, reported by Hutchinson et al. The degree of atypia can also vary in ADH, but this is not a feature that has been evaluated in terms of subsequent risk, perhaps because of the difficulty in standardizing such a measure across different pathologists.

The complexities of analyzing focality, calcification, and atypia in terms of how these are measured emphasizes the importance of understanding the breast biology, as well as the precursor versus risk indicator status of ADH. Given the fact that only a fraction of ADH 9. Thus far, despite the high risk of developing cancer associated with ADH, attempts to identify clinicopathological or molecular biomarkers to predict individual risk have been unsuccessful.

Risk reduction strategies remain varied, from active surveillance at one end of the spectrum to prophylactic mastectomy at the other. Breast cancer is well known to be a genetic disease, with very frequent somatic copy number changes, a number of driver mutations such as in PIK3CA and TP53 , and widespread transcriptional deregulation [ 42 ]. While molecular studies of benign breast disease are fewer, they suggest both similarities to and differences from breast carcinoma.

Very few studies have described the molecular genetic features of ADH Table 1 and these are further limited because most were carried out on small numbers of samples using low resolution methodology, such as microsatellite marker-based loss of heterozygosity LOH or allelic imbalance AI analysis and cytogenetic comparative genomic hybridization CGH.

The latter has a genomic resolution of 5—10 Mb, whereas most LOH studies were carried out using only a few markers, which were chosen based on the location of common regions of AI in IDC. One of the major barriers to studying ADH is the limited amount of DNA available, a problem reported by multiple studies [ 43 , 44 ]. This limitation can be overcome by using in situ assays, such as fluorescence in situ hybridization FISH , but at the cost of being highly locus-specific.

Any gains or losses are reported when changes occurred in at least one sample of the cohort. Loss of 16q was also confirmed as a common event in breast cancer by other studies Table 1 , signifying that this event might be particularly important in the early development of breast cancer.

A more sensitive FISH study using nine chromosomal probes supported these observations, finding that all ADH had chromosomal aneuploidy, and the number of cells with aneuploidy was higher than in lesions without atypia, although less frequent than in carcinomas [ 51 ].

Using alternative methods, Gao et al. Firstly, they found that gain at 19p and losses at 2p, 6q, 11p, 12q, 22q, and Xq were only present in DCIS and IDC, suggesting that these changes might be a later event in breast cancer progression.

Secondly, ADH had a high prevalence of 17q gain [ 54 ], although the number of cases studied was small. This unusual feature, along with the pattern of CGH alterations with a high proportion of changes at telomeres, may suggest an imperfect assay, particularly for ADH samples where material would have been limited.

Two other CGH studies each showed several copy number gains Table 1 ; however, the sample sizes were just two pure ADH [ 55 ] and three synchronous [ 56 ]. These genetic studies emphasize the difficulty in analyzing small numbers of cases with varying definitions of ADH, often leading to different conclusions. Nonetheless, despite individual small sample sizes, across all LOH and CGH studies, 16q loss remained the most common cytogenetic event in pure ADH, followed by 1q gain, with other loci being gained and lost at relatively lower and varying frequencies.

In addition, collectively these studies show that most pure ADH carry one or more large-scale cytogenetic abnormalities. The goal of these studies has been to establish whether ADH could be a genetic precursor to carcinoma and determine which type of carcinoma , and to evaluate whether genetic events are required for progression.

More recently, next-generation sequencing approaches have been applied, although only in small numbers of cases so far. For example, Newburger et al. Similarly, Weng et al. This analysis revealed considerable lineage heterogeneity and the authors suggested that the early neoplastic lesions and DCIS were not direct precursors of the co-existing IDC, but rather independent clonal proliferations of cells with a common ancestor.

Interestingly, they also found that some neoplasias showed a mixed-lineage origin, referring to the samples whose cells are geographically co-located but have originated from at least two genetically diverse lineages although often still sharing an ancient common ancestor. The accumulated somatic mutations of those samples could not be explained by a single lineage tree, suggesting existing high intra-individual genetic heterogeneity, which was also observed by Larson et al.

Given that genetic heterogeneity may be a bad prognostic feature in several tumor types [ 59 ], its detection in benign lesions could be relevant for patient management. These genetic studies to date support a role for ADH as a precursor of carcinomas identified in the same breast, but they do not explain the risk associated with ADH for the contralateral breast.

It has been noted in multiple studies that ipsilateral recurrence is most common almost twice that of contralateral in the first 5 years after ADH diagnosis; however, the long-term risk remains high for both breasts [ 7 , 9 ]. It is important to note that ipsilateral recurrence is not limited to the initial site of diagnosis of ADH and in cases where the carcinoma recurs at a different quadrant, it could be speculated that this would be non-clonal.

Indeed, this possibility is supported by Larson et al. ADH may therefore also be a marker of elevated risk not associated with clonal recurrence. These micro-environmental influencers could provide a possible explanation for the initiation of multiple breast lesions over long periods of time, their persistence, and their progression to carcinoma.

Studying the association of atypia with these characteristics could give an insight into identifying patients with a higher risk of recurrence. Interestingly, a very recent study showed no association between mammographic breast density and risk of recurrence in patients diagnosed with atypical hyperplasia [ 14 ]. Breast density, therefore, despite being a major indicator of an altered breast microenvironment, appears not to influence subsequent progression to carcinoma after ADH.

Similarly, higher BMI, early menarche, and smoking are not associated with a higher risk of developing invasive cancer after a previous breast benign biopsy [ 61 ]. Further study is needed to evaluate the different contributions of these factors for disease initiation as distinct from disease progression.

The role of the immune system has barely begun to be investigated as a factor controlling disease progression, but could well be crucial.

Early models of breast cancer development, which proposed a direct linear progression from normal epithelium to ductal hyperplasia to ADH to low-grade DCIS and then to low- or high-grade IDC, are now considered to be oversimplified [ 21 ]. Instead, distinct low- and high-grade multistep models of breast cancer progression have been hypothesized [ 21 ]. Studies of breast cancer stem cells also suggest that, apart from the claudin-low subtype, the cell of origin for the other intrinsic breast cancer subtypes may originate at different points along the luminal progenitor lineage [ 64 ].

It remains unknown if distinct precursors arise from these progenitors since many of the molecular alterations are not necessarily exclusive to each pathway. Where does ADH fit into this new paradigm?

On one side, Larson et al. However, at least two of the clonal cases studied by Larson et al. Several other systems for typing of DCIS have been proposed, including categorisation based on nuclear grade and necrosis [ 32 , 33 ]. Silverstein and colleagues [ 32 ] have grouped DCIS into high-grade, non-high-grade with necrosis, and non-high-grade without necrosis and found an association between the subtypes and local recurrence and disease-free survival [ 34 ].

The existing system for the classification of intraductal epithelial proliferations assumes a spectrum from usual epithelial hyperplasia through ADH and low-grade DCIS to high-grade disease.

Recently published work using comparative genomic hybridisation to investigate DCIS of the breast has prompted the proposal of a hypothetical model for the pathogenesis of DCIS, which recognises genetic lesions associated with particular morphological subtypes. It is likely that some of these new methods will form the basis of a revised system of classification in the future with an underlying molecular genetic basis while maintaining clinical relevance.

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Synovial cavities are filled with synovial fluid. The knees and elbows are examples of synovial joints. Joints or articulations connections between bones can be classified in a number of ways. The primary classifications are structural and functional. Functional classification is based on the type and degree of movement permitted. Types of Synovial Joints. Privacy Policy. Skip to main content.

Search for:. Classification of Joints. Structural Classification of Joints There are three structural classifications of joints: fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial.

Learning Objectives Describe the three structural categories of joints. Key Takeaways Key Points The type and characteristics of a given joint determine the degree and type of movement. Structural classification categorizes joints based on the type of tissue involved in their formations.

A uniaxial joint only allows for a motion in a single plane around a single axis. The elbow joint, which only allows for bending or straightening, is an example of a uniaxial joint. A biaxial joint allows for motions within two planes. An example of a biaxial joint is a metacarpophalangeal joint knuckle joint of the hand. The joint allows for movement along one axis to produce bending or straightening of the finger, and movement along a second axis, which allows for spreading of the fingers away from each other and bringing them together.

A joint that allows for the several directions of movement is called a multiaxial joint sometimes called polyaxial or triaxial joint. This type of diarthrotic joint allows for movement along three axes Figure 9. The shoulder and hip joints are multiaxial joints. They allow the upper or lower limb to move in an anterior-posterior direction and a medial-lateral direction. In addition, the limb can also be rotated around its long axis.

This third movement results in rotation of the limb so that its anterior surface is moved either toward or away from the midline of the body. Structural classifications of the body joints are based on how the bones are held together and articulate with each other. At fibrous joints, the adjacent bones are directly united to each other by fibrous connective tissue. Similarly, at a cartilaginous joint, the adjacent bones are united by cartilage. In contrast, at a synovial joint, the articulating bone surfaces are not directly united to each other, but come together at a fluid-filled joint cavity.

The functional classification of body joints is based on the degree of movement found at each joint. A synarthrosis is a joint that is essentially immobile. This type of joint provides for a strong connection between the adjacent bones, which serves to protect internal structures such as the brain or heart.

Examples include the fibrous joints of the skull sutures and the cartilaginous epiphyseal plate. A joint that allows for limited movement is an amphiarthrosis. An example is the pubic symphysis of the pelvis, the cartilaginous joint that strongly unites the right and left hip bones of the pelvis. The cartilaginous joints in which vertebrae are united by intervertebral discs provide for small movements between the adjacent vertebrae and are also amphiarthrotic joints. Synchondroses are found in the epiphyseal plates of growing bones in children.

In symphyses, hyaline cartilage covers the end of the bone, but the connection between bones occurs through fibrocartilage. Symphyses are found at the joints between vertebrae and between the pubic bones. Amphiarthroses allow only slight movement; therefore, either type of cartilaginous joint is an amphiarthrosis. Synovial joints are the only joints that have a space between the adjoining bones. This space, referred to as the synovial or joint cavity, is filled with synovial fluid.

Synovial fluid lubricates the joint, reducing friction between the bones and allowing for greater movement. The ends of the bones are covered with articular cartilage, a hyaline cartilage. The entire joint is surrounded by an articular capsule composed of connective tissue. This allows movement of the joint as well as resistance to dislocation.

Articular capsules may also possess ligaments that hold the bones together. Synovial joints are capable of the greatest movement of the three structural joint types; however, the more mobile a joint, the weaker the joint.

Knees, elbows, and shoulders are examples of synovial joints. Since they allow for free movement, synovial joints are classified as diarthroses. Synovial joints allow for many types of movement including gliding, angular, rotational, and special movements.

The range of movement allowed by synovial joints is fairly wide. These movements can be classified as: gliding, angular, rotational, or special movement. Gliding movements occur as relatively flat bone surfaces move past each other. They produce very little rotation or angular movement of the bones. The joints of the carpal and tarsal bones are examples of joints that produce gliding movements. Angular movements are produced by changing the angle between the bones of a joint.

There are several different types of angular movements, including flexion, extension, hyperextension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction. Flexion, or bending, occurs when the angle between the bones decreases. Moving the forearm upward at the elbow or moving the wrist to move the hand toward the forearm are examples of flexion. In extension, the opposite of flexion, the angle between the bones of a joint increases.

Straightening a limb after flexion is an example of extension. Extension past the normal anatomical position is referred to as hyperextension. This includes moving the neck back to look upward or bending the wrist so that the hand moves away from the forearm. Abduction occurs when a bone moves away from the midline of the body.

Examples of abduction include moving the arms or legs laterally to lift them straight out to the side. Adduction is the movement of a bone toward the midline of the body. Movement of the limbs inward after abduction is an example of adduction. Circumduction is the movement of a limb in a circular motion, as in swinging an arm around. Angular and rotational movements : Synovial joints give the body many ways in which to move.

These movements take place at the shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, wrist, metacarpophalangeal, metatarsophalangeal, and interphalangeal joints. Moving the limb or hand laterally away from the body, or spreading the fingers or toes, is abduction. Adduction brings the limb or hand toward or across the midline of the body or brings the fingers or toes together.

Circumduction is the movement of the limb, hand, or fingers in a circular pattern, using the sequential combination of flexion, adduction, extension, and abduction motions. Medial and lateral rotation of the upper limb at the shoulder or lower limb at the hip involves turning the anterior surface of the limb toward the midline of the body medial or internal rotation or away from the midline lateral or external rotation.

Rotational movement is the movement of a bone as it rotates around its longitudinal axis. Rotation can be toward the midline of the body, which is referred to as medial rotation, or away from the midline of the body, which is referred to as lateral rotation.

Movement of the head from side to side is an example of rotation. Some movements that cannot be classified as gliding, angular, or rotational are called special movements.

Inversion involves moving the soles of the feet inward, toward the midline of the body. Eversion, the opposite of inversion, involves moving of the sole of the foot outward, away from the midline of the body. Protraction is the anterior movement of a bone in the horizontal plane. One example is the joint between the first pair of ribs and the sternum. This type of joint allows for some movement. The hip bones, connected by the pubic symphysis, and the vertebrae, connected by intervertebral discs, are two examples of symphyses.

Synovial Joints. Synovial joints are characterized by the presence of an articular capsule between the two joined bones. Bone surfaces at synovial joints are protected by a coating of articular cartilage. Synovial joints are often supported and reinforced by surrounding ligaments, which limit movement to prevent injury.

There are six types of synovial joints:. Major gliding joints include the intervertebral joints and the bones of the wrists and ankles. These joints allow for flexion and extension. Major hinge joints include the elbow and finger joints.

At the top of the spine, the atlas and axis form a pivot joint that allows for rotation of the head. The wrist joint between the radius and the carpal bones is an example of a condyloid joint.

Tomorrow 12th November The wettest month is May with an average of 26mm of rain.. Average Temperature: Paris. Loading weather data. Please wait…. Overall, you can expect three different types of climate. The Mediterranean climate reigns in most of southern France—excluding the cooler mountainous areas of the southwest—which tends to have hot summers, temperate to cool winters, and less rainfall compared to other regions.

Dominating Paris and central France, the continental climate means warm to hot summers, colder winters, and significant precipitation. Finally, the oceanic climate is found in the west of France and tends to bring smaller temperature ranges, temperate winters and summers, and ample rainfall. Paris: In the fall and winter, Paris is usually quite cold; in the summer, sweltering, muggy days often alternate with dramatic summer storms.

The spring and fall are probably the most pleasant times to visit, but rainfall is on the high side throughout the year. You can learn more about typical weather by season in Paris in our full guide. Nice: Nice is a Mediterranean city prized for its beaches and warm to hot weather. It's an ideal destination for a late spring to early fall beach holiday. However, Nice sees some of the country's heaviest precipitation during certain months of the year. Overall, the average annual temperature in Nice is a mild 60 degrees Fahrenheit, with temperatures climbing into the 80s and 90s during the summer.

Lyon: The central Eastern city of Lyon tends to be warm to hot in the summer and cold in the winter. This is a rainy region, with annual precipitation exceeding 30 inches a year. It's generally most pleasant to visit in spring, early summer, and fall.

The annual average temperature is approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit; temperatures often dip below zero in the late winter and linger at around 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Strasbourg: This northeastern city generally features cooler temperatures, including bracingly cold conditions in late fall and winter and relatively temperate summers.

Rainy conditions are common throughout the year. The average annual temperature is 50 degrees Fahrenheit, but in winter, sub-freezing conditions are common. The best time to visit is during the summer and winter, when festive Christmas markets spring up.

Bordeaux: Bordeaux is an inland city near the Atlantic coast. In the north, the coast of the English Channel "la Manche" in French is generally colder than the western Atlantic coast.

In these areas Upper and Lower Normandy , see Le Havre, Mont Saint-Michel , the weather is dull and wet, cold but not freezing in winter except during cold air outbreaks from Eastern Europe and cool in summer.

Here are the average temperatures. Summers are hot and winters mild and dry. The autumn often brings thunderstorms and heavy rain that can lead to flooding. In the overseas departments, the climate is tropical and temperatures rarely dip below 20 degrees Celsius.

Flag this item. Very different seasons. Bring warm clothing as well as light clothing so you are ready for every season. Welcome to France. Each region has its own climate.

The most cherished days on the mountain in Rocky Mountain are Bluebird Powder days when it is mostly sunny with light winds following very recent snowfall. Poorer weather conditions may prevail on Powder days when the visibility can be limited but the snow is significantly deep and fresh for keen powder-hounds. The snowiest weeks of the year in Rocky Mountain are shown but also bear in mind the number of days that it typically snows each week if you want regular fresh tracks. The risk of a rainy day is shown but be sure to switch between elevations to see if lower lifts are rain affected or higher lifts remain snowy despite any rain further down the mountain.

The highest and lowest temperatures averaged for each week of the year in Rocky Mountain are shown. Check out the risk of freze-thaw conditions prevailing at different elevations for any given week. Username or email. Password Forgot password? Sign in with Facebook. Search resort. Rocky Mountain. Rocky Mountain Lat Long: Rocky Mountain Forecasts. Users Viewed Next: Advanced. Users Viewed Next: Live.

Popular Rocky Mountain Pages. Users Viewed Next: Maps. Users Viewed Next: Resort Info. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure. Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place.

Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time. Start Your Review of Estes Park. Members receive 10 FREE city profile downloads a month, unlimited access to our detailed cost of living calculator and analysis, unlimited access to our DataEngine, and more.

Enhanced Cost of Living Calculator Now includes childcare, taxes, health, housing for home owners vs renters, insurance costs and more when you upgrade to premium. Log In Sign Up. Climate in Estes Park, Colorado. Snowfall Precipitation July High Low Annual Rainfall US Avg: Many factors influence the weather such as the latitude of the mountain parks and the pacific winds from the west.

The mountains can practically make their own weather which means it can be very location specific, differing from one valley to the next. The conditions can change from day to day and even hour to hour. The temperatures can vary greatly from day to evening.

Snow is rarer in the months of July and August, but it can and has fallen on any given day of the year. Considerable amounts of snow fall through the winter and through the spring with snow storms occurring as late as May. High elevation lakes like Lake Louise are frozen until early June. The length of the seasons in the mountains differ in length compared to many other parts of the country.

Spring, Summer and Autumn are short and the transition between those seasons is very quick. Autumn seems to be over before you know it and instead of two distinct seasons the next period seems like Spring with a short amount of summer tacked onto the end of it.

Summer quickly transitions into Autumn and then before you know it the first dusting of snow can be spotted in the mountain tops, sometimes by early September. Keep in mind there can be large fluctuations from the average monthly temperature and weather trends.

Most of the information below is based on the town site area of Banff, the same information will be somewhat relevant for Jasper and Canmore. Although spring tends to arrive a little bit earlier in those places. Lake Louise tends to be colder and receives much more snow. Snow will still be covering the ground when spring grasses are starting to green up in lower elevations of Banff, Canmore and Jasper. The various webcams can be a great way to get a glimpse of how things look prior to your arrival.

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These stretches and exercises help to teach the new joint how to function properly and help to achieve the greatest range of motion. Throughout the whole process of recovery, it is important to be patient and maintain contact with your doctor. For more information on recovery time for total ankle replacement please contact us today!

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American College of Sports Medicine. Accessed June 19, First, there will be a lot of pain and a great deal of swelling. After undergoing a physical examination by a doctor, discussing your medical history, and having X-rays and possibly additional tests performed, your physician will determine whether you need ankle surgery.

When the procedure takes place, the bone fragments of the ankle must be re-positioned into the appropriate alignment. The surgeon will then insert screws or metal plates on the outside of the bone. As your foot continues to heal, we may clear you to begin re-introducing some no-impact or low-impact exercises to help get you moving again. We really cannot overstate this. Following your post-surgical care instructions is often just as important as the surgery itself in terms of both how quickly and how well you recover.

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Bearing weight for long periods. Standing for long periods of time can cause heel pain. This is especially true with hard flooring or surfaces. Your age is a good indicator as to why your heels are in pain.

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In Java, socket classes represent the communication between client and server programs. Socket classes handle client-side communication, and server socket classes handle server-side communication. This role would be associated to a socket which would tie the program's client and server sides.

When a client establishes communication with the server, for example by querying the database, a reliable server and client connection is established via a TCP communication channel. In this type of communication, the client and server can read or write on sockets tied to specific communication channel. Sockets are mainly classified into two types: active and passive. Active sockets are connected with the remote active sockets through an open data connection.

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The lava is ejected and shot through the air during an eruption. As the lava hurtles through the air it cools and the gases escape leaving the rock full of holes.

Pumice is so light that it actually floats on water. Huge pumice blocks have been seen floating on the ocean after large eruptions. Some lava blocks are large enough to carry small animals. Pumice is ground up and used today in soaps, abrasive cleansers, and also in polishes.

Bombs and blocks are the largest of the pyroclasts. Blocks are angular chunks of rock that has been ejected from a volcano during an eruption. The photo above is of a geologist studying pumice blocks from the May 18, eruption of Mt.

A bomb is formed as lava hurtles through the air, cooling and forming a hardened lava rock. A bomb's shape is usually more rounded or streamlined. Notice the teardrop shape of the bombs. Obsidian is a very shiny natural volcanic glass. When obsidian breaks it fractures with a distinct conchoidal fracture.

Notice in the photo to the left how it fractures. Obsidian is produced when lava cools very quickly. The lava cools so quickly tht no crystals can form. When people make glass they melt silica rocks like sand and quartz then cool it rapidly by placing it in water. Obsidian is produced in nature in a similar way.

Obsidian is usually black or a very dark green, but it can also be found in an almost clear form. Ancient people throughout the world have used obsidian for arrowheads, knives, spearheads, and cutting tools of all kinds. Today, obsidian is used as a scapel by doctors in very sensitive eye operations. Write the answers to the following questions in complete sentences on a piece of paper.

Use the page titles located directly under the questions to move your way through the lesson to locate the answers. When you have finished the questions click on the Earth icon to return to the start of the lesson. Describe pahoehoe and aa lava flows. What is a pyroclast and how do they form?

Write a definiton for the following;. Skip to main content. Toggle menu Go to search page. Search Field. Pyroclastic flows often occur in two parts.

Along the ground, lava and pieces of rock flow downhill. Above this, a thick cloud of ash forms over the fast-moving flow. Such a flow can transform the landscape drastically in a short period of time.

Not only does it destroy living material in its path, it often leaves behind a deep layer of solidified lava and thick ash. Pyroclastic flows may result in flooding as streams are blocked or rerouted by the flow. Floods may also occur when the flow of hot material melts snow and ice, swelling rivers and streams beyond their banks. A mudflow containing volcanic material, called a lahar , may also form when the rock of the pyroclastic flow mixes with water to become a quickly moving slurry.

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While moving, the kinetic energy of the boulders will flatten trees and buildings in their path. The hot gases and high speed make them particularly lethal.

For example, the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy were famously engulfed by them in 79 with heavy loss of life, and in June flows killed 20 people on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. A pyroclastic flow has a red glow in the dark. Flows containing a high proportion of gas to rock are known as pyroclastic surges.

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Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC noun an organization of countries formed in to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum see more ».

Couldn't find the full form or full meaning of OPEC? Notify me of new comments via email. We and our partners process data to: Actively scan device characteristics for identification. I Accept Show Purposes. Your Money. Personal Finance. Your Practice. Popular Courses. OPEC aims to regulate the supply of oil in order to set the price on the world market. The arrival of fracking technology for natural gas in the U. While OPEC does ensure that there is a steady supply of oil in the global market, it has come under fire for holding considerable power in the industry, which allows it to keep prices as high as possible.

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Oil Reserves Definition Oil reserves are an estimate of the amount of crude oil located in a particular economic region. What Is Shale Oil? Shale oil is a type of oil found in shale rock formations that must be hydraulically fractured to extract.

OPEC is defined as an abbreviation for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is a union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries: an association of major oil-producing nations which seeks to control crude-oil prices by setting production limits for each member nation. Another goal of OPEC is bringing stability and harmony to the oil market by adjusting oil output to help ensure a balance between supply and demand. The group typically meets twice a year, but can schedule more dates in response to market events.

Membership grew to ten by OPEC rose to international prominence during this decade, as its Member Countries took control of their domestic petroleum industries and began to play a greater role in world oil markets. The decade witnessed several impactful events that caused volatility in the global oil market to rise steeply.

OPEC broadened its mandate with the first Summit of Heads of State and Government in Algiers in , which addressed the plight of the poorer nations and called for a new era of cooperation in international relations, in the interests of world economic development and stability.

Member Countries embarked on ambitious socio-economic development schemes. Membership grew to 13 by Demand for energy slumped and oil demand fell in the early part of s, culminating in a market crash in in response to the oil glut and a consumer shift away from hydrocarbons. Environmental issues emerged on the international energy agenda. Timely OPEC action reduced the market impact of Middle East issues in —91, but excessive volatility dominated the decade.

It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I'm no expert on maths history, but logarithms are old enough not to have a "historical definition" that meets our standards of what a definition should be. I think the integral definition of the logarithm is the better one to teach, for a few reasons:. What is exponentiation? The log laws and hence exponential laws turn into lovely applications of various integral rules.

The fact that they call it a "logarithm" implies the must have had a concept that it is the logarithm of some base. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 3 years, 3 months ago. Active 3 years, 3 months ago. Log 7. Log 8.

Log 9. Log Ln is called the natural logarithm. It is also called the logarithm of the base e. Here, the constant e denotes a number that is a transcendental number and an irrational which is approximately equal to the value 2.

Quotient Rule. The natural log of the division of x and y is equal to the difference of the ln of x and ln of y. Reciprocal Rule. The natural log of the reciprocal of x is equal to the opposite of the ln of x. Power Rule. The natural log of x raised to the power of y is equal to y times the ln of x. We have discussed the log and ln rules above. Log values from 1 to 10 to the base e are given below-. In These graphs will show you the difference between log and ln graph. To solve logarithmic problems,one must know the difference between log and natural log.

Having a key understanding of the exponential functions can also prove helpful in understanding different concepts. Score on SAT Reading. Score on SAT Writing. What ACT target score should you be aiming for? How to Get a Perfect 4.

How to Write an Amazing College Essay. A Comprehensive Guide. Choose Your Test. What Is ln? The 4 Key Natural Log Rules There are four main rules you need to know when working with natural logs, and you'll see each of them again and again in your math problems.

Natural Log Sample Problems Now it's time to put your skills to the test and ensure you understand the ln rules by applying them to example problems. Next, we use the power rule to get: 2ln 7 -ln 5. What's Next? Have friends who also need help with test prep?

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