Sentences with phrase «limb or body»

These policies often cover other major injuries such as the loss of a limb or body function such as sight at a portion of the face value.

The more «severe» accidents that followed an injury at work include dislocations (9 %) and a further 6 % had lost a limb or body part as result of their injury.

An amputation injury refers to an injury where an individual loses a limb or body part in an accident, or the body part is so badly damaged that the only option is to remove it from the body.

If you've lost full or partial function in a limb or body part, or suffered a work - related amputation, you would be eligible for benefits under «schedule loss of use».

Thrashing around is considered normal as long as the cat's limbs or body are not stiff or convulsing.

The big feature though is that certain enemies will allow you to engage in a mini-game to rip off their limbs or body parts to use as special weapons.

In an AD&D policy, benefits are available not only for accidental death but also for the loss of limbs or body functions such as sight and hearing.

Not exact matches

If it is feared that an enemy may dig up the grave and exhume the dead body and amputate its ears or nose or other limbs, it should be lowered into sea, if possible, as stated in the foregoing rule.

v, 8 (1017b12 - 13), Aristotle acknowledges that a part of something can be substance: a part of something (such as a hand) is not «in» a body in the way white is but in away that allows it to be found at the bottom of a stack of accidental and / or essential predications, as when we say that a hand is a limb or an instrument or whatever.

We have to struggle daily that the Spirit gets control of our body or limbs more and more so that our body less and less acts according to its old habits.

He seemed to me to be exactly like a man who should begin by saying that I, Socrates, do all I do by mind, but who, when he went on to assign a cause for each of my actions, should say, first that I am sitting here now because my body is composed of bones and muscles, and that the bones are hard and divided by joints, while the muscles can be tightened and relaxed and, together with the flesh and the skin which contains it, cover the bones; and that therefore when the bones are raised in their sockets by the contraction or relaxation of the muscles, I am now able to bend my limbs; — and that that is the cause of my sitting here un prison] all huddled up.

Not sure if its him working hard or his limbs just flopping around at this point, he needs to grow into his body.

When the body takes a hit, or makes an awkward move, fresh and strong muscles can rebalance the body and prevent the limbs from getting into a position where they might get injured.

Also if head isn't stable in sitting position, or limbs seem stiff or floppy, or the baby favors one side of the body.

They're not in mom or dad's arms, their body is exposed and their limbs are being manipulated.

The individuals will be connected at certain points of the body and may share tissue, organs, or limbs.

Our baby gets tactile or cutaneous stimulation from our skin touching hers and proprioception from the pressure of her limbs flexed into our body.

From the start of history, in numerous European cultures, babies were wrapped with bands of linen or fabric around each limb and across the body.

Yoga or water aerobics can help keep your body limber and relaxed as your belly expands.

«A lot of the animals that lived around the time had a similar upright or semi-upright hind limb posture, but what's interesting and special about Bunostegos is the forelimb, in that it's anatomy is sprawling - precluding and seemingly directed underneath its body — unlike anything else at the time,» said Turner who performed the analysis under the supervision of Professor Christian Sidor while a student at the University of Washington.

To date all of the known pareiasaurs who roved the supercontinent of Pangea in the Permian era a quarter of a billion years ago were sprawlers whose limbs would jut out from the side of the body and then continue out or slant down from the elbow (like some modern lizards).

There are moments of pure nature - channel gore, such as when McAuliffe delineates the life cycle of a guinea worm, a parasite that migrates from a human's intestinal muscle through the tissues of the body all the way to the lower limbs or sole of the foot where it — no, that's enough.

The discovery provides new insight into clinical conditions where body representation in the brain is disrupted due to changes in the central or peripheral nervous systems e.g. stroke, schizophrenia and phantom limb syndrome following amputation.

The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could enhance strength, keep the body active while recovering from an injury or even serve as a prosthetic limb has great appeal.

Devices like the anti-gravity treadmill, enable walking or running without the full weight of the body so reducing the load on the joints in the lower limbs and bridging the gap between rehabilitation and return to sport.

In previous work Tufts University developmental biologist Michael Levin found that patterns of electrical potentials in the earliest stages of an embryo's development can direct how an animal's body grows, and that manipulating those potentials can cause a creature to sprout extra limbs, tails or functioning eyes.

Scientists have long pursued the goal of human limb regeneration, but uncovering how to kick - start the necessary biological processes or identify the needed pathway for humans to regenerate body parts the way salamanders or starfish do has remained elusive.

A weight greater than 0.8 g, or about 750 times body weight, prevented ants from moving any limbs at all but did not kill or appear to injure them after we removed the transparency sheets from the ants.

He anticipates the next step of his research will be to further develop this brain - computer interface technology realizing a brain - controlled robotic prosthetic limb attached to a person's body or examine how this technology could work with someone who has had a stroke or is paralyzed.

The videos revealed that lungfish commonly use their hind, or pelvic, limbs to elevate their body off the surface and propel themselves forward.

The answer to regenerative medicine's most compelling question — why some organisms can regenerate major body parts such as hearts and limbs while others, such as humans, can not — may lie with the body's innate immune system, according to a new study of heart regeneration in the axolotl, or Mexican salamander, an organism that takes the prize as nature's champion of regeneration.

From bionic limbs and neural implants to prenatal screening, researchers around the world are hard at work developing a myriad of technologies to fix or enhance the human body.

«A lot of the animals that lived around the time had a similar upright or semi-upright hind limb posture, but what's interesting and special about Bunostegos is the forelimb, in that its anatomy is sprawling — precluding and seemingly directed underneath its body — unlike anything else at the time,» said Turner who performed the analysis under the supervision of Christian Sidor while a student at the University of Washington.

This observation suggests that «alien hand syndrome» — when people feel that a limb is foreign — or «phantom» limbs that people can feel after amputations could be related to out - of - body experiences, says Blanke.

The Yoga Sutras have 8 limbs: Yama - abstentions like non-lying, non-stealing, non-harming, chastity, non-greed; Niyama - observances like contentment, cleanliness, mortification, Self - study, devotion to god; Asana - physical postures that are practiced with steadiness and ease and keep the body balanced; Pranayama - breath regulation to control prana (universal enlivening force); Pratyahara - withdrawing the mind from sense objects; Dharana - concentrated focus; Dhyana - sustained, uninterrupted focus on a single object for 2 minutes and 24 seconds or meditation; Samadhi - direct knowledge, enlightenment (this has several stages).

«The body can only get stronger or more limber as quickly as it can, and it can only do so as part of a cycle that includes rest, repair and regrowth,» says Blank.

To apply oil to the body — either before or after showering — be sure to apply it in circular motions around the joints, with long strokes down the limbs.

Their compliment, or opposing muscle group is known as the ABductors, muscles that bring the limbs away from the body.

The function of your pillar is to help you to generate power from the center of your body moving outward towards your extremities being your limbs, or segments.

Sure, we've all heard that you must limber - up, warm - up, or perform dynamic stretches, but none of those activities prime your body for focused relaxation, or allow for an actual reduction in cortisol or activation of deep, diaphragmatic breathing patterns (3).

First 5 limbs are described as external or related to practices concerning with body and mental attitudes, and last three are concerned about exploring deeper layers of consciousness.

Weight loss can be a reduction of body weight by any means - flush out water using a diuretic, getting rid of wastes through colon cleansing, lose some muscle, lose some fat, or losing a limb or two.

This transformation is represented systematically through the eight limbs and is reflected in the process of refining the subtle body or chakra system.

Compiled by the Sage Patanjali Maharishi in the Yoga Sutras, the Eight Limbs are a progressive series of steps or disciplines which purify the body, speech and mind, ultimately leading the Yoga to enlightenment.

Just like other organs or limbs of the body, when the heart looses its coordination, it too will not function at maximum capacity.

Doing a set or two of 6 to 8 reps of this pop - up warm - up detailed above (where you explode up and away from the bar) sends your body the signal that it doesn't need to decelerate the limbs in this movement.

(chaht - tour - ANG - ah don - DAHS - anna) chaturanga = four limbs (chatur = four anga = limb) danda = staff (refers to the spine, the central «staff» or support of the body)

Please note that if you push up a weight or your body bilaterally, and then unload one limb, you will often get a sudden shift in the loading on core and supporting muscles (depending on the nature of the exercise).

So if your hamstring looks out of balance there is no way of them knowing if that is from an imbalance with the quads, the calves, something in the foot, or the opposite upper - body limb.

The character has total control over the molecules of his body, enabling him to alter his form as it suits him, such as allowing his body to become extremely malleable and flexible or change its size, enhance his physical abilities, transform his limbs into weapons, wings, or jets, regenerate from fatal injuries, adapt his body to apparently any disease or hostile environment, as well as give himself virtually any superhuman power.