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Balance, Kinthestic Geotropic, and Equilibrioception

Balance, Kinthestic Geotropic, and Equilibrioception. By Andria Melin. Kinesthetic geotropic/ balance is an instrument for determining the weight or the mass of a physical body. The semicircular canals of the inner ear are three joints that come up together in a lump, or a vestibule.

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Balance, Kinthestic Geotropic, and Equilibrioception

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  1. Balance, Kinthestic Geotropic, and Equilibrioception By Andria Melin

  2. Kinesthetic geotropic/ balance is an instrument for determining the weight or the mass of a physical body

  3. The semicircular canals of the inner ear are three joints that come up together in a lump, or a vestibule Semicircular canals Science.psu.edu/alert/images/Walker/semicircular_canals.jpg

  4. In neutral head position: • The lateral canal is excited by the rotation towards it • The anterior canal is pitched either up or down • The posterior semicircular canal is linear, and identifies acceleration www.daviddarling.info/images/semicircular_canals.jpg

  5. Equilibrioception The sense of acceleration Supplementawards.co.uk/images/pic4_b.jpg

  6. Equilibrioception cont. • The vestibular system detects speed. • Visual system and proprioception help balance, to know where you are, and how are you standing, running, walking, etc. • Example- standing on one foot with your eyes closed vs. opening your eyes and standing on one foot.

  7. Disfunctions… • When balance is interrupted, it may cause dizziness (vertigo), disorientation, or nausea. • Could be upset by Meniere’s disease, superior (lateral) canal dihlscence syndrome, inner ear infection, or a bad common cold • Rapid, vigorous, movements like a merry-go-round can upset balance • Astronauts find balance impaired when orbiting due to weightlessness. It is a form of motion sickness called space adaption syndrome http://resourcesonbalance.com/patient_into/impages/8.jpg

  8. Balance and animals • Cats have a better sense of equilibrioception. • They uses their inner ear and tail. • Marine animals use an entirely different organ called the statocyst. It detects which way is up by the position of the tiny calcareous stones Dkimages.com/disconver/previews/1014/50216758.jpg Worldofstock.com/slides/WAW20740.jpg

  9. Work Cited • http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0031050-00 • http://oldsite.vislab.usyd.edu.au/projects/balance/index.html • Shumway-Cook A, Anson D, Haller S. "Postural sway biofeedback: its effect on reestablishing stance stability in hemiplegic patients," Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 1988, vol. 69, pp. 395-400.

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