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The skeletal system’s main function is to provide support for the body. For example, the spinal column provides support for the head and torso. The legs, on the other hand, support and bear the ...
Coronal (frontal) plane: separates the front (anterior) and back ( posterior) of the body. Sagittal (longitudinal) plane: separates the left and right sides of the body. Transverse (axial) plane ...
The primary job of muscles is to move the bones of the skeleton, but muscles also enable the heart to beat and constitute the walls of other vital hollow organs. There are three types of muscle ...
Lie on your side. Balance yourself on your lower arm’s forearm. If you’re lying on your left side, this will be your left arm, and on your right side, your right arm. Your elbow should be ...
Employee benefits in the United States include relocation assistance; medical, prescription, vision and dental plans; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; retirement benefit plans (pension, 401 (k), 403 (b) ); group term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans; income protection plans (also known ...
With the help of hormones and nerves, your digestive system processes the food you take in. The muscles within your organs push it along as your digestive system breaks nutrients—carbohydrates ...
The Federal Employees Health Benefits ( FEHB) Program is a system of "managed competition" through which employee health benefits are provided to civilian government employees and annuitants of the United States government. The government contributes 72% of the weighted average premium of all plans, not to exceed 75% of the premium for any one ...
Put your hands on your thighs and slide them toward your knees, raising your head and shoulders off the ground. Obliques exercise. Lie on the floor as before. Raise your head and shoulders and try ...