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John John a 6-year-old child is fond of playing outside their house during weekends. One day he tried to construct a makeshift house for their “bahay-bahayan” with his younger sister. During the construction, he hit his thumb holding the nail while using the hammer but with no reaction. There are also some scratches in his leg and arm which he got from the bushes around their house looking for materials he can use in the construction of his makeshift house. As he continued pounding the nail, he suddenly shouted and cried with the last strike of his hammer, and released all what he was holding
1. What system is affected?
2. Trace the sequence of events from the time he hit his thumb to the time he shouted and cried based on your knowledge about Nervous System.
3. When he hit his thumb, his hammer fell almost simultaneously with his removal of his hand from his hold of the nail he was holding. What is the reason behind
4. Explain the function of the Calcium in this situation.
1.The child after hitting with a nail didn't wither out of pain rather continued to do his activity .This clearly indicates the nerves are damaged which has leaf to loss of sensation and this no feeling of pain. In simple the nervous system is affected .
2.Usually when there is a cut or injury the body reacts to it by releasing certain chemicals to the injured site and males one to perceive the pain. Until this chemical reaction occurs the pain cannot be felt. Here the child didn't cry immediately because of slower body reaction to a wound ,when the reaction occurred he shouted out of pain. (Another thing to consider is the flush of adrenaline to the injured site makes a client not to feel pain because of the enthusiasm to do a particular task)
3.The reason behind this is simple ,he didn't drop the hammer until he felt the pain .When he felt the pain the reaction happened simultaneously by removing the hand and dropping the hammer .
4.The function of the calcium in these situations are