BME 7021: Ligament and Tendon Notes

General Requirements (BME 4021/7021):
- One literature review per topic is due on each specified date (total of $7$ reviews).
**Topic and Due Dates: **
- Tendon and Ligament: Monday, 9.22.2025
- Articular Cartilage and Meniscus: Wednesday, 10.8.2025
- Bones: Friday, 10.24.2025
- Muscle: Monday, 11.3.2025
- Skin: Wednesday, 11.12.2025
- Cardiovascular: Wednesday, 11.19.2025
- Intervertebral Disc: Monday, 12.1.2025

**Article Selection: **
- Find an original research article (not a review article).
- Must be published within the last $3$ years.
- Topic should relate to the tissue topic.
- May cover purely surgical treatment, discussions of injury types, or tissue-engineered repair/replacements.
Format:
- $1$ -
  $2$
  page review/summary.
- Single-spaced, $12$ pt Times New Roman font.
Components:
- Biology of the tissue/Background: $2$ -
  $3$
  paragraphs (can include class material).
- Hypothesis of study: $1$
  sentence.
- Methods: $1$ -
  $2$
  paragraphs.
- Results: $1$ -
  $2$
  paragraphs (figures can be copied if labeled and cited).
- Discussion: $2$ -
  $4$
  sentences.
- Citation (APA style): Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, Volume(Issue), Page #. DOI or URL.

Selection: Students will perform $1$
presentation during the semester.
Content: Present on the topic of your literature review.
Duration: $15$ -
$25$
minutes.
Submission: Powerpoint, Canva, or similar slides must be emailed to zachmaaa@ucmail.uc.edu by midnight the day before the presentation.
Waiver: If you give a presentation for a topic, you are not required to submit a written report for that specific topic.