film series. The Lord of the Rings film series is a series of epic fantasy-drama films directed by Peter Jackson. The three films, entitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, were released serially worldwide between December 2001 and 2003. They are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, adapted for the screen by Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens. Set in Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, the plot follows the hobbit Frodo Baggins and h
A muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure, which involves removing a small piece of muscle for. analysis. There are two types of muscle biopsy; open and needle, and these are both usually. conducted under a local anaesthetic but may be performed under a general anaesthetic.
Your doctor may order a muscle biopsy for various reasons. They may suspect you have: 1  defects in the way your muscles metabolize, or use energy.  diseases that affect blood vessels or connective tissue, such as polyarteritis nodosa (which causes the arteries to become swollen)