Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
BIOL 121 CRN # 23143
Outline:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
1. Introduction:
Statement of problem
Definition
Symptoms
Causes & risk factors 2. Body
How are you diagnosis
Research
Medications
Who will get rheumatoid arthritis?
Testing
3. Conclusion
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. While inflammation of the tissue around the joints and inflammatory arthritis are characteristic features of rheumatoid arthritis, the disease can also cause inflammation and injury in other organs in the body(1-2). Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body 's tissues are mistakenly attacked by their own immune system (1-2). The immune system contains a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body, particularly infections (1-2). Patients with autoimmune diseases have antibodies in their blood that target their own body tissues, where they can be associated with inflammation. Because it can affect multiple other organs of the body, rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as a systemic illness and is sometimes called rheumatoid disease (2).
The joints are structures that hold two or more bones together. Some joints (synovial joints) allow for movement between the bones being joined (articulating bones) (1). The simplest synovial joint involves two bones, separated by a slight gap called the joint cavity. The ends of each auricular bone are covered by a layer of cartilage (1). Both auricular bones and the joint cavity are surrounded by a tough tissue called the auricular capsule (1). The auricular capsule has two components, the fibrous membrane on the outside and the synovial membrane (or synovium) on the inside (1). The fibrous membrane may include tough
BIOL 121 CRN # 23143
Outline:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
1. Introduction:
Statement of problem
Definition
Symptoms
Causes & risk factors 2. Body
How are you diagnosis
Research
Medications
Who will get rheumatoid arthritis?
Testing
3. Conclusion
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. While inflammation of the tissue around the joints and inflammatory arthritis are characteristic features of rheumatoid arthritis, the disease can also cause inflammation and injury in other organs in the body(1-2). Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body 's tissues are mistakenly attacked by their own immune system (1-2). The immune system contains a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body, particularly infections (1-2). Patients with autoimmune diseases have antibodies in their blood that target their own body tissues, where they can be associated with inflammation. Because it can affect multiple other organs of the body, rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as a systemic illness and is sometimes called rheumatoid disease (2).
The joints are structures that hold two or more bones together. Some joints (synovial joints) allow for movement between the bones being joined (articulating bones) (1). The simplest synovial joint involves two bones, separated by a slight gap called the joint cavity. The ends of each auricular bone are covered by a layer of cartilage (1). Both auricular bones and the joint cavity are surrounded by a tough tissue called the auricular capsule (1). The auricular capsule has two components, the fibrous membrane on the outside and the synovial membrane (or synovium) on the inside (1). The fibrous membrane may include tough
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