Diseases in the Bone: |Diseases: |Cause |Symptoms |Treatment | |Osteoporosis |Loss of bone mass‚ ageing‚ bone density decrease‚ |Fracture (often first sign)‚ |Lifestyle changes – increase | | |weakened bones‚ menopause (drop in oestrogen)‚ bone |symptoms are not very |calcium intake‚ vitamin D | |
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetically inherited disease that causes progressive muscle and bones weakness. The symptoms usually appear before age 6 and may appear as early as infancy. Symptoms can be noticed very early like not sitting and standing independently at the correct age. The age for walking for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is around 18 months. There is progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvic muscles‚ which is caused by a loss of muscle mass. This muscle weakness
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Homeostasis is the process of keeping the cells in the human body stable despite constant change that takes place internally and externally. The majority of the internal bodily environment is made up of fluid that surrounds cells known as interstitial fluid. When an internal bodily change occurs‚ homeostasis is what keeps the interstitial fluid at the proper temperature and also makes sure the body has the proper nutrients and oxygen levels. Homeostasis is like a bouncer at a bar. It sees a change
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Muscular Dystrophy‚ Affects and Diagnosis Muscular dystrophy or MD is a broad medical term used to refer to a number of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hampers movement according to Yeole‚ Gurunani‚ Dhole and Yogesh (2014). Emery (2002) states these disorders produce muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. Muscular dystrophies are caused by genetic mutations that have a progressive degenerative effect on an individual’s muscles stated Punnoose
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Introduction Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a dangerous and rare disorder. It’s transferred through family generations because it’s a genetic disease. In addition‚ Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is referred to by other names including DMD‚ Duchenne Syndrome‚ and Pseudohypertrophy. DMD is when the body cannot make dystrophin so it results in muscle weakness. Mode of Inheritance Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder and that’s why it’s more common in males. As for females‚
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10 Ways my Body Maintained Homeostasis By Travis Bushong 1. I was sweating after jogging a mile because my body’s internal temperature had gotten too high and I needed to cool down so my body used the extra internal heat to release sweat and at the same time keep homeostasis. The systems involved were my nervous system and my integumentary system. 2. When I was shivering after getting out of the hot tub it was my muscles moving quickly. Muscles need a combination of fats and sugars burned with
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The role of the skin in maintenance of homeostasis The skin is the single largest organ that covers the entire surface of our body and consists of two layers mainly the epidermis and the dermis. Also beneath the dermis is the subcutaneous layer which is not part of the skin but separates the integument from muscles and bones‚ which will be included in the essay as tissue fibres are connected with those of the dermis. The main functions of the skin are protection of the tissues and organs that lie
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I. Types of Muscles a. Skeletal i. Striated ii. Uses intracellular calcium to contact iii. Big cylindrical cells iv. Multi-nucleated v. Voluntary vi. Location: attached to the bone vii. Used for locomotion b. Cardiac i. Involuntary ii. Uni-nucleated iii. Striated iv. Location: walls of heart v. Used to propel blood vi. Uses extracellular calcium c. Smooth i. Involuntary ii. Location: Walls of hallow organs iii. Non-striated iv. Uses extracellular calcium v. Spindle shaped cells
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Muscular Dystrophy‚the progressive loss and weakness of muscle‚is a muscular disorder first described in the 1860’s by a french neurologist .The term Muscular Dystrophy encompasses any type of dystrophy of muscles‚about nine different types.The most common type is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which makes up approximately half of muscular dystrophy cases. Muscular Dystrophy is most present in boys‚but girls may also carry the gene‚although they usually show no symptoms.In 2007‚ it was revealed that
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Name______________________ Lab Section ________________ Microscopic Anatomy and Organization of Skeletal Muscle and Muscle Physiology Lab 9 Skeleton Muscle Physiology: Computer Simulation Exercise 16B - Page PEx-23 Activity Sheet Objectives: • Use a simulation of skeletal muscle experiments to investigate threshold stimulus‚ maximal stimulus‚ multiple motor unit summation‚ wave summation and tetanus and the graded contraction
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