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    skeleton begins to take form. Before this development‚ your baby’s bones were comprised of cartilage and connective tissue until they turned into bones. The bones become visible on ultrasounds in order to allow doctors to determine if there are any skeletal abnormalities. Skull Development Your unborn baby’s skull stays soft and flexible during the time she is inside of you. Her skull consists of five pliable bones that overlap each other in order to fit through the pelvis during birth. Two fontanels

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    The Muscular System

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    THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM DocPoks Pangan M.D Natural Science • The bones‚ muscles and joints together form an integrated system called the Musculoskeletal System • Myology is the scientific study of muscles • Muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal‚ smooth and cardiac muscles • Orthopedics is the branch of medical science concerned with the prevention or correction of the disorders of the musculoskeletal system ANTERIOR VIEW POSTERIOR VIEW FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSCLES • • • • Movement

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    Osteoporosis ("porous bones"‚ from Greek: οστούν/ostoun meaning "bone" and πόρος/poros meaning "pore") is a progressive bone disease that is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density which can lead to an increased risk of fracture.[1] In osteoporosis‚ the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced‚ bone microarchitecture deteriorates‚ and the amount and variety of proteins in bone are altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a bone mineral density of 2.5 standard

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    need to do a lot of exercises to keep the bones strong so they don’t easily break. So that is how they take care of Osteoporosis. Does Osteoporosis affect any other body systems? Yes‚ there are three of them. THe first one is the Digestive System. Another one is the Endocrine System. The last one is the Nervous System. Those the Systems that Osteoporosis affects. With this essay I hope that you now understand what Osteoporosis is. I hope that you enjoyed it ‚ and I want to say thank you . It does sucks

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    called picolinic acid‚ a product derived from amino acid tryptophan ‚ is said to stimulate bone formation rather than just stop bone destruction like other earlier medications. What effects does it have on the endocrine system? Osteoporosis does not have an effect on the endocrine system it’s self‚ but can normally occur to do other occurring endocrine disorders in the body due to abnormalities in growth hormones and various other disorders. What is the incidence? Worldwide‚ osteoporosis causes more

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    Bone Fracture Lab Report

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    Present the detection and segmentation of bone fracture using Fuzzy-c Means and Multilevel wavelet algorithm. Bone Fracture detection has become a research area in the medical imaging system. Bone fracture detection helps in finding the fracture in the various body parts like hand‚ leg‚ and rib fracture etc. The system is consisting of four stages to detect and segment a fracture. An efficient algorithm is proposed for bone fracture based on thresholding and fuzzy C-Means segmentation and morphological

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    Anatomy Assignment

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    Anatomy (Assignment 1) Cranium Clavicle Scapula Humerous Sternum Ribs http://www.spineuniverse.com/anatomy/vertebral-column Vertebral Column Ulna Pelvis Carpals Radius Metacarpals Phalanges Femur Patella Tibia Fibula Tarsals Metatarsals Phalanges http://www.clker.com/clipart-12116.html http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/plate03/02pelvisanterior.shtml Illium Frontal Parietal Temporal Pubis Sphenoid Zygomatic

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    Chapter 4 • Bone fufills two important mechanical functions 1. Provides framework that supports and protects other body tissues 2. Forms a system of rigid levers that can be moved by forces from attaching muscles • Major building blocks of bones 1. calcium carbonate- 60 to 70 percent of dry bone weight 2. Calcium phosphate- 60 to 70 percent of dry bone weight 3. Collagen 4. Water- 25 to 30 percent of bone weight • The building blocks gives

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    Chapter 6 Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure 1. classifications of bones by shape (1) long bone - long and thin - arm and forearm‚ thigh (femur) and legs‚ palms‚ soles‚ fingers‚ toes (2) flat bone - thin with parallel surfaces - skull‚ sternum‚ rib‚ scapulae (3) sutural bone (Wormian bones) - small‚ irregular bones - between flat bones of the skull (4) irregular bone - complex shapes with short‚ flat‚ notched‚ or ridged surfaces - spinal vertebrae‚ the bones of the pelvis‚ and several

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    Bone And Osteoblasts

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    protection for the body as most of us may know. However‚ bones also function as a storage place for many essential life sustaining minerals. Calcium is the main mineral that bone is primarily composed of‚ and is very essential for other important body systems. When calcium levels are not adequate in the body from diet alone the body taps into the bones to get the calcium that cells organs nerves and muscles need. When the amounts of calcium are enough for the body‚ then bones can continue the remodeling

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