Trigonometry in Medicine
Orthopedics is a field in medicine that deals with the musculoskeletal system. If a person is having trouble with their skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, or other connective tissue, they look to an orthopedic surgeon for help. Math is a large part of a orthopedic surgeon's career. This paper will uncover how orthopedic surgeon’s use math in their career.
Profession: Orthopedic Surgeon
What Orthopedic Surgeons Do and Type of Education:
The main job of a orthopedic surgeon is to perform surgeries. Because they are a type of doctor, they must go through a lot of schooling before they can practice. In high school, an orthopedic surgeon should take classes related to the profession, such as science courses like biology. After taking these science classes, the orthopedic surgeon must graduate from high school or get their GED. Following high school, orthopedic surgeons must earn their bachelor’s degree and not only pass, but excel on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The …show more content…
Through a MRI (magnetic resonance reasoning), the orthopedic surgeon can look at the injury more clearly. The MRI relates to trigonometry because it uses triangulation to find the fracture in the patient’s body. The orthopedic surgeon must asses the height of the space between the bone and fracture, the length of the plate to fix the fracture, and the angle of inclination of the fracture using the results from the MRI. The fracture itself forms a right triangle and with these 3 measurements, the orthopedic surgeon has enough information to draw a right triangle and solve it. Because it is a right triangle, right triangle trig can be used to determine the unknown lengths and angles. Using sine and cosine, the orthopedic surgeon can solve the entire triangle. Once the surgeon has determined the measurements using right triangle trig, he is ready to
Orthopedics is a field in medicine that deals with the musculoskeletal system. If a person is having trouble with their skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, or other connective tissue, they look to an orthopedic surgeon for help. Math is a large part of a orthopedic surgeon's career. This paper will uncover how orthopedic surgeon’s use math in their career.
Profession: Orthopedic Surgeon
What Orthopedic Surgeons Do and Type of Education:
The main job of a orthopedic surgeon is to perform surgeries. Because they are a type of doctor, they must go through a lot of schooling before they can practice. In high school, an orthopedic surgeon should take classes related to the profession, such as science courses like biology. After taking these science classes, the orthopedic surgeon must graduate from high school or get their GED. Following high school, orthopedic surgeons must earn their bachelor’s degree and not only pass, but excel on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The …show more content…
Through a MRI (magnetic resonance reasoning), the orthopedic surgeon can look at the injury more clearly. The MRI relates to trigonometry because it uses triangulation to find the fracture in the patient’s body. The orthopedic surgeon must asses the height of the space between the bone and fracture, the length of the plate to fix the fracture, and the angle of inclination of the fracture using the results from the MRI. The fracture itself forms a right triangle and with these 3 measurements, the orthopedic surgeon has enough information to draw a right triangle and solve it. Because it is a right triangle, right triangle trig can be used to determine the unknown lengths and angles. Using sine and cosine, the orthopedic surgeon can solve the entire triangle. Once the surgeon has determined the measurements using right triangle trig, he is ready to