Epiphysis

The body system that most interests me is the skeletal system. I chose this system because of its unique and fascinating function in daily life. It is also not a very recognized system in comparison with the nervous, cardiovascular, or digestive systems. I have always had a fascination with this system considering all the sports injuries I’ve had and witnessed throughout my life. My orthopedic physician inspired me to have a career in a field that involved the skeletal system. The skeletal…

unilateral. Etiology: This is likely multifactorial but related to mechanical overload in genetically susceptible individuals. The overload leads to excessive medial pressure which produces an osteochondrosis of the medial proximal tibial physis and epiphysis which can progress to a physeal bar. A common risk factor is overweight in children that are early walkers (less than one year). Classification: Langenskiold Classification provides both descriptive and prognostic guidelines. -Type I…

the x-rays if there are immature appearances and helps with the diagnosis (Virtual Medical Centre, 2008). On an x-ray of the chest it may look like the patient has cardiomegaly, and on x-rays of long bones it may look to have ossification near the epiphysis (How’s Health,…

tibia, fibula, and metatarsals in the lower limb, and the humerus, radius, ulna, and metacarpals in the upper extremity. Each long bone has a shaft called a diaphysis and two ends that are usually wider than the shaft, known as epiphyses (singular = epiphysis). During the childhood and adolescent years, these cartilaginous epiphyses are active as growth plates that permit normal longitudinal bone growth to take place. By the time the human skeleton fully matures at young adulthood (age range, 18…

Case #2 is from a site in in Oakley, California, formally entitled CA-CCO-138, Hotchkiss site. Remains and materials from the excavation are now being held at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. This case depicts a male (Phenice: 1969). It is possible the individual is anywhere between the ages of 19-34 years old based on the phasing of his pubic symphysis (Phase II, 19-34, Brooks and Suchey: 1990) and the phasing of the auricular surface (Phase II-III 25-34, Lovejoy et.…

For the past two decades or so, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese children, adolescents, and adults. Nearly, 32% of American children in between the age of two and nineteen are considered obese (Witters 1). In its most basic terms, obesity is defined as weight range exceeding what is considered healthy for an individual of given height. Obesity is subject to factors such as genetics, social lifestyles, consumption of less healthy foods, and the lack of breastfeeding…

suppurative lymphadenitis; however, it can also cause disseminated disease, a fatal prognosis in infants with a particular immune deficiency. Bone osteomyelitis is a relatively rare complication of the BCG vaccination and often is involving long bone epiphysis. There are only a few reports about sternal…

which can be recognized by medullary bone, a calcium deposit associated with egg laying (Reitz and Wing, 1999). Aging: Age at death will be determine by the degree of closure of the suture of the skulls, fusion/ ossification between limb shaft and epiphysis, teeth formation/eruption and wear pattern (Reitz and Wing, 1999). These assessments…

One out of three children in America is now considered obese or overweight. This fact makes childhood obesity one of the largest growing epidemics in America. Childhood obesity has a negative impact on children for a couple of different reasons. Obesity creates many complications regarding a child’s physical health. Bullying coincides with childhood obesity which results in peers taunting another child due to their physical appearance. In addition to harassment by other peers it also affects the…

joints in the adults. (12)The femoral torsional angle increases in Perthes disease, Cerebral palsy, anterior poliomyelitis, Postural defects, pes planus, in toeing etc. A decreased angle in adolescents is often associated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis of the hip. It also decreases in Rickets, Chondrodystrophy and toeing out. Studies also have shown that an increased or decreased torsional angle is associated with degenerative hip joint disease. The measurement of this angle provides…