Femur

constant crying. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: AGE, GENDER RACE: 4 day old Caucasian male. Parents complains that he is not moving his legs. Legs look emaciated. The parents describes his defecation as sporadic and not occurring every day and the left femur is noticeably shorter than the right. Patient is lethargic and suffering from spastic muscle spasms. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: The patient no previous medical history. Allergies: No known drug allergies. Current Medication: None. Blood type B;…

osteoprogenitor cells that give rise to osteoblasts that create bone matrix (4). Bone matrix is a solid, calcified tissue that provides support for the body and, in conjunction with skeletal muscles, allows for motion (3)(4). At the knee, the epiphyses of the femur, tibia, and fibula meet to form the joint (3). These epiphyses are made of a layer of compact bone just superficial to a deeper layer of spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone (4). Compact bone is a dense system of osteons, which…

professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale Medicine. Interviewer: Describe what ACL is and why it’s so important. 0.01:06.9 Karen: The anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL, is a ligament that connects the bottom of the thigh bone, or the femur, with the upper part of the shin bone, or the tibia. The ACL helps to stabilize our knee in pivoting and shifting movements. Without the ACL, we would be stumbling all around and could not stabilize our…

A 30-year-old skier takes a sharp turn on the slopes and hears a dreaded “pop” in his right knee. He has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)—a band of tissue that’s important for stabilizing the joint. After icing, compressing, and elevating his swollen knee, he visits the doctor. Now it’s time to decide on treatment. If he’s an elite athlete or has additional knee damage, the choice is fairly clear: reconstructive surgery to replace the ACL, plus intense physical therapy. But if he’s…

population is currently affected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that the morbidity of men and women, 4% and 16% respectively, of 50 years of age and over had osteoporosis of the femur neck or lumbar. Regarding hospital inpatient care, there were 306,000 patients with hip (neck or femur) fractures that were first-listed diagnosis with an average length stay of 5.8 days.3 In addition to affecting…

This last picture to add to this collection of memories about Lupe Ave, in Newbury Park is the most important of all because these two remarkable woman personified what good neighbors and kindness is all about. Lavera who lived across from us at 265 and Aggie who lived next door at 250 greeted us on day one when we moved into the neighborhood 29 years ago. Lavera Gross and Aggie Renauld both lived alone and like most of the neighborhood at that time were older and original owners. We were the…

Defination of perthes disease? Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (here called “Perthes disease”), defined as osteonecrosis of the juvenile hip (Chaundhry, Phillips, Feldman), is a common hip disease affecting school age children. Another name for Perthes disease ischemic necrosis of the hip is a condition that happens when their the femoral head losses blood loss temporary. This disease occurs usually in boys the age of between 4-8 years. The case of this disease is 1 in 1200 children. (Hart…

The process of estimating a persons stature from a skeletal remains has a long history in physical anthropology. The correlation between a persons height and the length of their bones, throughout all ages allows the osteologist a better frame from which they can reconstruct an individuals stature, with the use of different skeletal elements. The use of body collections such as the Hamann and Todd collection that house around 2,600 skeletal remains of individual, who died in the 1900’s are…

with an EFW at the 5%ile by the Hadlock scale. In looking at the individual parameters, the head measurements average out to about 28 ½ weeks or one week smaller than dates. The abdominal circumference is one week smaller than dates, whereas the femur length lags by about 2 ½ weeks. The amniotic fluid volume is normal with an AFI of about 14 cm. The BPP is 8/8 and the Doppler study is reassuring. There is no shunting of the MCA. Again, it appears that a very small stomach bubble is present.…

injury more than male? The anterior cruciate ligament is located deep in the middle of the knee. It is one for four vital ligaments that helps provide stability, proper coordination, and prevent the tibia from moving too far forward in relation to the femur and control the amount of tibia rotates. How players easily injury themselves is making a cut, land from a jump, or gets hit but the opposing player. The athlete will feel bucking or giving away sensation in the knee because the ACL major…