Femur

hopefully his family coming to rescue him from this mess of a mistake. The Minotaur grunted, and mooed like the animal it was. It rolled off of Theseus, giving him the chance to attack. Theseus realized the object he grasped was in fact a human femur bone from one of his later meals. The once pristine bone had now snapped from the constant beating on the Minotaur's back, leaving it a sharp, honed edge. The Minotaur turned, and roared, charging at Theseus again. Instinctively Theseus rose…

What is Osteosarcoma? Osteosarcoma is a type of cancer of the bones. It is the most common type of cancer in children and teens. This cancer begins most often in the wide ends of a long bone, or femur, tibia, upper, lower legs, humorous the upper arm, it can also spread to the lungs and skull. It is primary called bone cancer, and when it is spread to another site it is called secondary or metastatic bone cancer. There are several types of bone cancer which includes. Chondrosarcoma, cancer…

also known as osteoclastomas, are fairly common bone tumors, accounting for 5% of all primary bone tumors. They are benign tumors with a tendency for local aggressiveness and high rates of recurrence. The most common sites are the distal end of the femur, proximal end of the tibia, and distal end of the radius. The foot is an unusual site for presentation of GCT, and GCT…

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…

Children in the infantile stage of Blount’s disease normally do not feel any symptoms from it. Those who are in the adolescent stage may complain of pain on the medial side of the knee. This is because of the “breaking away” of the metaphysis, causing the medial condyle of the tibia to breakdown which would result in it having a sloping varus angle. Overall, the most prominent symptom of Blount’s disease, also the most visual, is the outward projection of the leg at the knee. Although the…

civil war weren’t doctors prior. The most common operation of the Civil War was amputation. The guns of the war brought with them the minie ball. The minie ball was a bullet that could fracture human bone. Two shots fractured 5.5 inches of a man’s femur, the largest bone in the human body. Because the number of wounded soldiers vastly outnumbered the surgeons, the soldiers had to wait. They had to wait for so long, they were fed crackers to keep from starving. The Civil War affected those…

At first contact with a health care professional, the pregnant mother should be given information about the purpose and possible implications of the anomaly scan allowing them to make an informed choice as to whether or not to have the scan. The women should be advised of the limitations of the ultrasound scan and that the main purpose is to assess fetal growth and identify fetal anomalies (D’Addario, 2015: 85-88). If anomalies were to be found on the fetus, the patient is allowed a reproductive…

After conducting some medical tests and evaluation, I talk to Mr. Jones, a husband’s patient who currently has surgical repair of her left femur. I told him that she had comminuted fracture of epiphyseal plate; it means in the region of bone growth in her left thigh has been broken into pieces due to the previous accident. Because the calcification in her bone is less than normal, which is called osteopenia; it made the fracture was even easier. In addition, she had injury in both syndesmoses,…

Every patient experiences an ACL injury different, but there are some common symptoms associated with an ACL tear. Pain can range from minimal and transient to severe and lasting. The pain may be described as being deep in the knee but more anterior. Most individuals that tear their ACL experience a popping, snapping or tearing sensation during injury. With a tear there will be rapid swelling and weight bearing leads to a feeling of the knee giving way or “just not feel right” as described…

in today’s sports. Authors Richard T Cotton and Ross Andersen define where an ACL is in the body. “It is located within the joint capsule of the knee. It attaches superiorly on the femur and inferiorly on the tibia” (Cotton and Andersen 354). “The ACL is useful in helping prevent the tibia from moving forward on the femur when doing quadriceps contraction” (Cotton and Andersen 354). They also state “Injuries to the ACL is commonly caused by rapid deceleration (such as a basketball player…