trace mineral for human health, helping to strengthen bones, increase absorption of other minerals, and to regulate the sex hormones in both men and women. Intake of boron helps the body absorb and utilize other minerals by interacting with steroid hormones. Boron is important for bone growth and maintenance as it reduces the urinary excretion of magnesium and calcium. The boron vertebrate transporter helps these substances deposit within the bones rather than being excreted as waste. Higher…
Also referred to as tendinitis, tendonitis refers to the irritation or inflammation of a tendon. Tendons are e thick cords that connect bones to muscles in the body. Causes of Tendonitis Tendonitis mostly results from repetitive minor impact on an area or sudden injury. Some of the activities known to cause tendonitis include raking, gardening, cleaning house, carpentry, throwing and pitching, skiing, golfing, playing tennis, painting, scrubbing, and shoveling among others. The wrong posture…
obesity, and increase in the exercise. But this can also cause due to lack of daily exercises or roll of the foot inward. Plantar fasciitis is also characterized by the breakdown of collagen, scarring, and micro tears. It is a disorder of the ligament of bone at the insertion site. Many people feel that plantar fasciitis should be renamed as plantar fasciosis as inflammation in this condition plays a very small role. The symptoms and signs are considered and based on that diagnosis are done with…
you have ever broken a bone before, you should be familiar with the cast they enclose over the affected area. If not, then you probably have seen a friend, family member, or a stranger don one over their arm or leg. Either way, it is a well-known procedure to have a broken arm or leg wrapped in the hard material in order for the bone to heal. The casts, which are typically made of fiberglass or plaster, are a vital aspect of the healing process that allows the fractured bones to repair…
Hip replacement surgery is performed to replace the hip joint by the prosthetic implant. The replacement can be either partial or total, based on the specifications of the condition of the patient. The surgery is performed for the patients, who suffer from the conditions like arthritis pain or treatment for the hip fracture and for the replacement of the femoral head and acetabulum head. And in the place of these heads, a new socket or a ball will be placed as a prosthesis or an implant. Hip…
Periosteal lesions are non-specific changes to the underlying bone that can occur due to a range of diseases or other problems affecting the skeleton (Ortner, 2003). These lesions occur because the periosteum, which is the dense layer of connective tissue enveloping the bone, maintains osteoblastic capability throughout life. The lesions are not restricted to infections, but rather can be a result of any bone formation following a traumatic event affecting the skeleton (Ortner, 2003). Waldron…
Bones: Example of a Police Novel Although detective fiction has been around for many years, the subgenre “The Police” has not. This subgenre had not made its debut until the early 1900s, and has only grown since then with authors writing new books and even television series. Throughout the show Bones we witness a group of people take on countless cases by using their brilliant minds and unique skills in researching bones. We can classify this show in “The Police” subgenre because the audience…
Osteopetrosis is a clinical syndrome characterized by the failure of osteoclasts to resorb bone. As a consequence, bone modeling and remodeling are impaired. The defect in bone turnover characteristically results in skeletal fragility despite increased bone mass, and it may also cause hematopoietic insufficiency, disturbed tooth eruption, nerve entrapment syndromes, and growth impairment. Researchers have described several major types of osteopetrosis, which are usually distinguished by their…
I went to a family picnic about two years ago and they a lot of outdoor activities, like flying kites. I decided to fly the kite but the wind was not as strong so I had to run really fast to elevate the kite. I was preoccupied with the kite and was constantly looking back to see how high it was going. Due to that, I was unaware where I was running and tripped over the leg of a picnic table and sprained my left ankle. My injury was a sprain, specifically a grade one sprain. My left ankle was…
There is bone checking on cervical, thoracic, vertebrae. These bones are irregular, so they gathered by cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral. The gatherings have different measures of vertebras for everyone. The cervical spine aggregate has seven vertebras. The thoracic spine aggregate has twelve. There are five vertebrae's in the lumbar spine. The last section is sacrum, and there is five vertebrae's in the sacrum excluding the three vertebrae's in the coccyx. "Bone markings along the edge of…