Skeletal system

Bones help animals move, shape and support for an animal’s body. Bones are made up of tissues that continue to grow throughout the animal’s lifetime. But, as an animal gets older the body adds new bone quicker than getting rid of the old. With growth, an animal can run into many issues, one being bone disorders. Bone disorders can affect the growth of a healthy bone, can cause infection, and injure the animal. Bone disorders can be treated with nutritional treatments to help the bone or bones…

Osteogenesis Imperfec’ta Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder that causes the bone to be fragile and break easily. It is also known as “brittle bone disease”. It is caused when there is a lack of collagen production. Collagen are what makes the bone strong, and the lack of collagen causes the bones to be weak and fragile, making it easier for it to break. OI affects 1 in 20,000 people. In the United States alone it is estimated to affect 20,000 at a minimum rate and 50,000 at the…

A fracture is considered compound when the skin is broken and the bone protrudes from the open fracture/wound. There is sometimes considerable soft tissue damage and a higher risk of infection from the open fracture. Immobilizing the injured leg will help to prevent causing more damage to the soft tissue around the break. Immobilization may also keep from causing injury to the femoral artery which could be fatal. Keeping the femur as still as possible after the break may also help doctors…

As sports keep growing on the degree of popularity, bone fractures happen with an increasing frequency; there are six of the most major and the most common types of fractures. The first type of the six majors is called a Simple or a Closed Fracture. As defined by Robert, a Simple Fracture is, “a break in the bone that may be complete or incomplete, but it doesn’t pierce the skin” (Robert 307). This type of fracture on the average side, since it depends on the type of accident in a sport for a…

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterised by low bone density weakening of bony tissue. When this occurs bones are more prone to fractures Bone loss happens without any symptoms that’s why some individuals might not know that they have osteoporosis until the bones are so weak and fragile. Women are affected by osteoporosis than men because women have lower dense bone mass and an increased rate of low bone mass especially after menopause. Primary osteoporosis is the most common type of…

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis can be defined as the weakening of bones in the body. This makes the bones so fragile, that something as simple as a cough or a sneeze can cause a fracture to the bone. The fractures occur most in the wrist, spine, or hip. Osteoporosis can disable a person from daily activities that they are used to doing without the troubles of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can occur in any person, man or woman, of any race. There are no exceptions or exemptions. Osteoporosis has…

Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a genetic disorder that causes extremely brittle bones. This disease can cause bones to break, people can have hundreds of fractures throughout their lifetime due to Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Most of Osteogenesis Imperfecta cases are caused by a dominant genetic mutation which would be types 1-4. Types 5 -8 are inherited by a recessive mutation. Although in some rare occasions is could be a new genetic mutation. The term “Osteogenesis Imperfecta” was originated by W.…

Three imaging modalities commonly used in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta patients include: diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic x-ray, and bone densitometry. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease affecting the quantity and structure of collagen that is normally found in connective tissues, bones, and the sclera, or white portion of eyes. It is estimated that this condition affects 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 births (Antoniazzi, Mottes,…

If one were to look at the skeletal structure of a whale one could see a bone structure that would fit a less aquatic mammal with there being clear kneebones in sight and also leg bones built units every devolvement these bones may have lost their effectiveness but the whale genome still is programmed to produce these bones the same comparison can be made with humans as well if one would look at a human that has been agitated for 4 weeks there is a clear tail but said tail is lost during later…

The anatomy between a human foot, horse’s foot or a bear’s foot are completely different. Despite the difference, there are four limbed-vertebrates which have the same basic pattern of bones. Vertebrates are animals of a large group characterized by the possession of a backbone or spinal column. Vertebrates with four limbs are called tetrapods. Generally, all limbs do the same work to achieve one purpose: support the body and move it from place to place. Some animals have limbs that enhance…