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    can cause osteoarthritis is a rare defect in people’s production of collagen. Collagen is a triple helical molecule and makes up a major section of the extracellular matrix. This fibrous, structural protein makes up the white fibers found in, skin, bones, tendon, and cartilage. Collagen is an essential building block for mechanical resistance in multicellular organisms. However it is also a signal molecule involved in coding cellular shape and…

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    Myeloma Case Studies

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    Everything else about him appeared normal with normal muscle strength and tendon reflexes. An x-ray was performed and found a single focal osteolytic lesion in the lumbar vertebrae. He also had a differential diagnosis of solitary plasmacytoma of bone(SPB) by the team and they planned a workup to rule out multiple myeloma.…

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    A healthy homo sapiens has many parts of their body that work together in unison. The parts are bodily systems that play a specific role within each and every human being. In these systems there are specific organs that carry out the the jobs of the respective system. The systems that are included in the physical makeup of a human include the circulatory, immune, skeletal, excretory, muscular, endocrine, digestive, nervous and respiratory. These systems have major similarities that are shared…

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    Bone Observation Report

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    connective bone tissues, canaliculi, osteocyte lacunae, blood vessels and muscle insertions produce stress concentration to delay the progressive spread of minute cracks. Often times the cracks that are running against lacunae, for examples, stop on entering the lacunae, Hessian canals and blood vessels [ref]. We believe that the activity at the stress concentration can stimulate local reconstruction and remodeling, ultimately leading to the repairs in bone. We hypothesized that the human bone…

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    The maintenance of skeletal muscle mass and metabolic capacity is extremely important for human health and quality of life (Wolfe RR 2006). Skeletal muscle has distinct metabolic and contractile properties that can be influenced by nutrients uptake, microenvironment, and contractile activity. Plasticity and heterogeneity have also been shown to be hallmarks of skeletal muscle as shown by muscle morphology, fiber type, and oxidative capacity. Age, disuse, fasting and various degenerative diseases…

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    Bone Pathology Essay

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    Bone pathology involves understanding the causes and effects of bone diseases. Bones undergo a continual process of breakdown and renewal to maintain maximum bone strength. Healthy bones provide support and durability. Skeletal diseases of bone are often contributed to the severities of low bone density, mass, or deterred bone tissue. Osteoporosis is one of many bone diseases. Osteoporosis occurs when the formation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the elimination of old bone. It’s a…

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    presented an episode in which a married couple, joyfully expecting a child, discovers that their baby has a condition known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) type II. OI is a congenital condition also known as the brittle bone disease, and as the name says it all, it means that the bones of the body experience severe fractures. Due to the severity of the fractures, fetuses diagnosed with OI type II die within a matter of weeks due to cardiac and respiratory complications. Their death is certain,…

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    older adults who may have already been having some form of mobility issues to begin with. Of course spontaneous fractures may also occur during normal weight bearing movements due to Osteoporosis or other conditions or medications that may weaken the bones as well. Certain populations such as white women may also be far more lily to have a hip fracture in their elderly years than other women around the world. Hips Fracture in Older Adults Symptoms Hip fracture in older adults is most often…

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    Osteopathy Research Paper

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    of specific diseases. It is a comprehensive sort of treatment that can upgrade ordinary and more conventional sorts of restorative medications. Osteon, is removed from the Greek word, which signifies, "bones". Be that as it may, notwithstanding the way that the expression alludes to the bones in the body, osteopathy is a treatment procedure for the entire body and does not confine itself to the skeletal framework alone. Osteopathy is among the most broad manual medications that is accessible…

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    Osteoarthrosis Essay

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    Osteoarthrosis(OA), is a type of joint disease that results from the breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone.[1] The most commonly involved joints are those near the ends of the fingers, at the base of the thumb, neck, lower back, knees, and hips. Joints on one side of the body are often more affected than those on the other. It can affect work and normal daily activities. Unlike other types of arthritis, only the joints are typically affected.[2] This popularity in applying…

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