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Mt633lec Skeletal-System
Mt633lec Skeletal-System
Mt633lec Skeletal-System
BRITTLE BONES
A. OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
- Congenital defect
- Bones lack collagen fibers
*may appear to be victims of abuse
INFECTION:
ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURES: A. MASTOIDITIS
A. SCOLIOSIS - Infection of the mastoid process
- Lateral curvature - Caused by untreated middle-ear infection
- Often in thoracic region - Symptoms: pain, fever, redness, tenderness
B. KYPHOSIS and swelling near the process
- Hunchback - May have pus or discharge from the ear
- curvature of the thoracic - TREATMENT: antibiotics intravenously
- Associated w/ aging and osteoporosis Surgery (to drain pus)
C. LORDOSIS
- Swayback B. OSTEOMYELITIS
- Curvature of the lumbar - Bone infection that can reach the bone
- Associated with obesity and pregnancy from the blood, tissues, or trauma
- Exposes the bone to a pathogen
JOINT INFLAMMATION: pain, redness, tenderness bacterium or fungus)
A. BURSITIS - Open fracture; break in the shin’s skin
- Inflammation of the bursa *anterior surface or tibia is very superficial
-pocket in the synovial membrane; acts as a cushion - TREATMENT: antibiotics or surgery
- Caused by trauma or repetitive movement
(tennis player and baseball pitchers)
CANCERS:
- Commonly affected:
A. OSTEOSARCOMA
knees, elbow, shoulder, hip
- Malignant bone tumor
- TREATMENT: rest, nonsteroidal anti-
- Occur in immature bone
inflammatory drugs, immobilization
- Common in ages of 10-25
- Near the knee or other long bones
B. GOUT
- TREATMENT: chemo and surgery
- Deposit of monosodium urate crystals
- May caused by HPYERURICEMIA
B. CHONDROSARCOMAS
- Excess uric acid in the blood
* decrease in UA secretion of kidneys
- Cancerous tumors
* increase in production of urate - Occur in cartilage
* increase in intake of high-protein foods - Primary tumors (originate in cartilage, not
- can cause acute or chronic arthritis from a tumor located in another organ)
called GOUTY ARTHRITIS - May also occur in patients with
- TREATMENT: anti-inflammatory drugs, osteosarcoma
cholchicine - TREATMENT: surgical removal