Skeletal and Muscular Disorders Overview

SKELETAL DISORDERS

HEALTHY! DISEASE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS inplammed Synovial membrane →Auto immune disease immune system attacks it's own joint. →joints swell from antibodies produced. Sbone eration →most common in joints, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders cankles and knees. OSTED ARTHRITIS Synovial membrane when the synovial articulations become worn cartilage wears down. bone runs against eachother (painful) → most common in weight bearing joints. hips, knees, spine. OSTEOPOROSIS Progressive bone disease weakens bone, prone to breaks and fractures. silent disease → no side effects. → calcium is stripped from bone (any). MUSCULAR DISORDERS MYASTHENIA GRAVIS neuron rare, long term condition → causes muscle weakness → mostly effects eyes & eyelid function, facial expressions and falking/eating. caused by error in nerve transmittion. smaller. MUSCULAR DISTROPHY →group of diseases that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass → abnormal gene) (mutations) inter for with the production of proteins that are need to form muscle. MOTUK NEURON DISEASE Also known as ALS when motor neurons stop working properly -this is called neurodegeneration. mabies movement uke gripping.