It is my belief that the growth may fall into the category of a neoplastic condition (White et. al 2012: 452). Though, it could easily be argued the growth is sort of infectious disease it is unlikely. Most infectious diseases live little trace of their presence on the skeletal structure. However, chronic diseases do, in fact, leave evidence on bone so it would not be impossible for the growth to be the result of something infectious (White et.…
Bone forms outside the skeleton, regulating movement. The process of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva usually becomes noticeable in the early stages of childhood. The process usually starts with the upper neck and works its way down the body, and into the limbs. Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva is caused by a mutation in the ACVR1 gene. This gene provides directions for constructing a part of a protein group called bone morphogenetic protein.…
In order to become talented in a specific sport it takes practice, patience, and athleticism but over time it is very possible for an ordinary person to achieve this status. However, in order to become the best in the world, that presents a completely different story. Through the eyes of both Tom “Digger” Stapleton and Sadie Jorgensen in Angie Abdou’s novel The Bone Cage, the reader quickly learns the difference between becoming an athlete and becoming an Olympian. Both of these Olympic hopefuls put their lives on hold in order to hopefully achieve this standard of greatness. Neither person has long term goals for the future after the Olympics, they subsist week to week and both have sacrificed the majority of their lives for the opportunity…
Age can be estimated in children and in adolescents by means of development and eruption of deciduous and permanent teeth up to 14 years. For most age estimation methods the developing teeth are assessed on radiographs.8 The assessment of skeletal maturation is considered as an integral part of daily clinical practice in multiple health profession.9, 10, 11 The technique for assessing skeletal maturity consists of visual inspection of the developing bones, their initial appearance and their subsequent ossification related changes in shape and size. Various areas of the skeleton that have been used are the foot, ankle, hip, elbow, hand-wrist and the cervical…
There are many strong points in this book, Can These Bones Live? A Practical Guide to Church Revitalization. If the church is not evaluated correctly at first, a solution and success of revitalization can hardly be determined. In this regard, the book reminds the readers of the importance of assessment and brings up the skills to deal with the church weakness. Also, Henard challenges and warns the church of missing the most essential point of revitalization.…
The activity of the epiphyseal plate can increase in length with the diaphysis. When the epiphyseal plate closes, it is replaced by bone. The epiphyseal line appears and indicates that the bone has completed its growth in length. Cartilage cells are produced by mitosis and are destroyed and also replaced by bone on diaphyseal side of the plate. Zone of calcified cartilage contains mostly dead chondrocytes invaded by osteoclasts and osteoblasts, zone of resting cartilage firmly joins the epiphyseal plate to the epiphysis, zone of proliferating cartilage is where chondrocytes divide to replace those at the diaphyseal side of the epiphyseal plate and zone of hypertrophic cartilage is large maturing…
If a Great Dane puppy is fed too much protein during early development bone development will be affected in quick growth with weak…
Summer Reading Comparison Essay People tend to have a natural tendency to think back to their childhood and reminisce over the lighthearted moments of naive innocence, the security of not having to worry, and the flustered experience of having to grow out of it. It is expected that in order to become an adult, childhood should only be this temporary manifestation of nostalgic happiness where adolescents must then be stripped of their identity and sense of blissful charm. This idea of coming to age is one of the fundamental themes that both novels, Rule of the Bone, by Russell Banks, and Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, ponders over. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain brings to life a thrill-seeking, objective child, Huck, who captivates readers with his charm, while Banks takes his novels in a more dark and depressing tone with a more melancholic protagonist, Chappie, in Rule of the Bones.…
Thus, with the pain of adding the art to his arm, Chappie ceases identifying as he once was and takes on the name Bone. Just as he changed his tattoo design to meet certain standards and expectations for himself, the alteration of his identity cannot be without a set of goals for himself to meet. The practicality of it all aside, Bone established immediately that his new identity was designed to be tough and strong, as he planned to show off his new tattoo and make the design apparent by “making a power salute (Banks 106),” but also that he was carrying certain ideas with him, like associating his new ink with the prominent Civil Rights figure Malcom X. However, the strongest take away from Bone’s new tattoo is two things: first, he does not…
Thus, making structures and bones that are still responsive to growth hormone particularly in the hands, feet and face to overgrow (Marieb,…
There is also a receptor called tyrosine kinase. It negatively regulates the growth plate activity and stright bone growth. All people who have only a single copy of the normal FGFR3 gene and a single copy of the FGFR3 gene mutation have achondroplasia. It can be inherited when one individual is less than the usual size and a normal sized individual produce a child. When achondroplasia is inherited, it is inherited in an autosomal dominant…
O vergrowth syndromes Longitudinal growth results from multifactorial and complex processes that take place in the broader context of different genetic traits and environmental influences (Neylon, 2012). Overgrowth syndromes comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders that lead to excessive tissue proliferation, which is characterized by a phenotype of excessive somatic and visceral growth. A myriad of syndromes are characterized by substantial localized or asymmetric tissue overgrowth, represented by Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Sotos syndrome, Proteus syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, Madelung's disease, Weaver syndrome, Nevo syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, Perlman syndrome, Pallister-Killian…
Bones are living tissues that changes constantly so that new bone cells can be made to replace the old ones. This is known as the bone remodeling. Osteoporosis is the effect of disturbance in the bone remodeling. Cells such as osteoblasts are responsible in making the new tissues while osteoclasts are responsible to break down the bone tissues. Both of these cells works simultaneously work together in bone remodeling.…
Osteogenesis Imperfect is also known as the, “Brittle Bone Disease”. This is an extremely rare disease with less than twenty thousand cases a year. As of today there is no known available cure, but there are treatments available to lessen the symptoms of the disease. This is a chronic illness that can last up to a few months, to lasting a person’s entire lifetime. This is a disease that causes extreme fragility in the bones of a normal person.…
Figure 2.3: The structure of bone (Abedon, 2014) 2.1.2 Mechanical Properties Bones is always considered as man-made engineering materials. Due to its synthesis there have more variation in properties than engineering materials. The factors can include as the location in body, mineral content, disease, age, gender and the amount of water that presence in the human body. The mechanical properties of bone tissues must be considered as very hard and lightweight material. Mechanical behavior of bone can be explained using composite method.…