What injuries affect the skeletal system?

Answer 1

Fracture: compound fracture when the bone go out of the skin.

Dislocation: is not a fracture, the joint breaks and the bones separate.

Sprain: one of the ligaments of a joint rips.

Answer 2

Osteoarthritis (OA), Rheumatoid arthritus (RA), Gout, Osteoporosis, Osteomalacia (Rickets), Osteoblastoma, osteochondritus - basically anything that starts with the prefix osteo, which means bone.

Answer 3

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease resulting in the loss of bone tissue. In osteoporosis, the cancellous bone loses calcium, becomes thinner, and may disappear altogether.

Scoliosis Scoliosis is a side-to-side curve of the spine. This condition becomes apparent during adolescence. It is unknown why Scoliosis affects more girls than boys.

Answer 4

Arthritis, or inflammation of the joints, inflames the joints in two distinct ways.

In osteoarthritis, the cartilage of the mobile joints between any two bones erodes in part or in full, and the bones in the afflicted joints slide and abrade against each other as a person moves, making it extremely painful to move and inhibiting the mobility of any person afflicted with it.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease disease in which joints in the body become inflamed, resulting in pain, swelling and stiffness. It is caused by a malfunction the body's immune system, which normally fights infection, start attacking healthy joints. Often rheumatoid arthritis is extremely painful and debilitating. It is not known why rheumatoid arthritis develops, and there is no cure. However, understanding of the disease has improved, and there are now effective treatments that can help ease the pain and symptoms, and slow down the disease. It is very important that treatment is started early to minimize damage to joints.

More information is available from the Arthritis Foundation.

Answer 5

There are several things that can affect your bones, some positively, some negatively.

* Nutrition * Exercise * Hormones * Injuries * Diseases, both congenital and acquired