Locomotion And Movement (medical conditions)

Question 1

Whats tetany?

Answer 1

Rapid spasm in muscle due to less Ca2+ in body fluid.

Question 2

Whats myesthenia gravis?

Answer 2

Autoimmune disorder in which antibodies produced in the body start attacking its own body cells.
=skeletal muscles in patients become weak and can lead to paralysis.

Question 3

What’s Arthritis?

Answer 3

Disorder in which inflammation in joints occur.

=characterized by pain, swelling , redness and heat.

Question 4

What’s osteoporosis?

Answer 4

Skeletal disorder where bone loses its minerals and fibres from the matrix( decreases bone mass).

• age related disorder.
• causes: deficiency of calcium, vit D; imbalance of hormones like calcitonin, parathromone,estrogen.
• such bones become more prone to fractures.

Question 5

Whats gout?

Answer 5

Type of arthritis where inflammation of joints occur due to deposition of uric acid crystals.
* this maybe because the patients have error in uric acid metabolism due to which over sceretion of uric acid occurs.

Question 6

What is Rheumatoid arthritis?

Answer 6

Disorder characterized by inflammation of synovial membrane.

• diagnosed by the presence of rheumatoid factor ( a type of immunoglobin IgM ).
• if left untreated membrane starts secreting abnormal granules c/d Pannus…..