common diseases/disorders of the skeletal system

1. COMMON COMMON
DISEASES OF DISEASES OF
THE SKELETAL THE SKELETAL
SYSTEMSYSTEM

2. KYPHOSISKYPHOSIS
abnormal abnormal
rounding of rounding of
the spine that the spine that
occurs in the occurs in the
upper and upper and
middle part of middle part of
the back the back

3. Causes of KYPHOSISCauses of KYPHOSIS
Poor posturePoor posture
Present at birthPresent at birth
Run families or geneticsRun families or genetics

4. RICKETSRICKETS
bone-softening bone-softening
disease that disease that
causes severe causes severe
bowing of the legs, bowing of the legs,
poor growth, and poor growth, and
sometimes muscle sometimes muscle
pain and weakness pain and weakness

5. Causes of RICKETSCauses of RICKETS
Lack of Vitamin DLack of Vitamin D
Not enough calcium in Not enough calcium in
one’s dietone’s diet
kidney and liver diseaseskidney and liver diseases

6. ARTHRITISARTHRITIS
inflammation, inflammation,
swelling, swelling,
redness of a redness of a
jointjoint

7. Causes of ARTHRITISCauses of ARTHRITIS
cartilage is cartilage is
wearing awaywearing away
lack of lack of
Synovial fluidSynovial fluid
infection infection

10. OSTEOPOROSISOSTEOPOROSIS
bone tissue bone tissue
becomes becomes
brittle, thin, brittle, thin,
and spongy and spongy

11. Causes of Causes of
OSTEOPOROSISOSTEOPOROSIS
HereditaryHereditary
GenderGender
Ethnicity Ethnicity
History of broken bonesHistory of broken bones
Low body weightLow body weight

13. BONE TUMORBONE TUMOR
abnormal abnormal
growth of cells growth of cells
within the bone within the bone
that may be that may be
noncancerous noncancerous
or cancerous or cancerous

14. Causes of BONE Causes of BONE
TUMORTUMOR
HereditaryHereditary
RadiationRadiation
Trauma Trauma

15. SCOLIOSISSCOLIOSIS
causes the causes the
spine to spine to
curve to curve to
the left or the left or
right side right side

16. Causes of SCOLIOSISCauses of SCOLIOSIS
present at birthpresent at birth
hereditaryhereditary

18. SPRAINSSPRAINS
an injury that an injury that
happens when happens when
the ligaments the ligaments
get overly get overly
stretched or stretched or
torntorn

20. FRACTURESFRACTURES

21. Fractures commonly Fractures commonly
occur when a person occur when a person
has fallen, an object has fallen, an object
has been dropped on has been dropped on
them, or the bone has them, or the bone has
been twistedbeen twisted

22. Compound FractureCompound Fracture
a fracture in which a fracture in which
broken bone broken bone
fragments lacerate fragments lacerate
(rip, cut, tear) soft (rip, cut, tear) soft
tissue and protrude tissue and protrude
through an open through an open
wound in the skinwound in the skin

23. Compound FractureCompound Fracture
Need immediate treatment Need immediate treatment
(because skin is broken)(because skin is broken)
High risk of infectionHigh risk of infection
An operation is often required An operation is often required
to clean the area of the to clean the area of the
fracture and realign the bonefracture and realign the bone

24. Compound FractureCompound Fracture
Typically caused by Typically caused by
high energy injuries high energy injuries
such as car crashes, such as car crashes,
falls, or sport injuriesfalls, or sport injuries

25. Compound Fracture (cont.)Compound Fracture (cont.)

26. Simple FractureSimple Fracture
A bone that A bone that
has broken into has broken into
two pieces, two pieces,
and has not and has not
broken through broken through
the skinthe skin

28. Greenstick FractureGreenstick Fracture
is a fracture inis a fracture in
a young, soft a young, soft
bone in which bone in which
the bone bends the bone bends
and partially and partially
breaks (cracks)breaks (cracks)

29. Greenstick FractureGreenstick Fracture
Is a type of an incomplete Is a type of an incomplete
fracturefracture
Doesn’t displace the boneDoesn’t displace the bone
Often occurs during infancy Often occurs during infancy
and childhood when the bones and childhood when the bones
are softare soft

30. Greenstick FractureGreenstick Fracture
Is a result of bending forces Is a result of bending forces
(falls)(falls)
Could be a result of non-Could be a result of non-
accidental injury (blow on the accidental injury (blow on the
forearm or shin)forearm or shin)

31. Comminuted FractureComminuted Fracture
Defined as a Defined as a
bone that has bone that has
been been
shattered, shattered,
splintered, or splintered, or
crushed into crushed into
more than two more than two
piecespieces

32. Comminuted FractureComminuted Fracture
Occurs when there has been Occurs when there has been
some kind of crushing force on some kind of crushing force on
the bone and can happen the bone and can happen
anywhere along the boneanywhere along the bone
It mostly occurs in elderly It mostly occurs in elderly
people or people who already people or people who already
have a bone weakening have a bone weakening
conditioncondition