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Epiphyseal cartilage grows unusally slowly.
(Limbs short/Trunk is normal size) |
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| Reduction in growth hormone leads to reduced epiphyseal cartilage activity and short bones. |
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Excessive cartilage formation at epiphyseal cartilage.
(Long, slender limbs) |
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| Overproduction of growth hormone before puberty. |
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| FIBRODYSPLESIA OSSIFICIANS PROGRESSIVA (FOP) |
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Gene mutation that causes bone deposition around skeletal muscles.
(Bones develope in unusual places) |
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| Growth hormone levels rise after epiphyseal plates close and bones get thicker. |
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| Large blood clot during fracture repair. |
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| Cartilage and bone stabilizes outer edges during fracture repair. |
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| Network of spongy bone uniting inner edges during fracture repair. |
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| A break across long axis. |
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| Produced by twisting stresses. Spread across length of bone. |
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| Produce new and abnormal bone arrangements. |
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| In vertebrae subjected to extreme stresses, such as those produced by the forces that arise when you land in your seat in a fall. |
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| One side shaft broken, one side bent. Generally occurs in children. |
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| Shatter affected area producing fragments. |
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