BY WEDNESDAY (5 points)
Post a question or topic that you don’t understand….”My muddiest point this week is…..”, but specific!
OR
Explore one of the following topics:
- How does exercise help maintain bone health? Are all exercises created equal?
- How might space travel impact bone density over time?
- What is the influence of hormones on bone health?
- Nutritional advice for humans….who can’t absorb Calcium very well.
- Why don’t we keep growing taller forever?
- Help clarify the relationship between joint stability and joint mobility (this is a common “muddy point”).
- osteoporosis
- osteomyelitis
- Rickets
- Scurvy (include bone information)
- osteoarthritis
- Gout
- rheumatoid arthritis
- compound vs. simple fractures (what tissues are damaged in compound fractures? what are some risks?)
- stress fractures
- fracture types (comminuted, oblique, spiral, transverse, greenstick)
- potts vs colles fractures
- epiphyseal fractures
- is it really less likely to break the same bone twice? why or why not? explain
- compression fractures in vertebrae, kyphoplasty
- bone development (review intramembranous bone formation)
- bone development (review endochondral bone formation)
- review cartilage types & growth patterns
- review movements at synovial joints (this could be a fun video to make)
- review the six types of synovial joint structures (this could also be a fun video topic)
- “my amazing bone sketch” (could be a longitudinal view, cross-section or detailed osteon)
- “my wonderful concept map” (create and share any concept map…make it as complex as you like, challenge yourself!)
- Draw a gomphosis (label mandible, tooth, fibrous connective tissue, as in periodontal ligaments, etc…and a Syndesmosis (label tibia; fibula; fibrous connective tissue)….what is the structural and functional classification for each of these tissues?