Not every disease is well known throughout the scientific community. Many disorders and illnesses baffle doctors and scientists today even with our modern technology. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, also known as FOP, is a rare disorder that affects 1 of 2 million people, where a person grows a second layer of bone around their skeleton. Even … Read more
The Skeletal System is the framework of the body, consisting of 206 bones as well as a network of tendons that is made of tough band of fibrous collagen tissue connecting a muscle to bone, ligaments connecting bones to joint and cartilage that allows some flexibility of movement. The skeletal system serves 4 functions: (1) … Read more
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is essential to numerous key human functions, in particular, expression of emotion, chewing, swallowing and speech. Generally considered a load bearing joint, the TMJ is prone to a range of disorders due to structural and/or positional abnormalities \cite{Tanaka2008}. Research conducted in the 1980s showed that 16\% to 59\% of those tested, … Read more
