Today I will be talking about the human muscles and skeleton. The human muscles is a very interesting topic because of the ways the muscles control your body is amazing, the skeleton is also good but it’s scary as well because in one move and you can break a bone and it is extremely painful. I hope you enjoy reading my essay and hopefully I am able to provide you with information about your body that you didn’t know about.
The human skeleton is a very interesting part of your body. It serves as structural support for the body. It stores calcium and phosphate. It contributes to blood cell development. And it serves, indispensably, as the creepy mascot of Halloween. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center discovered, to everyone’s surprise, that the skeleton seems to help regulate blood sugar. The team at Columbia University led by Dr. Gerard Karsenty has found that bone may help to explain some cases of low fertility in men. (Schaffer, 2011) It is well known that the hormones estrogen and testosterone, produced in the ovaries and testes, helps to regulate bone growth. When women reach …show more content…
Law’s finding involved a single patient, Sam Looper of Pickens, a 9-year-old with Duchenne Muscular dystrophy, the most common form of the disease. To avoid possible damage to more important muscles, the researchers tested the treatment in one of his big toes. Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs about once in every 4,000 births and strikes boys almost exclusively. Few patients survive beyond their early 20’s succumbing to breathing problems from weakened chest muscles. Dr. Collins said it was not known how effective the treatment would be in larger muscles, or whether the body would reject transplants of huge numbers of muscles cells. It is also not known how long the treatment will last. It seems to correct muscles weakness and greatly prolong the lives of mice with muscle dystrophy, but more work needs to be done to learn the effects on humans. (kolata,
The human skeleton is a very interesting part of your body. It serves as structural support for the body. It stores calcium and phosphate. It contributes to blood cell development. And it serves, indispensably, as the creepy mascot of Halloween. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center discovered, to everyone’s surprise, that the skeleton seems to help regulate blood sugar. The team at Columbia University led by Dr. Gerard Karsenty has found that bone may help to explain some cases of low fertility in men. (Schaffer, 2011) It is well known that the hormones estrogen and testosterone, produced in the ovaries and testes, helps to regulate bone growth. When women reach …show more content…
Law’s finding involved a single patient, Sam Looper of Pickens, a 9-year-old with Duchenne Muscular dystrophy, the most common form of the disease. To avoid possible damage to more important muscles, the researchers tested the treatment in one of his big toes. Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs about once in every 4,000 births and strikes boys almost exclusively. Few patients survive beyond their early 20’s succumbing to breathing problems from weakened chest muscles. Dr. Collins said it was not known how effective the treatment would be in larger muscles, or whether the body would reject transplants of huge numbers of muscles cells. It is also not known how long the treatment will last. It seems to correct muscles weakness and greatly prolong the lives of mice with muscle dystrophy, but more work needs to be done to learn the effects on humans. (kolata,