Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the hospital. Your grandmother fell and was rushed to the emergency room. The doctor tells your family your grandmother has a fractured hip, and she is referring her to an orthopedic specialist. The orthopedic doctor decides to perform a DEXA scan. The result show her BMD is -3.3. What would be a probable diagnosis to her condition? What are some possible causes of her condition? Should her daughter and granddaughter be worried about this condition, and if so, what are measures they could take to prevent this from happening to them?
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Engineering
- Life Science
- Physical Science
- Physics
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- TeachEngineering
- Provider Set:
- TeachEngineering
- Author:
- Morgan R. Evans
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2014