Bones
Is an active tissue composed of different cells, a variety in shape, size, and place (internal and external), and the most important characteristic of light weight and strength and rigidity are large, and bones are one of the parts of the human body, and its function support and protect various organs of the human body, Red blood and white, and store minerals, and the human body at birth has more than 270 grandeur, and 206 separate grandeur in adults, and the thigh bones are the largest, and bones Rkabi in the ear smaller is the smallest.
Types of bones
There are five types of bones in the human body:
- Long: Most of them are composed of a compressed bone, and contain small amounts of bone marrow even though it is located within the pit of the bone marrow, and form most of the bones of the limbs, fingers and hand and foot.
- Short: usually take the cube shape, possess a single thin layer of compressed bone, surrounded by a kind of sponge, and forms this type of wrist and ankle bones.
- Flat: The shape of the curved chips that consist of two layers of parallel bones merged with bone spongy, and this type most of the bones of the skull.
- Sesameic: The bones are indivisible from the tendons because they hold the tendons away from the joints.
- Irregular: composed of thin layers of compressed bone surrounding the sponge, so named because they do not contain bone pockets, and form most of the bones of the spine, pelvis, and skull.
Causes of bone pain
Many people suffer daily from bone pain, and the severity of these pain varies from one case to another, depending on the health status of the human; where there are many diseases and conditions that cause diseases:
- Fractures: Fractures occur after a person is in a state of turbulence, collisions with strong solid objects leading to fractures, and may also result from human suffering from many diseases such as fragility and cancer.
- Tumors: There are many types of tumors affecting the bones, and these tumors may be benign or malignant, and this occurs due to defect in the fibrous tissue of the bones.
- Cancer: Although bone cancer is rare, it is one of the causes of bone pain, and the person gets this type of cancer after suffering from other types of cancer such as lung cancer, prostate, and thyroid hormone, and kidneys.
There are a lot of factors in the pain, such as infections, rheumatism, and the main cause of pain is usually detected by the doctor who reveals the patient using radiography, ultrasound, x-ray, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging, Of autoimmune signs, and cancer-specific tests.