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Chapter-24 Musculoskeletal System

BOOK TITLE: A Short Textbook of Pathology

Author
1. Sajal Md Tahminur Rahman
2. Charu Hosne Ara Tahmin
3. Sajani Tabassum Tahmin
4. Sarnali Tanjila Tahmin
ISBN
9789350904640
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11956_24
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Modern Diagnostic Center Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2. Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chapter keywords
types of muscle fiber, reaction of muscle fiber, atrophy, dystrophy, Rahabdomyosarcoma, myositis, myopathies

Abstract

Normal functional anatomy of skeletal muscle is described. Then major features of muscle, types of muscle fiber, difference between type I and II muscle fiber, reaction of muscle fiber to injury is mentioned. Common muscle diseases like inflammatory myopathy (dermato and polymyositis) toxic myopathies (myasthenia gravis), their etiopathology, morphological and microscopic features are described. Different types of muscular dystrophies, their genetic association, clinical presentation and gross and microscopic feature are incorporated. Rhabdomyoma and rhalddomyosarcoma are described in chapter 23.

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