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What parts of the body muscular dystrophy affect?
primarily affects the skeletal muscles and the muscles of the heart.
How does muscular dystrophy affect people?
MD is a genetic disorder that destroys muscles that help the body move.
What is muscular dystrophy?
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic disorder that weakens the muscles that help the body move.
Which chromosome number does muscular dystrophy affect?
8 and 13
Is muscular dystrophy and duchenne muscular dystrophy the same?
Muscular dystrophy can appear in infancy up to middle age or later, and its form and severity are determined in part by the age at which it occurs. Some types of muscular dystrophy affect only males; some people with MD enjoy a normal life span with mild symptoms that progress very slowly; others experience swift and severe muscle weakness and wasting, dying in their late teens to early 20s.
What is dystrophy?
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetic disorder that weakens the muscles that help the body move.
What body systems are affected by muscular dystrophy?
The body systems that are affected by muscular dystrophy include the nervous system and the musculoskeletal system. Many organs are also affected by this genetic disorder.
How does muscular dystrophy progress?
Muscular dytrophy is not spread it is heriditary.
How does muscular dystrophy disrupt homeostasis?
The muscular Dystrophy do not maintain homeostasis.
Describe two condtions that affect the muscular system?
Two conditionsa that affect the muscular system: Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) and Myotonic Mucsle Dystrophy (MMD). DMD is the most common childhood form of muscular dystrophies while MMD is the most common adult form of muscular dystrophies.
How does muscular dystrophy affect the Muscular System?
Muscular Dystrophy (abbr. MD) is a genetic disorder that DESTROYS MUSCLES that help the body move. As the muscle is destroyed they are replaced with fat and and connective tissue. Source.: Textbook: Human Biology 11th edition, pg 268; Silvia S. Mader.
When was Muscular Dystrophy Association created?
Muscular Dystrophy Association was created in 1950.
