To get you started

To get you started on your assignments here are some interesting diseases and body systems in which are affected. NOTE: You do not have to choose from these, they are only some examples of what you can use.

Human Body Systems and diseases associated within these:

Digestive System:

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Crohn's Disease

Respiratory System:
Diseases of:

• Lungs
• Pleural cavity
• Bronchial tubes
• Trachea
• Upper respiratory tract
• Nerves and muscles of breathing
  · Range from mild and self-limiting such as the common cold to life-threatening such as bacterial pneumonia or pulmonary embolism.
• Obstructive lung diseases
• Restrictive lung diseases
• Respiratory tract infections
• Upper respiratory tract infection
• Lower respiratory tract infection
• Many more

Circulatory System:

The diseases of the circulatory system are those that affect the heart, blood vessels and blood. They include such conditions as:

• Coronary heart disease (heart attack and angina),
• High blood pressure,
• Blood clotting (excess stickiness of the blood),
• Peripheral vascular disease (narrowing of the blood vessels, especially in the legs),
• Strokes (obstruction of or bleeding from the blood vessels of the brain),
• High blood fat levels (which are associated with all of the above problems), and
• Problems in the blood

Muscular and skeletal Systems:

• Joint Injuries
• Sprains
• Dislocation/Subluxations
• Cartilage damage
• Joint swelling
• Spinal Curves and Deformities
• Cervical and Lumbar Disc Lesions
• Degrees of damage: annular tear
• Disc prolapse (see above diagram)
• Osteoporosis – meaning “porous bone”
• Spina Bifida (Occulta)

Nervous System:

• Bell’s Palsy
• Cerebal Palsy
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• And Many More

Lymphatic System:

• Infections
• Infectious mononuclesosis
• Cancer e.g. Hodgkin’s
• Metastasis of cancerous cells via the lymphatic system
• Elephantiasis

Endocrine System:

• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
• Pituitary Diseases
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Gonadal Disorders
• Thyroid Diseases
• Parathyroid Diseases
• Dwarfism

Male Reproductive System:

• Epididymitis
• Male reproductive system neoplasm
• Penis disorder
• Prostate disorder
• Testis disorder

Female Reproductive System:

• Cervix disorder
• Endometriosis
• Female reproductive system neoplasm
• Menstrual cycle disorder
• Ovary disorder
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Placenta disorder
• Pregnancy disorder
• Pseudopregnancy
• Puerperal disorder
• Uterus disorder
• Vagina disorder

Urinary System:

• Agenesis
• Hypoplasia
• Persistant faetal lobulation
• Displacement or ectopic kidney