Keeping your muscular and skeletal systems healthy involves a proper diet for gout, low-impact exercise like swimming, and regular stretching. Learn about common bone deterioration diseases and the impact of massage on your muscles.
Your spine has 24 bones called vertebrae that are stacked on top of one another. If one of these bones cracks or collapses due to pressure or an injury or a disease like osteoporosis, it is called a spinal compression fracture.
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The human muscular system includes skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle tissue. Skeletal muscles attach to your bones, stabilizing the skeleton and enabling voluntary and reflexive movement. Smooth muscle tissue found in blood vessels and various body organs produces involuntary movement essential for normal function.
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Creatine phosphokinase, or CPK, is an enzyme that is present in the heart, brain and skeletal muscles. CPK is more commonly known as creatine kinase, or CK. CK is released from the cells of these tissues when they are injured or do not receive enough oxygen.
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