1. Arthritis

2. What is it?
Arthritis is a term used to refer to joint pain or joint diseases. It is basically when your joints start swelling and get hard to move. It's harder to do athletic things such as hiking and running
Arthritis can be caused by a having less of the normal amount of cartilage tissue in your body , an infection or injury, or when your body's immune system attacks the tissue of the body.

3. More about it
the early symptoms are fatigue, joint pain, muscle ache, swelling, redness, stiffness in the joints, feeling pain when moving around to much.
There isn't really a cure for arthritis and it will stick with the person for the rest of their lives, but there are painkillers and medications to help the pain like beyer and aleve. Natural remedies to make it get better are exercise and adding turmeric to dishes
It can affect everyone, but most people are prone to get it from genetics

4. affect -the main organ affected are your bones (the skeletal system)
-arthritis mostly affects your joints, but if you have rheumatoid arthritis it can affect your lungs, heart and kidneys
-the main organ affected are your bones (the skeletal system)
-arthritis can also affect the circulatory system because of they are responsible for transporting blood through your body, and the respiratory system because rheumatic arthritis can block airways, or increase the risk of inflammation (swelling) of the linings of the lungs

5. function
The functions of the skeletal system are support, movement, protection, blood cell production, calcium storage and endocrine regulation
The organs of the skeletal system are muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, and other connective tissues.

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7. SCIENCE 8
Cells and Systems Unit Proj Describe the disorder or disease:
Slide 1:Title of disease/disorder /1
Slide 2:
What is it? /3
How is it caused? /2
Picture of disease/disorder /3
Slide 3:
What are the symptoms? /2
What is the treatment? /2
Can it affect everyone? /2
Slide 4:
Which system does it affect? /1
Which organs in the system does it affect? /1
Does it affect more than just the system you chose (eg: lung cancer affects the respiratory system but can also affect the circulatory system) /2
Slide 5
Describe the function of the affected body system (from slide 4) /3
List the organs involved with this system /2
Picture of the body system /2
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Sources /2
Creativity of slides /2
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