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Muscle atrophy and Orthopedic cast

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Difference between Muscle atrophy and Orthopedic cast

Muscle atrophy vs. Orthopedic cast

Muscle atrophy is defined as a decrease in the mass of the muscle; it can be a partial or complete wasting away of muscle, and is most commonly experienced when persons suffer temporary disabling circumstances such as being restricted in movement and/or confined to bed as when hospitalized. An orthopedic cast, or simply cast, is a shell, frequently made from plaster or fiberglass, encasing a limb (or, in some cases, large portions of the body) to stabilize and hold anatomical structures, most often a broken bone (or bones), in place until healing is confirmed.

Similarities between Muscle atrophy and Orthopedic cast

Muscle atrophy and Orthopedic cast have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Atrophy, Bone.

Atrophy

Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

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Muscle atrophy and Orthopedic cast Comparison

Muscle atrophy has 54 relations, while Orthopedic cast has 66. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 1.67% = 2 / (54 + 66).

References

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