1. Achondroplasia Power Point BY: Logan DeLuca & Jacob Hodgson

3. This is a disease that is usually found in about 70% of midgets

4. The disease is a bone shorting disease and is usually due to the cartilage that can reach the bones in such long places as the arms and legs, this is also classified as a type of dwarfism

5. This is also an autosomal dominant genetic disorder

7. This occurs when the sperm develops into a carrier and now one of the parents is considered a carrier

9. Bowed legs

10. Decreased muscle tone

11. Larger head then most babies, (may larger then the body)

12. Prominent forehead size

13. Shortened arms and legs

14. Misshaped spine

16. If you have a family history of the disease or if you would have it, it is only a greater chance of inheriting the disease

17. Doctors now a days can determine this before birth by using a sonogram or an ultrasound examination machine

20. Doctors have been able to give some patients of achondroplasia a procedure called limb lengthening

21. Limb lengthening is a surgery in which a doctor can expand your legs, arms, or both of these by putting a brace like object into your leg that wraps around the entire leg in which over time the leg will lengthen out

23. Acohndroplasia is part of a group of disorders called chrondrodystrophies.

24. 80% of achondroplasia cases are caused by spontaneous mutations.

25. It is one of the most common of all skeletal dysplasias

26. Most Achondroplastics are double jointed, which is caused by loose ligaments.

27. Nine out of ten children with achondroplasia have normal sized parents

28. Achondroplastics seldom ever reach five feet high.

31. Wikipedia.com

32. http://bones.emedtv.com/achondroplasia/what-are-the-symptoms-of-achondroplasia.html

33. http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/achondroplasia/overview.html

34. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00230

35. http://media.photobucket.com/image/jackass%20logo/bamrocker18/jackass.jpg?t=1193878405

36. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_achondroplasia_dominant_or_recessive