Prosthetic limbs!

1. Prosthetic limbs! by: Ashna, Aseret, Alexis, and Kayah

2. Animal prosthetic limbs! • Animals can use prosthetic limbs. In fact, all the components used to make a human prosthetic limb is used to make an animal prosthetic limb.

3. Animal prosthetics! • Also before a century vets couldn’t use prosthetic limbs on animals if they had suffered many traumas , so they would have to euthanasia which was the only option. {Euthanasia is a type of shot that painlessly kills you.} • Dog Video

4. how prosthetic limbs work? • A major difference of newer materials like plastics and carbon –fiber composite. Prosthetic limbs become stronger, lighter, and more realistic.

5. How do prosthetic limbs work? • The pylon is the skeleton of the prosthetic limb. The socket is the part that interfaces with the patients limb stump. The suspension system keeps the limb attached o the body.

6. Types of prostetic limbs • A transdrailprothesis is an artificail limbs that replaces an arm missing below the elbow. • A transhumeral limbs is and artifical limbs that replaces an arm missing above the elbow.

7. Types of prostetic limbs • A transbitalprothesis is an artiail limb that replaces a leg missing below the knee. • A transfermoralprothesis is an aftifail limbs that replaces a leg missing above the knee.

8. Ancient prosthetics! • A prosthetic limb was dated back between 950 and 710 B.C. • The earliest historical accounts of prosthetic limb use was recorded in Greek and Roman times.

9. Ancient prosthetics! • In the year 2000, researchers in Cairo, Egypt unheathered what they believed to be the oldest documented artificial body part – a prosthetic toe made of wood and leather.