DWARFISM

BY: TESSA EVANS

WHAT IS DWARFISM?

DWARFISM CAN BE DEFINED AS A SHORT

STATURE CAUSED BY GENETICS OR A SERIOUS
MEDICAL CONDITION. A PERSON IS
CHARACTERIZED AS A DWARF IF THEY ARE OF 4
FEET 10 INCHES IN HEIGHT OR SHORTER. IT IS
CAUSED BY MANY DIFFERENT MEDICAL
CONDITIONS IN WHICH EACH CAN HAVE ITS
OWN SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES.

JUST A LITTLE HISTORY

DWARFS WERE ONCE CALLED MIDGETS

BEGINNING IN THE MID-19 CENTURY AFTER AN
AUTHOR NAMED HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
USED IT IN SOME OF HER BOOKS TO DESCRIBE
CHILDREN AND A VERY SHORT MAN. HOWEVER,
MANY DWARFS FOUND THIS TERM OFFENSIVE
BECAUSE THE WORD ACTUALLY MEANS LITTLE
SAND FLY AND P.T. BARNUM USED THIS TERM
TO REFER TO DWARFS USED FOR SHOWS
DURING THE FREAK SHOW ERA.

DID YOU KNOW?

THERE ARE OVER 200 TYPES OF

DWARFISM

MAIN CATEGORIES OF DWARFISM

Disproportionate dwarfism-usually consists of
abnormal development in body parts resulting in
short arms and legs with a normal size torso or
mid-section
Proportionate dwarfism-all body parts being
small but generally the same size resulting in a
proportioned or well balanced body parts

HERE ARE A FEW..

TYPES OF DWARFISM

Achondroplasia
Dyastrophic Dysplasia
Hypochondroplasia
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Primordial Dwarfism
Pituitary Dwarfism
Pseudoachodroplasia
Psychogenic Dwarfism
Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
Turner Syndrome

DWARFS YOU MAY KNOW

PEOPLE WITH DWARFISM

REFERENCES

Berg,R.L.,Martin,W.M.,Soloman,P.E. (2006). Biology. Belmont: Michelle Julet.

http://bjo.bmj.com/conten
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http://geneticaysexologiaintegral.blogspot.com/2011/04/hormona-decrecimiento-en-sx-de-turner.html
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hypochondroplasia
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/pseudoachondroplasia
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/spondyloepiphyseal-dysplasia-congenita
http://mwsu-bio101.ning.com/forum/topics/distinct-human-celltypes1?page=2&commentId=2263214%3AComment%3A10543&x=1

REFERENCES CONTD

Panhypopituitarism).htm.primordialdwarfism.com
http://www F:\Pituitary dwarfism (Growth hormone deficiency, /
http://sarahroper.blogspot.com/
http://www.springerimages.com/Images/MedicineAndPublicHealth
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wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastrophic_dysplasia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondroplasia
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosocial_short_stature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_syndrome

THE END