What is muscular dystrophy?

What is muscular dystrophy?
  1. Inflammation of joints due to accumulation of uric acid crystals
  2. Progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle mostly due to genetic disorder
  3. Auto immune disorder affecting neuromuscular junction leading to fatigue, weakening and paralysis of skeletal muscle
  4. Rapid spasms (wild contractions) in muscle due to low Ca²⁺ in body fluid

Solution

Muscular dystrophy is a progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle, mostly due to a genetic disorder.

Asked in: NCERT

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