What is the difference between muscle dystrophy and muscle atrophy? The difference between muscle atrophy and dystophy is that the atrophy is a wasting away of muscle due to disease or poor nutrition. Muscle dystrophy is degeneraion of musclesâ¦ or any organs in the body caused by a disease process, or it can also be caused by malnourishment.
A digraph is two letters that spell one sound. Digraphs that spell consonant sounds include the letter pairs sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph, ng. Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw.
Today we are going to study a new digraph. -ng. -ng makes the /ng/ sound as at the end of the word ring. -ng makes a single sound and the sound comes through the nose. To make this sound, your jaw should drop open with your tongue cutting off the air at the back of your mouth so the sound comes out of your nose. This picture of a ring will remind you of the sound the digraph ng makes. /Å/ The digraph -ng usually comes at the end of a word. That is why there is a line in front of the spelling. It shows that other letters must come in front of it.