Adult MSK

Question 1

Osteomyelitis

Answer 1

inflammation of bone due to infection

Question 2

Septic Arthritis

Answer 2

bacteria multiply in synovial fluid (gonorrhorae)

Question 3

Avascular Necrosis (AVN)

Answer 3

death of bone and bone marrow due to loss of blood supply

Question 4

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Answer 4

inflammation of ligaments attached to spine, “bamboo spine”

Question 5

Sjogren syndrome

Answer 5

chronic arthritis affecting moisture producing glands (autoimmune rheumatic)

Question 6

Psoriatic Arthritis

Answer 6

seronegative inflammatory disease, psoriasis

Question 7

Reiter Syndrome

Answer 7

reactive arthritis after venereal disease or dysentery, inflammation of ligaments and tendons

Question 8

Gout

Answer 8

elevated levels of uric acid with deposits of crystals in joints, soft tissue and kidneys

Question 9

Paget’s Disease

Answer 9

British men – inc bone resorption, excessive unorganized new bone, bone marrow change to vascular tissue (similar to adhesion)

Question 10

Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Answer 10

trigger points - taut skeletal muscle, painful with compression, stretch, overload or contraction of tissue

Question 11

Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome

Answer 11

VELVETY SKIN, hypermobile joints, abnormal scar formation

Question 12

Marfan’s Syndrome

Answer 12

very tall, thin, hypermobile

aortic root dilation, ectopia lentis, fibrillin type, family history

Question 13

Spondyloarthropathies

Answer 13

chronic inflammation spine and SI joint