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Antemortem: Pathology and Anomaly Flashcards

1
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Premortem/Antemortem

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Occur before death

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Perimortem

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Occurred near time of death

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Postmortem

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Occurred after death

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Common Sources of variation

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Sex, Age, Ancestry, Individual

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Anomalies

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Individual variations outside of common that have no harm

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Pathologies

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Harmful anomalies

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Bone response to pathology/ Types of Lesions

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Proliferative, lytic, deformative

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Proliferative response/lesion

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Deposit new bone

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Lytic response/lesion

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Destroy or resorb bone

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Deformative response/lesion

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Shape changes might involve both proliferative and lytic lesion

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Porotic hyperostosis and Cribra orbtalia

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Lytic Lesions causing bulging of head and dots under eyes
Signs of anemic conditions

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Necrosis

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Bone tissue death
Lytic Lesions

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Schmorl’s nodes

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intervertebral disc herniation into vertebral body
Lytic Lesions

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Abscesses

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Lytic Lesions

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Amputations

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Lytic Lesions

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Osteophytes

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Proliferative Lesions

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Callus

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Surround healed trauma
Proliferative Lesions

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Button osteoma

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Bumps on skull
Proliferative Lesions

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Bone tumors

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On long bones
Proliferative Lesions

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Osteitis

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Bone infection
Proliferative Lesions

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Syphilis

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Proliferative Lesions

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What causes Deofrmative lesions?

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Environmental and Congenital causes

23
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Wedging

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Comes with aging
Deformative lesions

24
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Osteomalacia

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Bowing of bones
Deformative Lesions

25
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Kyphosis and Scoliosis

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Curation of spine
Deformative Lesions

26
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Achondroplasia

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Dawfism
Deformative Lesions

27
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Gigantism and Acromegaly

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Deformative Lesions

28
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Dental Pathologies

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  • dental calculus
  • caries
  • periodontal disease
  • abscesses
  • enamel hypoplasia
29
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Harris Lines

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Malnutrition

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Anomalies

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Accesory ossicles, non-fusion, additional foramen

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Supernumerary Elements

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Extra bones
Skeletal anomaly

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Vessel Impressions

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Blood vessels impressions on bones
can be mistaken for trauma

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Markers of occupational stress

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Modification to areas of insertion, osteophytosis, stress fractures, and discrete markers.

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Cultural Modifications

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Dental wear or mutilation
Artificial Cranial modification
Surgery

35
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Trephination

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Surgery that creates foramen in the skull
Cultural modification

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