ARTHRITIS

Question 1

Ankylosis

Answer 1

The fixation of a joint, often in an abnormal position, as a result from destruction of subchondral bone and articular cartilage

Question 2

Attenuation

Answer 2

A decrease in the vitality of an organism; or the decrease in the severity of a disease

Question 3

Bursitis

Answer 3

An inflammation of the fluid filled sac surrounding a joint and is responsible for the smooth movement of muscles and tendons interacting with bones

Question 4

Cachexia

Answer 4

A physical wasting syndrome that causes weakness and a loss of weight, fat and muscle

Question 5

Crepitus

Answer 5

A crackling feeding or sound under the skin and in the joints. It is produced by the fractured ends of a bone moving against each other

Question 6

Dermatomyositis

Answer 6

A disease of unknown cause involving both the skin and skeletal muscle and characterized by swelling, inflammation and degeneration of muscle tissue

Question 7

Episcleritis

Answer 7

Inflammation of the thin membrane which coats the sclera of the eye causing redness and pain. This is an indirect impairment of rheumatoid arthritis

Question 8

Exostoses

Answer 8

A spur, or body outgrowth from a bone

Question 9

Gout

Answer 9

A kind of arthritis characterized by an attack of sudden, burning pain, stiffness and swelling in a joint

Question 10

Haplotype

Answer 10

A group of alleles on genes usually inherited as a unit of their close linkage on a single chromosome

Question 11

Lyme disease

Answer 11

A bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a “spirochete”. It causes abnormalities in the skin, joints, heart, and nervous system

Question 12

Polymyositis

Answer 12

Inflammation of many muscles in the body at once. Marked by muscle weakness, pain and swelling, especially in the neck and muscles of the extremities

Question 13

Scleritis

Answer 13

An inflammatory disease that affects the sclera; it may be localized, nodular or diffuse. It causes redness of the eye and severe pain