Ch 34 Assessment and management of patients with inflammatory rheumatic disorders

Question 1

Arthritis

Answer 1

Inflammation of a joint

Question 2

Cytokines

Answer 2

Cell signaling proteins that are vital to regulation of hematopoiesis, apoptosis , and immune response

Question 3

Exasperation

Answer 3

Period when disease symptoms occur or increase.

Question 4

Pannus

Answer 4

Proliferation of newly formed synovial tissue infiltrated with inflammatory cells

Question 5

Remission

Answer 5

When disease symptoms are reduced or absent

Question 6

Rheumatic diseases

Answer 6

Numerous disorders, affecting skeletal muscles, bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and joints

Question 7

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 7

A systematic autoimmune disease with symmetric arthritic manifestations and multiple extra-articular features

Question 8

Subchondral bone

Answer 8

Bony plate that supports the Articular cartilage 

Question 9

Tophi

Answer 9

Cumulation of crystalline deposits, in articular surfaces, bones, soft tissues, and cartilage