Chapter 4 (Bones - Assessment)

Question 1

ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 1

a stiffening inflammation of vertebrae

Question 2

chondro-osteodystrophy

Answer 2

poor development of bones and cartilage

Question 2

craniosynostosis

Answer 2

the premature fusing of skull bones

Question 3

dactylitis

Answer 3

finger inflammation

Question 4

hypertrophic spondylitis

Answer 4

overdevelopment of the vertebrae causing inflammation

Question 5

osteitis

Answer 5

bone inflammation

Question 5

osteochondritis

Answer 5

inflammation of bone and cartilage

Question 6

osteogenesis imperfecta

Answer 6

a disease in which the bones do not develop correctly (also known as brittle bone disease)

Question 7

osteomalacia

Answer 7

softening of the bone

Question 8

osteomyelitis

Answer 8

inflammation of the bone and bone marrow

Question 9

osteopathy

Answer 9

bone disease

Question 10

osteopenia

Answer 10

reduction in bone volume

Question 11

osteoporosis

Answer 11

loss of bone density

Question 12

spinal stenosis

Answer 12

abnormal narrowing of the spine

Question 13

spondyloarthropathy

Answer 13

joint disease of the vertebrae

Question 14

spondylolisthesis

Answer 14

the spilling of dislocation of a vertebra

Question 15

spondylolysis

Answer 15

loss of vertebra structure

Question 16

spondylosis

Answer 16

vertebra condition