Diagnostic Terms

Question 1

ankylosis

Answer 1

stiff joint condition

Question 2

arthritis

Answer 2

inflammation of the joints characterized by pain, swelling, redness, warmth and limitation of motion

Question 3

osteoarthritis (OA)
degenerative arthritis
degenerative joint disease (DJD)

Answer 3

most common form of arthritis characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage
mostly affects knee and hips (weight bearing joints)

Question 4

rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Answer 4

most crippling form of arthritis
characterized by chronic, systemic inflammation, mostly affecting joints and synovial membranes and causing ankylosis and deformity
common in hands and feet

Question 5

gouty arthritis

Answer 5

acute attacks of arthritis usually in a single jin (especially the great toe) caused by hyperuricemia

Question 6

bony necrosis (sequestrum)

Answer 6

bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply

EX: after a fracture

Question 7

bunion

Answer 7

swelling of the joint at the base of the great toe caused by inflammation the bursa

Question 8

bursitis

Answer 8

inflammation of a bursa

Question 9

chondromalacia

Answer 9

softening of cartilage

Question 10

epiphysitis

Answer 10

inflammation fo the epiphyseal regions of the long bone

Question 11

fracture

Answer 11

broken or cracked bone

Question 12

closed fracture (simple fracture)

Answer 12

broken bone with no open wound

Question 13

open fracture (compound fracture)

Answer 13

broken bone with an open wound

Question 14

complex fracture

Answer 14

displaced fracture that requires manipulation or surgery to repair

Question 15

fracture line

Answer 15

the line of the break in a broken bone

Question 16

comminuted fracture

Answer 16

bone is shattered into many small piecees

Question 17

spiral fracture

Answer 17

bone break in which the fracture line is heliacal

Question 18

transverse fracture

Answer 18

bone break in which the fracture line forms a right angle with the longitudinal axis of the bone

Question 19

greenstick fracture

Answer 19

bending and incomplete break of a bone often seen in children

Question 20

myeloma

Answer 20

bone marrow tumor

Question 21

myositis

Answer 21

inflammation of muscle

Question 22

myoma

Answer 22

muscle tumor

Question 23

leiomyoma

Answer 23

smooth muscle tumor

Question 24

leiomyosarcoma

Answer 24

malignant smooth muscle tumor

Question 25

rhabdomyoma

Answer 25

skeletal muscle tumor

Question 26

rhabdomyosarcoma

Answer 26

malignant skeletal muscle tumor

Question 27

muscular dystrophy

Answer 27

a category of genetically transmitted diseases characterized by progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle
Duchenne type is most common

Question 28

osteoma

Answer 28

bone tumor

Question 29

osteosarcoma

Answer 29

type of malignant bone tumor

Question 30

osteomalacia

Answer 30

softening of the bone caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency

Question 31

rickets

Answer 31

osteomalacia in children

Question 32

osteomyelitis

Answer 32

infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation

Question 33

osteoporosis

Answer 33

condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity causing bones to become brittle and to fracture more easily

Question 34

kyphosis

Answer 34

anteriorly concave curved of the thoracic spine (humped back)

Question 35

lordosis

Answer 35

anteriorly convex curved of the lumbar spine

Question 36

scoliosis

Answer 36

abnormal lateral curvature of the spine

Question 37

spondylosis

Answer 37

stiff immobile condition of vertebrae caused by joint degeneration

Question 38

spondylosthesis

Answer 38

forward slipping of lumbar vertebrae

listhesis = slipping

Question 39

sprain

Answer 39

injury to ligament caused by joint trauma but without joint dislocation or fracture

Question 40

subluxation

Answer 40

partial dislocation (luxation = dislocation)

Question 41

tendonitis

Answer 41

inflammation of a tendon