Final - Named disorders (by definition)

Question 1

a break at the lower end of the radius, often just above the wrist. Typically happens when someone extends their hands out to catch a fall

Answer 1

Colles fracture

Question 2

chronic inflammation of the bones resulting in thickening and softening of bone matter

Answer 2

Paget disease

Question 3

joint enlargement typically seen in cases of osteoarthritis

Answer 3

Herben nodes

Question 4

form of muscular dystrophy that affects children, boys more than girls; a sex linked disease; most children die before 30

Answer 4

Duchenne dystrophy

Question 5

malignancy that develops in the primitive nerve cells in bone marrow

Answer 5

Ewing sarcoma

Question 6

Rapidly developing malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usually occurs in children

Answer 6

Wilms tumor

Question 7

small sacks in the ovaries from which the eggs derive. These structures rupture to release the egg (this rupture is called ovulation)

Answer 7

Graafian follicles

Question 8

lubricate the vagina during sexual excitement

Answer 8

Bartholin glands

Question 9

STD caused by a protozoan that affects both males and females, though symptoms are more common in males. Symptoms include painful urination among a host of other unpleasant discharges from mucous membranes

Answer 9

Trichomoniasis

Question 10

condition of tumors growing on nerve endings, sometimes caused by excessive calcium in the blood

Answer 10

von Recklinghausen disease

Question 11

disease caused by a lack of cortical hormones, usually occurs when the adrenal cortex is damaged or impaired. Symptoms include low blood sodium and high blood potassium, excessive urination to the point of being dehydrated

Answer 11

Addison disease

Question 12

symptoms that come from excessive amounts of cortisol, ACTH, or both. Symptoms include thin extremities, thinning hair, easy bruising, slow wound healing, purple striae, increased body and facial hair,

Answer 12

Cushing syndrome

Question 13

autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation fo the peripheral nerves in which myelin sheaths on the axons are destroyed. Weak nerve impulses and loss of reflex are sx

Answer 13

Guillan-Barre syndrome

Question 14

inherited disease of the CNS characterized by quick, involuntary movements and mental deterioration

Answer 14

Huntington chorea

Question 15

acute encephalopathy and fatty infiltration of the brain, liver, and possibly other organs

Answer 15

Reye syndrome