Lecture Quiz 5 Vocabulary (Exam 3) Flashcards
What is common in elderly women after menopause and causes weak bones?
- Osteoporosis
What causes defective osteoclasts and causes bone to be brittle and overly dense?
- Osteopetrosis
What is a deficiency in Vit. D? Vit. C?
- Rickets
- Scurvy
What is a defectivity in type 1 collagen and causes little bone and generalized osteopenia?
- Osteogensesis Imperfecta *(also has blue sclera)
What is a reduced function in growth plates?
- Achondoplastic Dwarf
What is a Vit. D deficiency involving bone that causes a lack of bone mineralization and related to the kidney?
- Osteomalacia
What is the abnormal forward curvature of the spine? Lateral curvature?
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
What is the inflammation of bone/marrow?
- Osteomyelits
What is a degenerative joint disease due to loss of articular cartilage?
- Osteoarthritis
What is an autoimmune disease most common in caucasians that causes joint swelling, pain and tenderness?
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
What is cause by a reduced renal excretion of purine and causes joint pain and destruction?
- Gout
What are cysts from CT around joints?
- Ganglion Cyst
What disease causes immature bone?
- Osteoma
What is the most frequent bone malignancy that usually occurs in long bones and the mandible?
- Osteosarcoma
What are benign tumors of cartilage?
- Osteocondroma