Musculoskeletal Chapter 18

Question 1

ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 1

Is a chronic inflammation of the spine and sacroliliac joints, which leads to stiffening of the spine

Question 2

Ankylosis

Answer 2

Complete fusion of vertebrae

Question 3

Fascia

Answer 3

Connective tissue that not only covers but supports and separates muscle

Question 4

Infectious arthropathies

Answer 4

Disorders of the joints that are caused by an infectious agent

Question 5

Muscles

Answer 5

Holds body erect and allows movement

Question 6

Bone

Answer 6

Dense porous calcified connective tissue that protects the internal organs and form the framework of the body

Question 7

Aporosity

Answer 7

Swiss cheese appearance of the bones, creating a decrease in bone mass

Question 8

Malunion

Answer 8

Fracture site is misaligned

Question 9

Bursa

Answer 9

Synovial fluid filled sac that works as a cushion to assist in movement

Question 10

Arthritis

Answer 10

Inflammation of joints

Question 11

Bursitis

Answer 11

Inflammation of the bursa

Question 12

Colles fractures

Answer 12

A wrist fracture that typically occurs when a person tries to break a fall by extending the arm

Question 13

DJD degenerative joint disorder

Answer 13

A type of osteoarthritis

Question 14

Joints

Answer 14

Allows for bending and rotating movements

Question 15

Ligaments

Answer 15

Bands of connective rissue that connect the joints

Question 16

Cartilage

Answer 16

Smooth, nonvascular connective tissue that compromise the more flexible parts of the skeleton

Question 17

Compression fractures of the spine

Answer 17

The vertebrae in the spine become weak and collapse under low stress

Question 18

Dorsopathies

Answer 18

Disorder of the back

Question 19

Dowager’s hump

Answer 19

An abnormal curvature in the upper thoracic spine

Question 20

Herniated disc

Answer 20

The result of the rupture of the nucleus purposes, or the material in the center of the disc

Question 21

Tendons

Answer 21

Connect muscle to bone

Question 22

Myleopathy

Answer 22

Any disorder of the spinal cord

Question 23

Stress fracture

Answer 23

Excessive impact on the bone causes small hairline crack in it

Question 24

Myositis

Answer 24

Inflammation of the muscle

Question 25

Pathological fractures

Answer 25

A break of diseased bone that occurs from a minor stress or injury that would not normally occur in healthy bone

Question 26

Nonunion fractures

Answer 26

Fractures fragment fail to unite

Question 27

Rheumatism

Answer 27

The general term for the deterioration and inflammation of connective tissue, including muscle, tendons, synovial and bursa

Question 28

Synovial

Answer 28

The fluid that acts as a lubricant for joints, tendon sheath, or bursa

Question 29

Osteoarthritis

Answer 29

Most common form of arthritis causes the degeneration of the articular catilage

Question 30

Osteoporosis

Answer 30

The reductionist bone mass that is responsible for different conditions affecting a persons health

Question 31

Spondylitis

Answer 31

Inflammation of the vertebrae

Question 32

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 32

An autoimmune disease in which the synovial membranes are inflamed and thickened