Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Terms

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Ankylosis

Answer 1

Stiff joint condition

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Arthritis

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Inflammation of the joints characterized by pain, swelling, redness, warmth, limitation of motion. Over 100 types of arthritis.

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Osteoarthritis

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Erosion of articulate cartilage. Also called degenerative arthritis. Most common

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Most crippling form. Systemic inflammation most often affecting joints and synovial membranes. Causes ankylosis (stiffening of a joint) and deformity

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Gouty Arthritis

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Acute attacks of arthritis, usually in single joint. Caused by hyperuricemia. Aka too much Uric acid in the blood

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Bony necrosis

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Bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply such as can occur from a fracture

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Sequestrium

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Bone tissue that dies from loss of blood supply.

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Bunion

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

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Bursitis

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Inflammation of a bursa

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Chondromalacia

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Softening of cartilage

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Epiphysitis

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Inflammation of the epiphyseal regions of long bone

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Closed fracture

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Broken bone with no open wound

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Open fracture

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Compound fracture. Broken bone with open wound

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Complex fracture

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Displaced fracture requires manipulation or surgery to repairs

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Fracture line

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Line of the break in a broken bone

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Comminuted fracture

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Bone shattered into many pieces

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Spiral fracture

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Bone break in which fracture like is helical, usually resulting from a twisting injury

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Transverse fracture

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Bone break in which fracture forms right angle with longitudinal axis of bone

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Green stick fracture

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Bending and incomplete fracture of bone. Mostly seen in children

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Herniated disc

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Protrusion of a degenerated or fragmented invertebral disk so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes, causing compression on the nerve root

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Myeloma

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Bone marrow tumor

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Myositis

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Inflammation of muscle

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Myoma

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Muscle tumor

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Leiomyoma

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Smooth muscle tumor

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Leiomyosarcoma

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Malignant smooth muscle tumor

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Rhabdomyoma

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Skeletal muscle tumor

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Malignant skeletal muscle tumor

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Muscular dystrophy

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Progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle

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Osteoma

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Bone tumor

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Osteosarcoma

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Malignant bone tumor

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Osteomalacia

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Disease marked by softening of bone

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Osteomyelitis

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Infection of bone marrow causing inflammation

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Osteoporosis

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Condition of decreased bone density

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Kyphosis

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Anteriorly concave curvature of thoracic spine

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Lordosis

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Anteriorly convex curvature of lumbar spine

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Scoliosis

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Abnormal lateral curvature of spine

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Spondylolisthesis

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Forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra

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Spondylosis

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Stiff, immobile condition of vertebrae caused by joint degeneration

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Sprain

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

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Subluxation

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Partial dislocation

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Tendinitis

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Inflammation of a tendon

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Electromyogram

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Neuro diagnostic test to measure activity of muscle at rest and during contraction to diagnose neuromuscular disease

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Magnetic fields and radio frequency to visaualize structures

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Arthrogram

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A radiograph taken after injection of a contrast medium

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Computed tomography

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Special X-ray producing cross sectional images that are processed by a computer to provide 2d or 3D images

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Computed axial tomography

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Same as CT

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Sonography

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Ultrasound image. Visualize muscles ligaments displacements and dislocation.