Musculoskeletal Pathology I Flashcards
What is the skeleton?
- Bones, Joints and their supporting ligaments
- responsible for supporting the body and enabling movement
What are the two major factors that regulate deposition and resorption of bone?
- Mechanical forces
- Hormonal agents e.g- calcitriol, PTH, oestrogen, (modulated resorption via osteoclasts
How does bone modelling occur?
bones are shaped or reshaped via the independent action of osteoblasts and osteoclasts
How does bone remodelling occur?
osteoblasts and osteoclasts work sequentially in the same bone remodelling unit
* the adult skeleton is renewed throughout life
* most prominent on cancellous bone surfaces
What does disruption of endochondral ossification affect?
metaphyseal trabeculae (decreased rate of elongation)
* the bone changes its shape to adapt to damage and abnormal use
* the newly formed bone is woven not lamellar (it’s weaker)
How does bone fracture occur?
Forces exceed a bones ability to compensate (either too fast or too strong)
What is achondroplasia?
absence of cartilage development
What is chondrodysplasia?
disorder of cartilage development
What is skeletal dysplasia?
disorder of skeletal development
What is brachycephaly?
shortening of the head
What is brachygnathia?
shortening of the jaw
What is palatoschisis?
Cleft Palate
What is prognathia?
abnormal projection of the jaw
What is Pectus excavatum?
concavity of the sternum
What is Kyphosis?
abnormal dorsal curvature of spinal column
What is Lordosis?
abnormal ventral curvature of the spinal column
What is scoliosis?
lateral deviation of spinal column
What is block vertebrae?
failure of two vertebral bodies to separate
What is hemivertebrae?
failure of two halves of vertebral body to fuse
What is spina bifida?
failure of dorsal midline closure
What is amelia?
absence of one or more limbs
What is Hemimelia?
absence of the distal part of the limb
What is Micromelia?
presence of abnormally small limbs
What is notomelia?
accesory limb attached to the back
What is peromelia?
congenital deformity of the limbs
What is phocomelia?
absence of the proximal portion of one or more limbs
What is Adactyly?
absence of a digit
What is Dactylomegaly?
abnormally large digits