Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
What is deficient in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
A
Dystrophin
2
Q
It is the use of hands to walk up from squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength seen in muscle dystrophy?
A
Gower sign
3
Q
A condition with sustained involuntary contraction of muscles associated with a CTG trinucleotide repeat.
A
Myotonic Dystrophy
4
Q
Characterized with heliotrope rash and Grotton lesion?
A
Dermatomyositis
5
Q
Other name for Osteopetrosis?
A
Marble Bone Disease/ Albers-Schonberg Disease
6
Q
A bone tumor with characteristic codman triangle and sunburst appearance on radiograph?
A
Osteosarcoma
7
Q
A bone tumor with characteristic chicken wire pattern of mineralization?
A
Chrondroblastoma
