Skeletal Disease

Question 1

Most common joint affected by problems?

Answer 1

Knee joint

Question 2

Symptoms of acute arthritis?

Answer 2

Pain, heat, redness and swelling.

Question 3

Chronic arthritis types?

Answer 3

Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid and

Question 4

Most common type of joint disease?

Answer 4

Osteoarthritis- degenerative bone disease

Question 5

What is osteoarthritis ?

Answer 5

Articular cartilage erosion, this makes bony Spurs and cysts.

Question 6

Secondary OA affects who?

Answer 6

Baseball or basketball players

Question 7

Most common sites in men and in women for OA?

Answer 7

Men- hips

Women- hands and knees

Question 8

Fluid filled cysts in the narrow are known as?

Answer 8

Subchondral cysts

Question 9

What is a chondrocyte?

Answer 9

Makes cartilage

Question 10

What do chondrocytes produce to initiate matrix breakdown?

Answer 10

Interleukin 1

Question 11

Prostaglandin induce release of what in joints?

Answer 11

Lytic enzymes, stops matrix formation.

Question 12

Does rheumatoid arthritis cause problems more in women or men?

Answer 12

Women 3-5 times more

Question 13

Produces a non suppurative, proliferative synovitis is what disease?

Answer 13

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 14

What is Pannus?

Answer 14

abnormal layer of fibrovascular tissue