Symptoms And Conditions Flashcards
Achondroplasia (ah-kon-dro-PLA-ze-ah)
Decreased growth of cartilage in the growth plate of long bones resulting in dwarfism; a genetic disorder
Baker cyst
Mass formed at the knee joint by distention of a bursa with excess synovial fluid resulting from chronic irritation
Bunion (BUN-yun)
Inflammation and enlargement of the metatarsal joint of the great tea, usually with displacement of the great toe toward the other toes
Bursitis
Inflammtion of a bruse, a small fluid-filled sac near a joint; causes include injury, irritation and joint disease; the shoulder, hip, elbow, and knee are common sites
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Numbness and weakness of the hand caused by pressue on the median nerve as it passes through a channel formed by carpal bones
Chondroma
A benigh tumor of cartilage
Ewing tumor
A bone tumor thay usually appears in children 5 to 15 years of age; it begins in the shaft of a bone and spreads readily to other bones; it may respomd to radiation therapy but then returns; also called ewing sarcoma
Exostosis
A bony outgrowth from the surface of a bone
Giant cell tumor
A bone tumor that usally appears in children and young adults; the ends of the bones are destroyed, commonly at the knee, by a large mass that does not metastasize
Hammertoe
Change in potision of the toe joints so that the toe takes on a claw-like appearance and the first joint protrudes upward, causing irritation and pain on walking
Hallux valgus
Painful condition involving lateral displacement of the great toe at the metatarsal joint; there is also emlargement of metatarsal head and bunion formation
Heberden nodes (HE-ber-den)
Small, hard nodules formed in the cartilage of the distl finger joints in osteoarthritis
Hemarthrosis (heme-ar-THRO-sis)
Bleeding into joint cavity
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (leh kahl-VA PER-tez
Also called Coxa Plana
Degeneration (osteochondrosis) of the femur’s proximal growth center; the bone is eventually restored, but there may be deformity and weakness; most common in young boys; also called
Multiple myeloma (mi-eh-LO-mah)
A cancer of blood-forming cells in bone marrow
Neurogenic arthopathy (nu-ro-JEN-ik ar-THROP-ah-the
Degenerative joint disease caused by impaired nervous stimulation; most common cause is diabetes mellitus; charcot (shar-KO) arthopathy
Osgood-Schlatter disease (OZ-good SHLAHT-er)
Degenerative (osteochondrosis) of the tibia’s proximal growth center causing pain and tendinitis t the knee
Osteochondrosis (os-te-o-kon-DRO-sis)
Disease of a bone’s growth center in children; tissue degeneration is followed by recalcification
Osteodystrophy (os-te-o-DIS-tro-fe)
Abnormal bone development
Osteogenesis imperfecta OI (os-te-o-JEN-eh-sis im-per-FEK-tah)
A hereditary disease resulting in the formation of brittle bones that fracture easily; there is faulty synthesis of collagen, the main structural protein in connective tissue
Osteoma (os-te-O-mah)
A benign bone tumor that usually remains small and localized
Reiter syndrome (RI-ter)
Chronic polyarthritis that usually affects young men; occurs after a bacterial infection and is common in those infected with HIV ; may also involve the eyes and genitourinary tract
Spondylosis (spon-dih-LO-sis)
Degenration and ankylosis of the vertebrae resulting in pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots; often applied to any degenerative lesion of the spine
Subluxation (sub-luk-SA-shun)
A partial dislocation
Talipes (TAL-ih-peze)
A deformity of the foot, especially one occuring congenitally; clubfoot
Valgus (VAL-gus)
Bent outward
Varus (VAR-us)
Bent inward
Von Recklinghausen disease (fon REK-ling how-zen)
Loss of bone tissue caused by increased parathyroid hormone; bones become decalcified and deformed and fracture easily
