Symptoms And Conditions

Question 1

Achondroplasia (ah-kon-dro-PLA-ze-ah)

Answer 1

Decreased growth of cartilage in the growth plate of long bones resulting in dwarfism; a genetic disorder

Question 2

Baker cyst

Answer 2

Mass formed at the knee joint by distention of a bursa with excess synovial fluid resulting from chronic irritation

Question 3

Bunion (BUN-yun)

Answer 3

Inflammation and enlargement of the metatarsal joint of the great tea, usually with displacement of the great toe toward the other toes

Question 4

Bursitis

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 5

Numbness and weakness of the hand caused by pressue on the median nerve as it passes through a channel formed by carpal bones

Question 6

Chondroma

Answer 6

A benigh tumor of cartilage

Question 7

Ewing tumor

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Exostosis

Answer 8

A bony outgrowth from the surface of a bone

Question 9

Giant cell tumor

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Hammertoe

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Hallux valgus

Answer 11

Painful condition involving lateral displacement of the great toe at the metatarsal joint; there is also emlargement of metatarsal head and bunion formation

Question 12

Heberden nodes (HE-ber-den)

Answer 12

Small, hard nodules formed in the cartilage of the distl finger joints in osteoarthritis

Question 13

Hemarthrosis (heme-ar-THRO-sis)

Answer 13

Bleeding into joint cavity

Question 14

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (leh kahl-VA PER-tez
Also called Coxa Plana

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Multiple myeloma (mi-eh-LO-mah)

Answer 15

A cancer of blood-forming cells in bone marrow

Question 16

Neurogenic arthopathy (nu-ro-JEN-ik ar-THROP-ah-the

Answer 16

Degenerative joint disease caused by impaired nervous stimulation; most common cause is diabetes mellitus; charcot (shar-KO) arthopathy

Question 17

Osgood-Schlatter disease (OZ-good SHLAHT-er)

Answer 17

Degenerative (osteochondrosis) of the tibia’s proximal growth center causing pain and tendinitis t the knee

Question 18

Osteochondrosis (os-te-o-kon-DRO-sis)

Answer 18

Disease of a bone’s growth center in children; tissue degeneration is followed by recalcification

Question 19

Osteodystrophy (os-te-o-DIS-tro-fe)

Answer 19

Abnormal bone development

Question 20

Osteogenesis imperfecta OI (os-te-o-JEN-eh-sis im-per-FEK-tah)

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Osteoma (os-te-O-mah)

Answer 21

A benign bone tumor that usually remains small and localized

Question 22

Reiter syndrome (RI-ter)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Spondylosis (spon-dih-LO-sis)

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Subluxation (sub-luk-SA-shun)

Answer 24

A partial dislocation

Question 25

Talipes (TAL-ih-peze)

Answer 25

A deformity of the foot, especially one occuring congenitally; clubfoot

Question 26

Valgus (VAL-gus)

Answer 26

Bent outward

Question 27

Varus (VAR-us)

Answer 27

Bent inward

Question 28

Von Recklinghausen disease (fon REK-ling how-zen)

Answer 28

Loss of bone tissue caused by increased parathyroid hormone; bones become decalcified and deformed and fracture easily