a break at the lower end of the radius, often just above the wrist. Typically happens when someone extends their hands out to catch a fall
Colles fracture
chronic inflammation of the bones resulting in thickening and softening of bone matter
Paget disease
joint enlargement typically seen in cases of osteoarthritis
Herben nodes
form of muscular dystrophy that affects children, boys more than girls; a sex linked disease; most children die before 30
Duchenne dystrophy
malignancy that develops in the primitive nerve cells in bone marrow
Ewing sarcoma
Rapidly developing malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usually occurs in children
Wilms tumor
small sacks in the ovaries from which the eggs derive. These structures rupture to release the egg (this rupture is called ovulation)
Graafian follicles
lubricate the vagina during sexual excitement
Bartholin glands
STD caused by a protozoan that affects both males and females, though symptoms are more common in males. Symptoms include painful urination among a host of other unpleasant discharges from mucous membranes
Trichomoniasis
condition of tumors growing on nerve endings, sometimes caused by excessive calcium in the blood
von Recklinghausen disease
disease caused by a lack of cortical hormones, usually occurs when the adrenal cortex is damaged or impaired. Symptoms include low blood sodium and high blood potassium, excessive urination to the point of being dehydrated
Addison disease
symptoms that come from excessive amounts of cortisol, ACTH, or both. Symptoms include thin extremities, thinning hair, easy bruising, slow wound healing, purple striae, increased body and facial hair,
Cushing syndrome
autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation fo the peripheral nerves in which myelin sheaths on the axons are destroyed. Weak nerve impulses and loss of reflex are sx
Guillan-Barre syndrome
inherited disease of the CNS characterized by quick, involuntary movements and mental deterioration
Huntington chorea
acute encephalopathy and fatty infiltration of the brain, liver, and possibly other organs
Reye syndrome
