Skeletal Diseases & Disorders (Part 2)
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ScruggsBCHS on September 22, 2010
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Disorders of the bones of the body
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 exostosis | a growth on the outside of the bone |
| ostealgia | any pain linked to an abnormal condition w/in a bone |
| osteitis | inflammation of bone |
| osteomalacia | abnormal softening of bones due to disease |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone & bone marrow |
| osteonecrosis | destruction & death of bone tissue |
| Paget's disease | aka "osteitis deformans"; disease that causes bones to break down and repaired abnormally = deformed bones that break easily |
| periostitis | inflammatin of the periosteum (bone covering) |
| rickets | caused by calcium & Vitamin D deficiency that causes bones to become deformed |
| talipes | aka "clubfoot", congenital disorder in which the foot may be turned inward or outward |
| Ewing's sarcoma | group of malignant cancers that most commonly affect children & teens; normally appears in the shaft of long bones; affects the connective tissue |
| myeloma | malignant tumor of the bone marrow tissues; causes fractures & is usually fatal |
| osteochondroma | benign (harmless) tumor on the bone surface that's covered by cartilage |
| osteoporosis | marked loss of bone density & increase in porosity associated with aging |
| vertebral crush fractures | vertebrae become so weak that the collapse under minimal stress; causes pain, loss in height & dowager's hump |
| Colles' fracture | wrist fracture (@ the end of the radius); happens when someone tries to break a fall by landing on their hands |
| osteoporotic hip fracture | a broken hip |
| fracture | fx; a broken bone |
| greenstick fracture | bone is only partially bent or broken |
| closed fracture | bone is broken but not the skin |
| open fracture | bone is broken and caused an open wound in the skin |
| comminuted fracture | bone is splintered or crushed |
| compression fx | bone is compressed together on itself |
| spiral fx | bone has been twisted apart |
| stress fx | small cracks in bones due to chronic excessive impact (often seen in athletes) |
| fat embolus | clot made of fat cells from a long-bone fracture; may block the blood vessel |
| crepitation | crackling sensation that is felt & heard when the ends of a broken bone move together |
| callus | bulging deposit around the area of the break, eventually becomes bone |
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