Physiology
The hollow tube-like structure within the diaphysis is known as what?
What is the medullary cavity?
What is the most common form of dwarfism?
What is achondroplasia?
What is the cause of rheumatoid arthritis?
What is the number of major environmental pollutant worldwide?
What is lead?
What systemic disease of infancy and childhood is equivalent of osteomalacia in adults?
What is Rickets?
What are the functions of osteoblasts and osteoclasts?
What is osteoclasts that resorb old bone and osteoblasts that produce new bone?
What is a frequent complication of myelomeningocele?
What is hydrocephalus?
What condition produces the characteristic bamboo spine in advanced stages of the disease?
What is ankylosing spondylitis?
What is osteoporosis usually caused by?
What is the most common sight/location of ischemic necrosis?
What is the femoral head?
What is the bone tissue formation within a connective tissue membrane?
What is intramembranous ossification?
In this condition, it is a generalized disorder of connective tissue characterized by multiple fractures and an unusual blue color of the sclera of the eye. What condition is this?
What is osteogenesis imperfecta?
What is the most common type of migratory arthritis?
What is Lyme disease?
What is the underlying metabolic cause of gout?
What is a disorder in the metabolism of purine (a component of nucleic acids)?
What is fibrous dysplasia characterized by?
What is the proliferation of fibrous tissue w/in the medullary cavity?
What is the slight flaring where the diaphysis meets the epiphyseal growth plate?
What is the metaphysis?
Of what disease is a rare hereditary bone dysplasia in which there is failure of the resorptive mechanism of calcified cartilage that interferes with the normal replacement by mature bone?
What is the treatment for bursitis?
What is heat, rest, and immobilization? NSAIDs are also taken to reduce inflammation and relieve pain. In severe cases, steroid injections into affected bursa are plausible.
What is Paget's disease also known as?
What is osteitis deformans?
How do infectious organisms of bacterial osteomyelitis reach bone?
What is hematogenous spread, extension from an adjacent site of infection, or by direct introduction?
What are the five basic functions of bones?
What is:
1. Supporting framework of body
2. Protection of vital organs
3. Serves as levers for movement
4. Red bone marrow is major site of production of blood cells
5. Major storehouse of calcium salts
An extra rib arising from the seventh cervical vertebra (cervical rib) can induce serious complications? What are they?
This rare, extra bone in the neck can compress nerves and blood vessels, leading to a loss of blood flow or numbness in the arms, and may require surgical removal.
What does osteomyelitis appear like on the radiographic image?
What is a ragged, moth-eaten appearance on the image?
Bowing deformities primarily involving the pelvis, vertebral column, thorax, and proximal extremities are indicative of what condition?
What is osteomalacia?
What joints does psoriatic arthritis typically involve?
What is the DIP joints of the hands and feet?