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A form of rheumatoid arthritis characterized by inflammation of vertebral joints, which can become fused and stiff.
Ankylosing Spondylitis
A stiff joint caused by adhesion, or abnormal fusion of two bones into one.
ankylosis
Pain in a joint or joints.
arthralgia
Inflammation of joints; usually accompanied by pain and, frequently, structural changes in bone and cartilage.
arthritis
joint swelling at the base of the great toe, caused by inflammation of the bursa.
bunion
Inflammation of the bursa, usually between bony protrusions and muscle or tendon.
bursitis
Softening of the cartilage.
chondromalacia
A fracture of the distal radius (bone on the thumb side of the forearm) that results from a fall onto an outstretched hand.
Colles fracture
A bone that has splintered or has been crushed.
comminuted fracture
A broken bone with an open wound leading to the site of the fracture, or bone that protrudes through the skin; also called an open fracture.
compound fracture
Total displacement of a bone from its joint; also called luxation.
dislocation
Form of arthritis in which uric acid builds up in the blood and causes joint swelling and pain; also called gouty arthritis.
gout
An incomplete fracture in which the bone is bent and partially broken.
greenstick fracture
An intervertebral disk that has slipped or ruptured.
herniated disk
Abnormal, outward curvature of the thoracic spine; humpback; called Dowager’s hump in older females.
kyphosis
Abnormal, forward curvature of the lumbar spine; also called swayback.
lordosis
Pain in the lower back
(lumbar) region.
lumbago
Cancer of the plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) that originates in the bone marrow.
myeloma
A break across the bone at an angle.
oblique fracture
Pain in the bone.
ostealgia
Inflammation of the bone; also called ostitis.
osteitis
osteoarthritis
Joint disease that mostly affects cartilage between the bone and joint; also known as degenerative joint disease (DJD).
osteochondroma
Tumor or bony projection that covers cartilage.
osteoma
Tumor of the bone.
osteomalacia
Abnormal softening of the bone; also known as rickets in children.