This disease is chronic, systemic inflammatory disease affecting synovial membranes of multiple joints.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Mature bone cells
What are Osteocytes?
This is what joint types are classified by.
What is degree of movement?
Technical term for Growth Plate
What is Epiphyseal Plate?
This is known as the abnormal sideward curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
This disease causes sudden onset of excruciating pain of joints, usually the big toe.
What is gout?
This is known as the shinbone.
What is the tibia?
Name for inflammatory joint disease.
What is arthritis?
This word means no movement. Fibrous connective tissue grows between articulating bones.
What is Synarthrosis?
The process of cell formation.
What is hematopoiesis?
Most common non-inflammatory disorder of movable joints. "wear and tear" arthritis
What is osteoarthritis?
Fracture that breaks open the skin or breaks with an open wound.
What is a open/compound fracture?
Most joints belong to this class, meaning "fee movement".
What is Diarthroisis?
This is the word for new bone-forming cells.
What are osteoblasts?
Term for cartilage cells.
What are Chondrocytes?
This disease is most common in postmenopausal women. Characterized by loss of calcified bone matrix.
What is osteoporosis?
These are the "true rib" pairs
rib pairs 1 through 7?
This membrane lines joint capsule and secretes lubricating fluid.
What is Synovial Membrane?
These kind of cells are reabsorb bones.
What are osteoclasts?
These are known as the "floating ribs"
What are rib pairs 11 and 12?
This disease is also known ad degenerative joint disease.
What is osteoarthritis?
These form the hip or pelvic girdle.
What is two pelvic bones with sacrum and coccyx behind?
Cartilage that connects articulating bones.
What is Amphiarthrosis?
This term refers to the ends of a long bone.
What is Epiphysis?
Abnormal outward curve of the spine.
What is kyphosis?