Cellular Adaptation
Decrease in cell size
What is Atrophy?
Methods that may be implemented to minimize risk exposure to employees such as hand hygiene.
What are Standard Precautions?
A "humped" curvature of the thoracic spine
What is kyphosis?
This happens when bone fragments are out of position.
What is a displaced fracture?
This is also known as degenerative joint disease (DJD) - where the joints simply wear out from use.
What is osteoarthritis?
Increased number of cells
What is Hyperplasia?
Used when a patient has, or may have an infectious disease that may be spread through suspended respiratory particles.
What are Airborne Precautions?
Commonly referred to as "swayback". An exaggerated inward (anterior) curve of lumbar spine
What is Lordosis?
When the bone has protruded through the skin.
What is an open fracture?
This is a systemic autoimmune disorder that affects the joints and connective tissues throughout the body.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Increase in cell size
What is Hypertrophy?
Precautions that require protective barriers to prevent the spread of infection through direct physical touch.
What are Contact Precautions?
A lateral curvature of the spine, commonly affects females more than males
What is scoliosis?
A fracture that runs diagonally across the long axis of a bone
What is an oblique fracture?
This is a chronic disease that causes inflammation in the joints between the spinal bones.
What is ankylosing spondylitis?
Cells vary in size and shape
What is Dysplasia?
Designed to reduce the risk of diseases spread through larger respiratory particles expelled when someone coughs, sneezes, or talks.
What are droplet precautions?
A decrease in bone mass and a porosity of the bone.
What is osteoporosis?
Bone appears "mashed" down
What is a Compression fracture?
When blood flow to a bone is disrupted, this condition can lead to bone collapse and joint pain.
What is osteonecrosis?
Adult tissue changes abnormally into a different kind of tissue
What is Metaplasia?
This is utilized for the protection of the skin and mucous membranes. It creates a barrier between:
Blood or bodily fluids
What is personal protective equipment?
This screening test assesses for scoliosis by observing rib hump asymmetry during forward trunk flexion.
What is Adam's Forward Bend Test?
This happens when the bone is fractured, but not in two pieces.
What is an incomplete fracture?
Characterized by sudden, severe joint pain—often in the big toe—this condition results from hyperuricemia.
What is gout?