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Bones
Joints
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Lab Values
Imaging
100
They are cylindric with rounded ends and often bear weight.
What are Long Bones?
100
Completely imovable joints.
What are Synarthrodial joints?
100
Decreased bone density.
What is osteopenia?
100
9.0-10.5 mg/dL (decreased in older adults)
What is Serum calcium?
100
Produces planes, or slices, for focus and blurs the images of other structures.
What is Tomography?
200
They are small and bear little or no weight
What Short Bones?
200
Slightly movable joints.
What are Amphiarthrodial joints?
200
Bands of tough fibrous tissue that attach muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
200
3.0-4.5 mg/dL (decreased in older adults)
What is Serum phosphorus?
200
Image is produced through the interaction of magnetic fields, radio waves, and atomic nuclei.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
300
They protect cital organs and often contain blood-forming cells.
What are Flat Bones?
300
Freely movable joints.
What are Diarthrodial (synovial) joints?
300
Attach bones to other bones at joints.
What are ligaments?
300
Men: 55-170 units/L Women: 30-135 units/L
What is Creatine kinase (CK-MM)
300
Involves the injection of contrast media into the subarachnoid space of the spine usually by spinal puncture.
What is Myelography?
400
Bones that have unique shapes.
What are Irregular Bones?
400
Small sacs lined with synovial membrane to prevent friction between bone and structures adjacent to bone.
What are Bursae?
400
Joint aching.
What are arthralgias?
400
30-120 units/L (slightly increased in older adults)
What is Alkaline Phosphatase?
400
An x-ray study of a joint after contrast medium has been injected to enhance visualization.
What is an Arthrogram?
500
They develop within a tendon such as the patella.
What are Sesamoid Bones?
500
Allow motion in one plane as in flexion and extension.
What are hinge joints?
500
A common problem that can cause improper calcium intake.
What is Lactose intolerance?
500
0-35 units/L (increased in older adults)
What is Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)?
500
Final Jeopardy! Name of the two scans more specific and sensitive than bone scans in detecting bone problems.
What are Gallium and Thallium scans?