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Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology (view source)
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*'''Arthritis''' - inflammation of intra-articular structures
*'''Arthropathy''' - all-encompassing term referring to any joint disease, whether inflammatory or not
*'''Desmitis''' - inflammation of ligaments
*'''Eburnation''' - loss of articular cartilage of joint -> exposure of subchondral bone -> becomes dense and polished
*'''Ecterodactylia''' - cleft in paw extending to metacarpus of dogs and cats
*'''Enostosis''' - benign bony growth with medullary cavity, may obliterate the cavity
*'''Entheses''' - tendon insertions
*'''Exostosis''' - see osteophyte
*'''Fibrillation'''- loss of proteoglycans in articular cartilage -> condensation of collagen fibres -> fraying of surface
*'''Hemimelia''' - abscence of one of limb bones
*'''Hyperostosis''' - benign uniform ingrease in size, due to periosteal growth
*'''Joint mice''' - detached articular cartilage remaining within joint
*'''Osteophyte''' - benign nodular bony projections from surface of bone
*'''Pannus''' - fibrovascular and histiocytic tissue, arises from insertion of synovial membrane and spreads over adjacent cartilage, or from subchondral marrow ane separates cartilage from the bone
*'''Polydactylia''' - increased number of digits
*'''Syndactylia''' - fusion of toes
*'''Synovitis''' - inflammation of the synovial membrane
*'''Tendosynovitis''' - inflammation of tendon and its sheeth
*'''Tenosynovitis''' - inflammation of tendon synovial sheeth