Difference between revisions of "Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology"
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*'''Arthritis''' - inflammation of intra-articular structures | *'''Arthritis''' - inflammation of intra-articular structures | ||
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*'''Tenosynovitis''' - inflammation of tendon synovial sheeth | *'''Tenosynovitis''' - inflammation of tendon synovial sheeth | ||
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Revision as of 12:42, 14 February 2011
- 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