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shoulder pathology
merrils shoulder girdle pathology
Question | Answer |
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dislocation | displacement of bone from the joint space |
fracture | disruption in continuity of a bone |
hills-sachs defect | impacted fracture of the posterolateral aspect of the humeral head with dislocation |
metastases | transfer of a cancerous lesion from one area to another |
osteoarthritis - common name | degenerative bone disease |
osteoarthritis - definition | arthritis marked by progressive cartilage deterioration in synovial joints and vertebrae |
osteopetrosis | increased density of atypically soft bone |
osteoporosis | loss of bone density |
rheumatoid arthritis | chronic, systemic, inflammatory collagen disease |
tendonitis | inflammation of the tendon and tendon muscle attachment |
tumor | new tissue growth where cell prolieration is uncontrolled |
chondrosarcoma | malignant tumor arising from cartilage cells |