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"Lang of Medicine" CH 15 - LTI - Joints

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joint   articulation/coming together of 2 or more bones  
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suture joints   immovable (skull)  
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synovial joints   freely movable//ball and socket types/ like shoulders) hinge type/like the elbows  
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bursae   closed sackes of synovial flyuid with synovial membrane located near but not within a joint  
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ankyl/o   stiff  
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arthr/o   joint  
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articul/o   joint  
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bur/o   bursa  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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ligament/o   ligament  
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rheumat/o   watery flow  
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synov/o   synovial membrane  
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ten/o   tendon  
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tendin/o   tendon  
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-desis   to bind/tie together  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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arthritis   inflammation of the joint  
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ankylosing spondylitis   chronic progressive stiffening of joints, mostly spine  
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gouty arthritis   inflammation due to excessive uric acid in the body  
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osteoarthritis (OA)   loss of articular cartilage and formation of bone spurs at articular surfaces (DJD)  
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rheumatoid arthritis (RA)   autoimmune reacation against joint tissue (synovial membrane)  
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bunion   swelling of medical aspect of joint between big toe and first metatarsal bone  
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carpal tunnel syndrome   compression of median nerve as it passeas between ligament and bones and tendons of the wrist  
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dislocation   displacement of bone froma joint  
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ganglion   a fluid filled cyst arising from a joint capsule or tendon in the wrist  
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herniation of intervertebral disk   abnormal protrusion of the disk into teh neural canal or agianst spianl nerves  
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lyme disease   recurrent arthritis, myalgia, malaise and neurologic and cardiac symptoms  
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sprain   trauma to joint with pain, swelling and injury to ligaments  
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systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)   chronic inflammatory disease involving joints skin kidney nervous system heart and lungs affecting collagen in tendons ligaments bone and cartilage allover body  
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