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shoulder pathology
merrils shoulder girdle pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |