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Pathological Conditions/Diagnostic techniques, Treatments, Procedures

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Osteomalacia   Abnormal softening of the bones due to a deficiency of calcium and phosphorous in the blood  
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Osteomyelitis   A local or generalized infection of the bone and bone marrow  
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Osteoporosis   Porous bones, bones that were once strong become fragile due to loss of bone density, Greatest susceptibility to fractures  
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Osteochondroma   Most common benign bone tumor, Most frequently involves the Femur and Tibia  
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Paget's Disease   Nonmetabolic disease of the bone, also known as Osteitis Deformans, excessive bone destruction and disorganized bone formation by the osteoblasts. Bone is weak and prone to fractures  
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Spinal Stenosis   Narrowing of the vertebral canal, Congenital or due to spinal degeneration  
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Talipes Equinovarus   Clubfoot, Foot fixed in plantar flexion deviating medially, with heel in elevated position  
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Kyphosis   Outward curvature = humpback or hunchback  
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Lordosis   Inward curvature = swayback  
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Scoliosis   Lateral (sideward) curvature, Curvature may be to left or right  
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Closed Fracture   Break in the bone but no open wound in skin -simple fracture  
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Open Fracture   Break in bone, as well as an open wound in skin -Compound fracture  
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Complete facture   Break extends through the entire thickness of bone  
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Incomplete Fracture   One side of bone is broken and one side of bone is bent considerably but not broken -greenstick fracture  
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Colles' fracture   Break occurs at lower end of the radius, within 1 inch of connecting with wrist bones  
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Hairline Fracture   Minor fracture in which the bone continues to be in perfect alignment (stress fracture)  
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Compression fracture   Caused by bone surfaces being forced against each other  
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Impacted fracture   Direct force causes bone to break, Forces broken end of smaller bone into broken end larger bone  
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Comminuted Fracture   Splintered  
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Pathological Fracture   Bone is weakened by a preexisting disease, Break is in response to a force that would not cause a normal bone to break  
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Treatment of fractures   Closed reduction, open reduction  
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Bone scan   Intravenous injection of a radioscope, which is absorbed by bone tissue, followed by scanning of the skeleton approx. 3hrs later to dtect areas where the bone absorbs the isoscope  
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Bone marrow aspiration   Removal of a small sample of bone marrow from a selected site with a needle, specimen is examined under a microscope, sterile technique  
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Noninvasive procedures for evaluating bone density   -Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), most commonly used procedure -Dual photon absorptiometry Quantative computed tomography(QCT) not frequently used  
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Occult Fracture   A fracture that cannot be detected on and Xray until a few weeks after the injury occurs.  
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Ossification   The conversion of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage into bone or a boney substance  
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