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The shaft of any long bone is termed the:
diaphysis
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The end of a long bone is reffered to as the:
epiphysis
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The special types of cells responsible for the diameter growth of bones are:
osteoblasts and osteoclasts
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The common area of the body radiographed to determine bone age:
hand and wrist
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What pathologic condition is present if the posterior elements of one or more vertebrae fail to unite?
spina bifida
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Aging and postmenopausal horomonal changes are the major causes of generalized:
osteoporosis
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An inherited generalized disorder of connective tissue characterized by multiple fractures and a bluish color of the sclera of the eye:
osteogenesis
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A benign projection of bone with a cartilage-like cap occuring around the knee in children or adolescents:
osteochondroma
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Example of malignant bone tumors:
osteogenic, ewings sarcoma, chondrosarcoma
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Form of noninfectious arthritis characterized by osteoporosis, soft tissue swelling, and erosions of the metacarpophalangeal joints and ulnar styloid processes:
rheumatoid
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Extremely common form of arthritis that is characterized by loss of joint cartilage and reactive new bone growth; part of normal wear of aging.
osteoarthritis
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What type of fracture occurs in bone weakened by some preexisting condition, such as a metastatic lesion or multiple myeloma?
Pathologic
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What is the name of the fracture that can occur from falling on the outstrethced hand and that involves the distal portion of the radius?
Colles
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What name is applied to a fracture involving both malleoli?
Potts
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What area of the spine does a clay shoveler's fracture involve?
lower cervical and upper thoracic
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Diagnosis of an intervertebral disc herniation requires which radiographic procedure?
CT, MRI, or Myelogram
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What medical term refers to a cleft in the pars interarticularis commonly involving the fifth lumbar vertebra?
Spondylolysis
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consists of numerous blood-filled arteriovenous communications
aneurysmal bone cyst
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indicates an angular deformity between the axes of major fracture fragments
angulation
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immobility and consolidation of a joint caused by disease, injury, or surgery
ankylosis
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flat bones grow in size by the addition of osseous tissue to their outer surfaces
appositional growth
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small fragments torn from bony prominences
avulsion fracture
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solitary, sharply demarcated areas of dense compact bone
bone islands
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plastic deformation caused by a stress
bowing fracture
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fracture of the neck of the 5th metatarsal with dorsal angulation
boxers fracture
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avulsion fracture of a spinous process in the lower cervical or upper thoracic spine
clay shoveler's fracture
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transverse fracture of the distal radial metaphysis proximal to the wrist with a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment
colles' fracture
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contraction of trabeculae resulting in decreased bone length/width
compression fracture
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separation of bone fragments
displacement
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combination fracture of the shaft of the radius with a posterior dislocation of the ulna
galeazzi fracture
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Osteoclastoma; frequently occurring of the end of a long bone as a mass surrounded by a thin shell of new periosteal bone
giant cell tumor
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fracture of the arch of C2 anterior to the inferior facet; associated with anterior subluxation of C2 and C3
hangman's fracture
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comminuted fracture of the ring of the atlas involving both the anterior and posterior arches
jefferson fracture
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transverse fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal
jones fracture
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protrusion of the meninges through the skin
meningocele
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isolated fracture of the shaft of the ulna associated with anterior dislocation of the radius at the elbow
monteggia fracture
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herniation of the spinal cord and meninges through the skin
myelomeningocele
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malignant tumor composed of osteoblasts that produce osteoids and spicules of calcified bone
osteogenic sarcoma
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tuberculosis of the spine
pott's disease
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rheumatoid-like destructive process involving the peripheral joints in patients with psoriasis
psoriatic arthritis
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true fluid-filled cyst with a wall of fibrous tissue
simple bone cyst
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mild form in which there is a splitting of the bony neural canal but no clinical sypmtoms
spina bifida occulta
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spondylolysis with displacement of vertebral alignment
spondylolisthesis
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cleft in the pars interarticularis situated between the superior and inferior articular processes of the vertebrae without displacement
spondylolysis
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incomplete or partial dislocation
subluxation
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vertebrae with characteristics of another spinal region
transitional vertebrae:
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chronic and indolent infection with a slow progressive course caused by tuberculosis
tuberculosis arthritis
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the bone is without angulation or separation
undisplaced fracture
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