LOM CH. 15 - Joints
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- tendon
- Connective tissue that binds muscles to bones.
- -stenosis
- narrowing
- sprain
- Trauma to a joint with pain, swelling, and injury to ligaments.
- bursa (plural: bursae)
- Sac of fluid near a joint; promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another.
- ligament
- Connective tissue binding bones to other bones; supports, strengthens, and stabilizes the joint.
- ankyl/o
- crooked, bent, stiff
- rheumatoid arthritis
- A chronic disease in which joints become inflamed and painful. It is believed to be caused by an immune (autoimmune) reaction against joint tissues, particularly against the synovial membrane.
- systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Chronic inflammatory disease involving joints, skin, kidneys, nervous system, heart, and lungs.
- suture joint
- Type of joint in which apposed surfaces are closely united.
- arthr/o
- joint
- arthritis
- Inflammation of joints.
- bunion
- Abnormal swelling of the medial aspect of the joint between the big toe and the first metatarsal bone.
- articul/o
- joint
- burs/o
- bursa
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- synovial cavity
- Space between bones at a synovial joint; contains synovial fluid produced by the synovial membrane.
- ligament/o
- ligament
- rheumat/o
- watery flow
- ankylosing spondylitis
- Chronic, progressive arthritis with suffering of joints, primarily of the spine.
- carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- Compression (by a wrist ligament) of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and tendons of the wrist (the carpal tunnel).
- synovial fluid
- Viscous (sticky) fluid within the synovial cavity.
- synov/o
- synovial membrane
- gouty arthritis
- Inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid in the body.
- dislocation
- Displacement of a bone from its joint.
- synovial joint
- A freely movable joint.
- ten/o
- tendon
- ganglion
- A fluid-filled cyst arising from the joint capsule or a tendon in the wrist.
- osteoarthritis
- Progressive, degenerative joint disease characterized by loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophy of bone (formation of osteophytes, or bone spurs) at articular surfaces.
- herniation of an intervertebral disc (disk)
- Abnormal protrusion of a fibrocartilaginous intervertebral disc into the neural canal or spinal nerves.
- synovial membrane
- Membrane lining the synovial cavity; it produces synovial fluid.
- tendin/o
- tendon
- -desis
- to bind, tie together
- Lyme disease
- A recurrent disorder marked by severe arthritis, myalgia, malaise, and neurologic and cardiac symptoms.
- articulation
- Joint