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15 Cards in this Set
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Ankylosing spondylitis |
Form of arthritis that first affects the spine and adjacent structures and that cause a forward bend of the spine |
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Bunion |
Abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe |
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Carpal tunnel syndrome |
A common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve |
Abb: CTS |
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Colles fracture |
A type of wrist fracture that's at the lower end of the radius |
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Exostosis |
Abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone |
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Fracture |
Broken bone |
Abb: fx |
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Gout |
Disease caused by an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood, which causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints and produces arthritis |
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Herniated disk |
Rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage, which allows the contents to protrude through it, putting pressure on the spinal nerve root |
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Lyme disease |
Infection caused by a bacteria carried by deer ticks and transmitted to humans by the but of an infected tick |
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Muscular dystrophy |
Group of hereditary diseases characterized be degeneration of muscle and weakness |
Abb: MD |
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Myasthenia gravis |
Chronic disease characterized by muscle weakness and thought to be caused by a defect in the transmission of impulses from nerve to muscle cell |
Abb: MG |
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Osteoporosis |
Abnormal loss of bone density occurring predominantly in postmenopausal women |
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Rheumatoid arthritis |
A chronic systemic disease characterized BBY autoimmune inflammatory changes in the connective tissu throughout the body |
Abb: RA |
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Spinal stenosis |
Narrowing of the spinal canal with compression of nerve roots |
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Spondylolisthesis |
Forward slipping of one vertebra over another |
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