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etiology
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study of the cause of diseases.
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intrinsic factors
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internal - can be genetic defects or nutritional deficiencies
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extrinsic factors
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external - can be environmental or contagious diseases
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idiopathic
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the cause cannot be identified
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osteoparosis
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thinning & weakening of bones (loss of density)
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DEXA
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clinical test that will exhibit the loss of bone mass
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osteomalacia (rickets - children)
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hypophosphatemia & hypocalcemia/viat-D deficiency
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osteomyelitis
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inflammation of bone & bone marrow
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kyphosis (humpback)
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abnormal dorsal (outward curvature)
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scoliosis
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lateral curvature of the vertebral column (spine) - side to side curature
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lordosis (swayback)
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increased inward (anterior)curvature of the lumbar spine
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EWING'S sarcoma
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malignant osseous neoplasm that affects the long bones (children)
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anomaly
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abnormality or defect
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congenital
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present at birth
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fracture
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broken bone
comminuted fx=broken in several pieces greenstick fx=broken on one side |
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osteogenic sarcoma
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malignant osseous neoplasm (cancerous bone tumor)
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osteochondroma
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benign bone tumor
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asymptomatic
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the absence of symptoms
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muscular dystrophy
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genetically transmitted disorder of muscles the replaces degenerated muscle fibers w/ fat
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polymyositis
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progressive disease of the skeletal muscles (striated muscles)
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ankylosing (stiffness) spondylitis
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vertebral column (spine)
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gouty arthritis
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hyperuricenia
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rheumatoid arthritis
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affecting the small peripheral joints
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osteoarthritis
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degenerative joint disease (DJD)
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croup
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syncytial viruses, laryngeal obstruction, barking cough
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diphtheria
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swollen cervical nodes, low-grade pyrexia leathery opaque membrane in the pharynx
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pertussis
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whooping cough, tetanus lock jaw, severe tussis/emesis
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asthma
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inflammatory bronchial tube constriction and disorder
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emphysema
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copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1. asthma 2. emphysema3.bronchitis)
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bronchogenic carcinoma
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lung cancer
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pneumonia
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acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli of the lungs
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anthracosis
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black lung disease
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silicosis
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grinder's disease
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asbestosis
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sequela
type of pneumoconiosis |
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tuberculosis
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highly contagious lung disease in which the lung tissue deteriorates
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