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30 Cards in this Set
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____ represent the most debilitating diseases in the US
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arthritides
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___ film remains the gold standard in the evaluation of arthritis
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Plain
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What are the ABCDE's of arthritis?
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a= alignment
b=bone c= cartilage d= distribution e= erosion's s= soft tissues |
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Uniform loss of joint space usually indicates that there is some ____
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inflammation
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Non-uniform loss of joint space usually indicates the (absence or presence) of inflammation?
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Absence; DJD
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DJD and DDD are examples of _____
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non-inflammatory arthritis
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Ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis are examples of _____ arthritis
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inflammatory
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___ is the m/c joint abnormality seen today
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Osteoarthritis (OA)
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____ is characterized by progressive, non-inflammatory disease
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Osteoarthritis
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What gender and age group is osteoarthritis usually found?
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Males at younger ages
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Asymmetric distribution, non-uniform joint space loss are radiographic hall marks for __
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DJD
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In the shoulder, DJD m/c involves the __ joint
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AC
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The ___ is the m/c site of DJD
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knee
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The __ and __ are uncommon sites of DJD
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ankle and foot
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T/F Osteoarthritis of the axial skeleton is actually NOT considered osteoarthritis
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TRUE; involves synovial articulations (in spine it can involve facet and uncovertebral joints)
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__and __ represent the most frequently involved motion segments with osteoarthritis in the cervical spine
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C5/6 and C6/7
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The ___ spine osteoarthritis carries characteristics associated with facet joints, uncovertebral joints and intervertebral discs
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cervical
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The ___ spine osteoarthritis carries characteristics associated with facet joints, costovertebral/costotransverse joints and intervertebral discs
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throacic
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Robert's syndrome occurs in the ___ spine. What is it?
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thoracic; a pseudovisceral abdominal pain syndrome; pain that simulates upper GI disease
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The ___ spine usually involves only the facet joints and intervertebral discs
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Lumbar
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The disc levels __ and __ are m/c involved in osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine
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L4/5 and L5/S1
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___ __ are m/c at the L4/5 segment and accompanies degeneration of the facet joints
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Synovial cyst
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____ disease is an approximation w/ associated flattening and eburnation of adjacent SP leading to impingement (associated with excessive lordosis)
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Baastrup's
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Michael ____ described changes that occurs within the marrow adjacent to the vertebral endplates in association with DDD; there are three classifications
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Modic
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Modic type __ are changes that represent early edema characterized by fibrovascular infiltration
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I (1)
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Modic type __ represents fibrofatty modifications w/ restitution of the earlier inflammation
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Type II
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Modic type __ represent changes of reactive bone sclerosis as a result of the previous inflammation and mechanical stress
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Type III
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Modic Type __ has a high T2 signal
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Type I (edema= T2= H20)
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Modic Type __ has a high T1 signal
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Type II (fibroFATTY change)
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Modic Type __ is low on both T1 and T2 signals
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Type III (just bone sclerosis)
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