Chapter 15 Joints Unit 5

Front 1

articular cartilage

Back 1

smooth tissue that covers the surface of a joint

Front 2

articulation

Back 2

any type of joint

Front 3

meniscus

Back 3

a crescent shaped piece of cartilage that acts as a protective cushion in a synovial joint

Front 4

bursa

Back 4

sac of fluid near a joint - promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another

Front 5

ligament

Back 5

connective tissue binding bones to other bones - supports, strengthens, and stabilizeds the joint

Front 6

suture joint

Back 6

immovable joint such as in skull

Front 7

synovial cavity

Back 7

space between bones at synovial joint

Front 8

synovial fluid

Back 8

viscous fluid within the synovial cavity

Front 9

synovial joint

Back 9

a freely movable joint

Front 10

synovial membrane

Back 10

tissue lining the synovial cavity, produces synovial fluid

Front 11

tendon

Back 11

connective tissue that binds muscles to bones

Front 12

ankyl/o

Back 12

R. stiff

Front 13

arthr/o

Back 13

R. joint

Front 14

burs/o

Back 14

R. bursa

Front 15

chondr/o

Back 15

R. cartilage

Front 16

ligament/o

Back 16

R. ligament

Front 17

rheumat/o

Back 17

R. watery flow

Front 18

synov/o

Back 18

R. synovial membrane

Front 19

ten/o; tendin/o

Back 19

R. tendon (2)

Front 20

-desis

Back 20

S. to bind, tie together

Front 21

-stenosis

Back 21

S. narrowing

Front 22

ankylosis

Back 22

fusion of bones across a joint space - occurs in rheumatoid arthritis

Front 23

arthroplasty

Back 23

surgical replacement of one or both bone ends by a prosthesis

Front 24

hydrarthrosis

Back 24

synovial fluid collects abnormally in the joint

Front 25

bursitis

Back 25

inflammation of the bursa - from stress on bursa, gout, rh. arthritis.

Front 26

achondroplasia

Back 26

an inherited condition in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size - results in Dwarfism

Front 27

chondromalacia patellae

Back 27

softening and roughening of the articular cartilaginous surface of the kneecap

Front 28

rheumatologist

Back 28

joint specialists

Front 29

tenosynovitis

Back 29

inflammation of the sheath covering a tendon

Front 30

arthrodesis

Back 30

bones are fused across the joint space by surgery to ease joint pain, or infection

Front 31

spinal stenosis

Back 31

narrowing of the neural canal in the lumbar spine

Front 32

ankylosing spondylitis

Back 32

chronic progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints, primarily of spine

Front 33

gouty arthritis (gout)

Back 33

inflammation and painful swelling of joints caused by excessive acid in the body

Front 34

osteoarthritis

Back 34

progressive, degenerative joint disease with loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophy of bone

Front 35

rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Back 35

chronic joint condition with inflammation and pain caused by autoimmune reaction against joint tissue

Front 36

bunion

Back 36

enlargement of bone or tissue around the joint at the base of the big toe - metatarsophalangeal joint

Front 37

carpal tunnel syndrome

Back 37

compression of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and bones and tendons of the wrist

Front 38

CTS

Back 38

carpal tunnel syndrome

Front 39

RA

Back 39

rheumatoid arthritis

Front 40

dislocation

Back 40

displacemet of a bone from its joint

Front 41

ganglion

Back 41

fluid filled cyst arising from joint capsules or tendons, typically in the hand

Front 42

herniation of intervertebral disc

Back 42

abnormal protrusion of an intervertebral disk into spinal canal or spinal nerves (slipped disk)

Front 43

lyme disease

Back 43

disorder marked by arthritis, myalgia, malaise caused by bacteria from ticks

Front 44

sprain

Back 44

trauma to a joint without rupture

Front 45

SLE

Back 45

systemic lupus erythematosus

Front 46

systemic lupus erythematosus

Back 46

chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease involving joins, skin, kidneys, nervous system, heart and lungs. Caused by antibodies which attack collagen throughout body.