The Skeletal System Crossword

ankylosing spondylitis, a form of rheumatoid arthritis characterized by inflammation of vertebral joints, which can become fused and stiff; rheumatoid arthritis of the
ankylosis, a stiff joint caused by adhesion, or abnormal fusion of two bones into
arthralgia, pain in a joint or
arthritis, inflammation of joints; usually accompanied by pain and, frequently, structural changes in bone and
osteoarthritis, joint disease that mostly affects cartilage between the bone and joint; also known as degenerative joint
rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic, systemic disease characterized by inflammation, pain, and stiffness in the joints; results in crippling
gout, form of arthritis in which uric acid builds up in the blood and causes joint swelling and pain;
bunion, joint swelling at the base of the great toe, caused by inflammation of the
bursitis, inflammation of the bursa, usually between bony protrusions and muscle or tendon, examples include rotator cuff injury in the shoulder, tennis elbow, and knee
chondromalacia, softening of the
dislocation, total displacement of a bone from it's joint;
fracture, a break in a
Colles fracture, a fracture of the distal radius (bone on the thumb side of the forearm) that results from a fall onto an outstretched
comminuted fracture, a bone that has splintered or has been
compound fracture, a broken bone with an open wound leading to the site of the fracture, or bone that protrudes through the skin; also called open
greenstick fracture , an incomplete fracture; the bone is bent and partially broken, this type of fracture occurs primarily in
longitudinal fracture, a fracture that runs parallel to the long axis of the
oblique fracture, a break across the bone at an
pathologic fracture, a fracture resulting from pressure on weakened bone; due to osteoporosis or cancer, for
simple fracture, a broken bone that does not penetrate the skin; also called closed
spiral fracture, a fracture in which the bone has been twisted apart; a common sports
stress fracture, a small crack in bone resulting from chronic, excessive impact; an overuse
transverse fracture, a fracture that runs straight across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis, it is often caused by a direct blow or prolonged stress, such as from
herniated disk, intervertebral disk that has slipped or
lumbago, pain in the lower back (lumbar)
myeloma, cancer of the plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) that originates in the bone
ostealgia, pain in the
osteitis, inflammation of the
osteochondroma, tumor or bony projection that covers
osteoma, tumor of the
osteomalacia, abnormal softening of the bone, in children, this condition is known as
osteomyelitis, inflammation of the bone and bone
osteopenia, bone deficiency; in a young person, less-than-average bone
osteoporosis, condition of small holes in the bones; noticeable loss of bone
osteosarcoma, malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue and affects the
paget’s disease, excessive breakdown of bone and abnormal, enlarged bone formation; osteitis
periostitis, inflammation of the periosteum, the covering that surrounds the
sequestrum, bone tissue death that occurs when the bone has become sequestered, or separated, from the healthy tissue around it, due to lack of blood
spina bifida, split spine; congenital defect in which part of the membrane covering the spinal cord protrudes through a gap in the
spinal curvatures, abnormal curvatures of the
kyphosis, abnormal, outward curvature of the thoracic spine; humpback; called dowager’s hump in older
lordosis, abnormal, forward curvature of the lumbar spine;
scoliosis, abnormal, lateral curvature of the
spondylosis, stiffening of the spine; spinal
sprain, trauma to the ligaments surrounding a joint, causing pain and, in some cases,
subluxation, partial dislocation of a bone from it's
talipes, congenital deformity of the foot involving the talus (anklebone);
tendinitis, inflammation of a