Skeletal Diseases

What is the general term for joint inflammation?

• Osteoarthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Arthritis

• Tendinitis

Which type of arthritis is primarily a degenerative joint disease affecting weight-bearing joints?

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Osteoarthritis

• Gout

• Bursitis

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?

• A disease affecting only the spine

• A chronic systemic inflammatory disease of smaller joints and surrounding tissues

• A condition caused by bacterial infection

• A temporary joint pain condition

What condition involves the compression of the median nerve in the wrist?

• Bursitis

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Ewing’s Family of Tumors

• Gout

What does bursitis affect?

• Nerves

• Muscles

• Bursa

• Bones

Which condition deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints?

• Bursitis

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Ewing’s Family of Tumors

• Gout

Which condition is a group of tumors?

• Bursitis

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Ewing’s Family of Tumors

• Gout

Which condition affects different tissues, but primarily bones?

• Bursitis

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Ewing’s Family of Tumors

• Gout

Which condition is characterized by an exaggerated inward curvature of the lumbar spine?

• Kyphosis

• Lordosis

• Osteogenesis imperfecta

• Osteoporosis

What is the medical term for brittle-bone disease?

• Osteoporosis

• Kyphosis

• Lordosis

• Osteogenesis imperfecta