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| The most common and movable type of joint which is characterized by the presence of a layer of fibrocartilage or hyaline cartilage that lines the opposing bony surfaces, as well as a lubricating synovial fluid within the synovial cavity. |
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| Osteophytes/Osteophytosis |
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| a pathological bony outgrowth |
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| a diseased condition in which bone or cartilage is eburnated (bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory) |
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| Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) |
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| the diarthrosis between the temporal bone and mandible that includes the condyloid process below separated by an articular disk from the glenoid fossa above and that allows for the opening, closing, protrusion, retraction, and lateral movement of the mandible |
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| Osteoarthritis/Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) |
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| arthritis typically with onset during middle or old age that is characterized by degenerative and sometimes hypertrophic changes in the bone and cartilage of one or more joints and a progressive wearing down of apposing joint surfaces with consequent distortion of joint position and is marked symptomatically especially by pain, swelling, and stiffness |
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| any of various degenerative diseases of the spine |
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| Intervertebral Disk Hernia |
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| intervertebral disk in which the nucleus pulposus has protruded through surrounding fibrocartilage. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region. |
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a spinal defect characterized by protrusion of the nucleus pulposus into the spongiosa of a vertebra
Schmorl, Christian Georg (1861-1932), German pathologist. Schmorl described the spinal defect now known as Schmorl's node in 1926. |
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| dissolution of bone especially when associated with resorption |
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| Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) |
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| A generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments, particularly of the anterior longitudinal ligament |
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| Dripping Candle Wax (melorheostosis) |
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| an extremely rare form of osteosclerosis of unknown etiology characterized by asymmetrical or local enlargement and sclerotic changes in the long bones of one extremity |
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