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Q: What happens when you damage the sheath that surrounds the tendon?
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What is peritenosynovitis?

Peritenosynovitis is inflammation around a tendon sheath.


What is the inflammation of a sheath surrounding a tendon called?

Tendonitis


What is the inflammation of the sheath surrounding a tendon called?

Tendonitis


Is it true that pain that is felt when a bone is fractured comes from nerve or tendon damage and not from the actual bone that bones themselves actually have no feeling?

The pain is not from the nerve or tendon but from the periosteum sheath over the bone that is damaged in a broken/fractured bone.


Which reinforce the fibrous capsule help to prevent dislocation of the joint?

tendon sheath


What is a windgall?

This is a sterile (non-infectious) synovial swelling in a tendon sheath by the fetlock joint of a horse.


What is a cystic mass arising from a tendon in the wrist?

A ganglion cyst is a swelling or tumor on a joint or tendon sheath. It can occur anywhere there is a tendon. It has been called Gideon's Disease or a Bible Cyst or a Bible Bump.


Why synovial membrane reinforce the capsule and help to prevent dislocation of the joint?

tendon sheath


What causes fingers to lock straight and not move?

A narrowing of the sheath that surrounds the tendon in the affected finger causes this problem. People who have diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or who repeatedly grip an item like a power tool are at greater risk of getting this condition which is called trigger finger.


One difference between bursae and tendon sheaths is that?

The difference between a bursa and a tendon is that a bursa is a synovial pocket insterted between a tendon and a bony prominance. It is not bound by a deep fascia or retinaculum. So from top to bottom a visual would be (tendon, synovial fluid, bone). A tendon synovial sheath, on the other hand, is bound by a deep facia or retinaculum and the synovial fluid almost completely surrounds the tendon with the exception of a small gap called the mesotendon.


Which of these refers to the dense connective tissue that surrounds a muscle and blends with the tendon?

deep fascia


What is mild bicipital tenosynovitis?

fluid distending the long head of the biceps tendon sheath out of proportion to that in the glenohumeral joint.