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∙ 13y agoAn intraarticular fracture is a crack, or traumatic separation in a bone that travels through the surface of a joint.
For example, an intraarticular wrist fracture might involve a crack in the radius bone (on one side of the wrist joint) that extends from the radius shaft, right up to the joint and splits the cartilage inside the joint.
Intra = inside
Articular = joint
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What is intra-articular pathology?
Intra-articular pathology would be disease of the articular cartilage and would encompass arthritis, cartilage erosion, neoplasia and developmental disorders of cartilage and subarticular bone.
What is intra articular lose body?
Intra-articular loose bodies are chondral (cartilage), osseous (bone) or osteochondral (bone and cartilage) fragments located within the joint cavity.
What is intra-articular lose body?
Intra-articular loose bodies are chondral (cartilage), osseous (bone) or osteochondral (bone and cartilage) fragments located within the joint cavity.
What Pathology is characteristic of osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is adisorder of the joints characterized by progressive deterioration of articular cartilage.
What is a intra-articular extension?
An intraartucular extension is a type of fracture that protrudes into the articulating joint space. Simply, it is a fracture that involves the joint space.
What is a Knee cartilage?
The true hyaline cartilage is the knee's intra-articular cartilage found in the joint surface. It has collagen but does not possess nerves or blood vessels.
What is a joint effusion?
An abnormally high amount of fluid or swelling in the shoulder joint. Can be caused by trauma or Arthritis and can be painful.
What does lipohemarthrosis mean?
Lipohemarthrosis is the term used for the blood and fat mixture that are in a joint after the joint has suffered a trauma. When the blood and fat are in the joint, it can mean it is from the marrow fat leaking due to an intra-articular fracture.
Protects articular surface of the bone?
Articular Cartilage
Peri - articular?
Peri-articular refers to the area around the joint. Articular would be referring to the actual joint.
What does the word Articular mean?
Anything that relates to the joints is articular.
What is a thin substance that covers bone?
Articular cartilage
