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What 3 immune cells stimulate synoviocytes
a) Cytokines, T helper cells, Neutrophils
b) Calcium, Macrophages, Histamine
c) VEGF, E-selectins, T helper cells
d) Cytokines, B cells, Eosinophils

What does the enzyme protease do?
a) Break down fats
b) Break down proteins
c) Break down pathogens
d) Break down bone

Which of the following would activate macrophages?
a) Eating fruits and vegetables
b) Exercising regularly
c) Having pes valgus (eversion of the foot)
d) Maintaining a normal weight

What is the function of the chemical VEGF?
a) Fight infection
b) Bring more immune cells to the injury site
c) Produce synovial fluid
d) Form new blood vessels

What is the meaning of subchondral sclerosis?
a) Builds new spongy bone
b) The bone thickens and hardens
c) Decreases calcium deposits
d) Secrete collagen

What is not one of the factors that cause cartilage to thin as we age?
a) Trauma
b) Decrease hydration
c) Brittle bones
d) accumulation of calcium

The chemical capsaicin, functions to do what?
a) Rebuilds nerve tissue
b) Releases E-selectins in the blood vessels
c) Reduces substance P
d) Forms bone spurs

Which of the following is one of the functions of macrophages?
a) Rebuilds proteins
b) Increase calcium uptake into bone
c) Causes cell death
d) Releases cytokines

What is osteoarthritis
a) The degeneration of the articular cartilage found in synovial joints
b) The atrophy of muscle
c) The muscle becoming rigid and stiff
d) Inflammation of the bone

What are synoviocytes responsible for doing?
a) Producing cytokines
b) Producing synovial fluid
c) Producing osteoblasts
d) Producing more swelling

Which part of a joint does osteoarthritis usually affect?
a) Bone
b) Tendon
c) Cartilage
d) All of the above

Which of these medicines is used to treat osteoarthritis?
a) Aspirin
b) Acetaminophen
c) Corticosteroid injections
d) All of the above

When a person gets osteoarthritis of the hip, where else might the pain show up?
a) Arm
b) Groin
c) Feet
d) Shoulders

What are symptoms of osteoarthritis?
a) Joint pain
b) Joint stiffness
c) Joint swelling
d) All of the above

Osteophytes develop due to what?
a) Increase bone calcium accumulation
b) Growth hormone secretion
c) Abnormal bone deposits from osteoblasts
d) The increase and proliferation of osteocytes

In this fracture one side of the bone is cracked while the other side is bent. What type of fracture is this?
a) Green stick fracture
b) Transverse fracture
c) Spiral fracture
d) Compound fracture

Define non-union?
a) None of them
b) the fracture healed in unacceptable position.
c) the healing process is slower than normal.
d) the healing stopped before union occurred

Impacted fracture is define as what?
a) broken bone is pressed inward (skull fracture)
b) one end of bone is driven up into the other
c) diagonal crack across the long axis of the bone
d) crack perpendicular to long axis of the bone

A fragment of bone that is pulled away by tendon.
a) Simple
b) Compound
c) Comminuted
d) Avulsion

One end of the fractured bone is force-fully driven in to the interior of the other.
a) Colles' fracture
b) Greenstick
c) Open fracture
d) Impacted fracture

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