"Wear and Tear"
Across
- 2. Process by which arthritis affects the bone; the organic bone matrix becomes filled with calcium phosphate nanocrystals
- 5. Class of steroid hormones that are used to treat inflammatory forms of arthritis
- 8. Joint pain and swelling triggered by an infection in another part of the body
- 10. Joint inflammation that develops in people with psoriasis (autoimmune disorder that causes skin irritation)
- 12. A disease that causes hard crystals of uric acid to form in your joints.
- 13. Family history of arthritis, stress on joints, autoimmune diseases or viral infections
- 14. The term for any disease of your joints; another word for arthritis
Down
- 1. Arthritis of the spine (usually your lower back)
- 3. Type of drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis by decreasing the activity of the immune system
- 4. A disorder where the immune system attacks the tissue around joints, usually in children ages 16 or younger
- 5. Therapeutic injections that may help temporarily relieve pain and inflammation in your joints
- 6. Inflammation of one or more joints, causing pain and stiffness that can worsen with age
- 7. A disease that causes the immune system to attack synovial membranes in your joints
- 9. Pain, stiffness, swelling, redness, decreased range of motion
- 11. A degenerative joint disease, in which the tissues in the joint break down over time