Across
- 4. a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive symmetric wasting of skeletal muscles without neuro involvement.
- 6. a chronic, progressive metabolic bone disease marked by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue.
- 8. also known as a dowager's hump
- 9. a malignant tumor that develops in bone, muscle, fat, nerve, or cartilage.
- 11. condition in which a spinal disc bulges outward between the vertebrae.
- 12. a chronic skeletal bone disorder in which excessive bone resorption is replaced by normal marrow.
Down
- 1. painful deformity of the great toe.
- 2. caused by vitamin D deficiency that causes bone to lose calcium and become soft.
- 3. more than normal bone loss but not at the level of osteoporosis.
- 5. severe infection of the bone, bone marrow and surrounding soft tissue.
- 7. radiating pain, numbness, tingling, decreased strength and/or ROM.
- 10. a very aggressive form of bone cancer.