Across
- 4. muscles surrounding the joints often waste away
- 7. joint ----------- surgery is the best long term outcome
- 9. caused by a predisposing condition
- 12. proximal interphalangeal joint
- 13. this scan would be done if suspect associated soft tissue injury
Down
- 1. the natural wear and tear of the joints
- 2. the matrix becomes unstable due to the loss of -------
- 3. to relieve symptoms of pain
- 5. --------- of the cartilage occurs and this leads to the development of chronrocyte death
- 6. cysts the bone hardens and develops
- 8. aspiration of the synovial fluid would be ------- and have a low cell count
- 10. distal interphalangeal joint of hand
- 11. it is the degeneration of articular cartilage and its disordered repair