bone disease; osteopathia

Pathology

• bone is maintained by local factors & hormones that regulate osteoblasts & osteoclasts
• osteoprotegerin inhibits osteoclasts
• semaphorin 3A induces osteoblasts & inhibits osteoclasts

More general terms

• musculoskeletal disease/disorder

More specific terms

• ainhum; bankokeren; dactylolysis spontanea; sukhapakla
• bone abscess
• bone fracture
• bone neoplasm
• chondrolysis
• chronic kidney disease-mineral & bone disorder (CKD-MBD)
• developmental bone disorder
• fibrous dysplasia
• genetic disease of bone/skeletal system
• hyperparathyroidism
• immunoosseous dysplasia
• incomplete ossification
• jaw disorder
• Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome
• macrognathia
• Maffucci's syndrome
• mastoiditis
• metabolic bone disease
• Ollier's disease (enchondromatosis)
• osteitis
• osteoarthropathy
• osteochondropathy (disorder of bone & cartilage)
• osteodystrophy
• osteolysis
• osteomalacia
• osteomyelitis
• osteonecrosis
• osteopetrosis (Albers-Schonberg disease)
• osteoporosis
• periostitis
• post-laminectomy syndrome; failed-back syndrome
• spine disease; vertebral disorder

Additional terms

• age-associated changes in the skeletal system
• joint disease; articular disease; arthropathy
• skeleton (skeletal system)