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Basic Terminology of Joint Disease

Horizontales
More than four joints are involved in the disease process.
Inflammatory ossification within a spinal ligament, especially ankylosing spondylitis (marginal type) and, less commonly, psoriasis or Reiter's syndrome (non-marginal type).
Elevation of the periosteum results in localized periosteal new bone and is seen in inflammatory arthritides.
Inflammatory arthritis of the spine.
Anatomic term for the transition zone between bone and ligament or tendon.
The entire joint cavity is decreased owing to complete loss of the cartilage independent of stressed areas: this is a sign of inflammatory arthritis.
Degenerative bony outgrowth continuous with underlying cortex, covered with a cartilaginous cap, occurring at the insertion of a ligament near a joint.
Exuberant ossification of a ligament or tendon, characteristically seen in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
Verticales
Inflammatory arthropathies that may simulate rheumatoid arthritis clinically but lack rheumatoid factor and show different pathologic and radiographic features.
Inflammatory arthritis that lacks the presence of rheumatoid factor, including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, and enteropathic arthritis.
Inflammatory cellular infiltrate at the bone-ligament or bone-tendon junction. Seen in inflammatory arthritides, especially ankylosing spondylitis, as cortical erosion and periostitis.
Two to four joints are involved in the disease process.
Loss of bone owing to pressure atrophy or active breakdown of bone tissue.
A single joint is involved in the disease process.
Degenerative spinal osteophyte.
When comparing one side of the body with the other, or one joint to another, the changes appear similar.