Knee and osteoarthritis | Healthcare Spanish
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Changes: Updated knee osteoarthritis terminology and medical vocabulary
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In this issue
- Anatomy osteoarthritis of the knee
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Anatomía de la piel humana — anatomy of the human skin
- Artrosis
- La debilidad y la alteración de los ten- dones o músculos / ligamentos
- Destrucción del cartílago
- Inflamación membrana sinovial
- Reducción de la viscosidad del líquido
- Sobrecrecimiento óseo (osteofitos)
- Esclerosis ósea
- Engrosamiento de la cápsula
- Lesión meniscal
- Osteoarthritis
- Weakness and alteration of the ten- dons or muscles / ligaments
- Destruction of cartilage
- Synovial membrane inflammation
- Synovial fluid viscosity reduction
- Bony overgrowth (osteophytes)
- Bone sclerosis
- Thickening of the capsule
- Meniscal lesion
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