Arthritis
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Arthritis causes bones to thicken and form osteophytes while cartilage thins and degenerates, leading to inflamed and thickened synovial tissue where cartilage erodes. Left untreated, it can progress to bone atrophy, fibrous or bony ankylosis where joints are fused together.
Arthritis
- 1. ARTHRITIS
- 3. Bone thickens Bony proliferation occurs (osteophyte formation) Articular cartilage thins and degenerates
- 4. Inflammed Tissue SynoviaI membrane is inflamed and thickened Cartilage erodes Bone Atrophy fibrous ankylosis bony ankylosis