Bone, Joint and Muscle Terms

Stripping out B cells treats both a cancer of those cells and diseases in which the same cells drive an attack on the body.

Because CD20 is absent from stem cells and from antibody-producing plasma cells, the B cell population rebuilds and existing immunity is largely kept.

A rare inherited disorder that affects the skin and many other parts of the body, including the bones, eyes, nose, hair, nails, teeth, testes, and ovaries.

Five vertebrae that stop being separate bones, forming the wedge through which the entire upper body transfers its weight to the legs.

A radioactive substance used in the treatment of bone cancer and bone metastases (cancers that have spread from the original tumor to the bone).

Sarcoma is a relatively uncommon cancer arising from connective tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat, or muscle rather than from organ linings.

The scapula, or shoulder blade, is a flat triangular bone on the back of the shoulder that anchors many of the muscles moving the arm.

The removal of cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor.

Most seizures stop by themselves within a couple of minutes, and the confusion that follows often lasts considerably longer than the event.

A depression of the bone at the base of the skull where the pituitary gland is located.

The larger of two bones between the knee and ankle.

A flat, triangular bone on the upper back, the shoulder blade anchors many of the muscles that stabilize and move the arm.

A rare, inherited disorder in which the pancreas and bone marrow do not work the way they should.

An inherited fault in assembling ribosomes that starves the pancreas and the marrow of machinery they need more than most tissues.

Sirolimus is an immunosuppressant medication used to prevent organ transplant rejection by blocking a key pathway that drives immune cell growth.

An adjective doing heavy lifting in reports: it can mean bone, or muscle attached to bone, depending on the noun.

Beyond structural support, the skeleton stores minerals, produces blood cells within its marrow, and protects vital organs from injury.

SLE is the abbreviation for systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.

A group of diseases in which the bone marrow does not make enough healthy blood cells.

The back, muscular (not bony) part of the roof of the mouth.