false ankylosis

ankylosis /an·ky·lo·sis/ (ang″kĭ-lo´sis) pl. ankylo´ses   [Gr.] immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or surgical procedure.ankylot´ic

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artificial ankylosis  arthrodesis.

bony ankylosis  union of the bones of a joint by proliferation of bone cells, resulting in complete immobility; true a.

extracapsular ankylosis  that due to rigidity of structures outside the joint capsule.

false ankylosis  fibrous a.

fibrous ankylosis  reduced joint mobility due to proliferation of fibrous tissue.

intracapsular ankylosis  that due to disease, injury, or surgery within the joint capsule.

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false ankylosis

n.

See fibrous ankylosis.

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false ankylosis

Etymology: L, fallere, to deceive; Gk, agkylosis, joint stiffness

a type of joint immobility that results from abnormal inflexibility of body parts outside the joint. Also called extracapsular ankylosis.

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ankylosis [ang″kĭ-lo´sis] (pl. ankylo´ses) (Gr.)

immobility and consolidation of a joint due to disease, injury, or surgical procedure. adj., adj ankylot´ic. Ankylosis may be caused by destruction of the membranes that line the joint or by faulty bone structure. It is most often a result of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, in which the affected joint tends to assume the least painful position and may become more or less permanently fixed in it. Other causes include infection and traumatic injury to the joint. Artificial ankylosis (arthrodesis), fusion of a joint by surgical operation, is sometimes done to ameliorate the pain experienced in a severe joint condition.

bony ankylosis union of the bones of a joint by loss of articular cartilage, resulting in complete immobility.

extracapsular ankylosis that caused by rigidity of surrounding parts.

false ankylosis (fibrous ankylosis) reduced joint mobility due to proliferation of fibrous tissue.

intracapsular ankylosis that caused by rigidity of structures within the joint.

spurious ankylosis extracapsular ankylosis.

stapedial ankylosis fixation of the footplate of the stapes in otosclerosis, causing conductive hearing loss.

true ankylosis bony ankylosis.

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ankylosis (ang´kilō´sis),

n an abnormal fixation and immobility of a joint.

ankylosis, bony,

n a joining of bone with tooth or bone with bone that causes total loss of movement. See also tooth, ankylosed.

ankylosis, false,

n an inability to open the oral cavity because of trismus rather than disease of the joint.

ankylosis, fibrous,

n the fixation of a joint by fibrous tissue.

ankylosis of tooth,

n See tooth, ankylosed.