Go Back To Test Kit List			PH 7: Skeletal System - 25 vials - $90
Code	Name	Alternative Name	Description
PH701	Bone		bone
PH702	Bone, healing fracture		a break in a bone that is healing
PH703	Bone, long, showing compact and cancellous tissue		compact tissue has a dense structure without small cavities or cells, whereas cancellous has these cavities and cells (providing space for blood vessels)
PH704	Bone, spongy	cancellous bone	makes up most of the bone tissue of short, flat and irregular shaped bones, and also a narrow rim around the marrow cavity and the ends of long bones
PH705	Chondrosarcoma		cancer of cartilage cells; the second most common primary bone cancer
PH706	Chordoma		a malignant tumor that is derived from remnants of the embryonic notochord and occurs along the spine attacking especially the bones at the base of the skull or near the coccyx
PH707	Disseminating sclerosis, spinal chord		a pathological condition in which a tissue has become hard, as in multiple sclerosis
PH708	Ewing's sarcoma	Ewing's tumour, primitive neuroectodermal tumor	a type of bone cancer that usually forms in the middle (shaft) of large bones; the third most common form of primary bone cancer
PH709	Femur, ossifying		ossification of the large thigh bone
PH710	Fibrous dysplasia, bone		a chronic disorder of the skeleton that causes expansion of one or more bones due to abnormal development of fibrous tissue within the bone
PH711	Giant cell sarcoma		a bone cancer in which the cells look large under a microscope (produced by the fusion of many cells )
PH712	Gouty tophus		a deposit of urates around a joint typical of people with gout
PH713	Intervertebral disk, fibrous cartilage		spinal disc
PH714	Juvenile rheumatism nodule	Still's disease	a chronic, inflammatory disease that may cause joint or connective tissue damage. The onset occurs before age 16
PH715	Leg fracture with fat embolism		fractured leg bone showing the occurrence of fat globules in the bloodstream that occur after the fracture of a long bone
PH716	Ossification		The formation of bone or of a bony substance, the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance
PH717	Osteochondroma		a benign cartilaginous tumour, often occurring near the ends of long bones
PH718	Osteosarcoma	Osteogenic sarcoma	a cancer of the bone that usually affects the arms, legs and pelvis; the most common primary bone cancer
PH719	Paget's disease, bone	osteitis deformans, osteodystrophia deformans	a chronic disease of bones involving the replacement of normal bone marrow with vascular and fibrous tissue
PH720	Poliomyelitis, spinal chord		spinal chord showing the affects of the viral disease poliomyelitis
PH721	Rheumatoid arthritis, joint		a disease in which the body recruits new blood vessels to the joints, causing swelling and inflammation
PH722	Rickets, costochondral junction		the point where the ribs articulate with the sternum showing signs of rickets (vitamin D deficiency leading to disturbance in normal ossification)
PH723	Spinal Chord, cervical		the spinal column in the region of the neck
PH724	Spinal Chord, lumbar		the spinal chord between the ribs and the pelvis
PH725	Spinal Chord, thoracic		the spinal column in the region of the ribs