Lesson Objectives
- Identify the three stages of illness.
- Review synovial joint anatomy.
- Name the causes of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
- List the symptoms for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
- Discuss the tissue change that occurs due to the inflammatory process during osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
- Describe radiographic findings for the arthritis types of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid and gout.