Like arthritis, peripheral enthesitis occurs predominantly in the lower extremities, particularly in the foot, at single sites at onset, and then at several entheses throughout the course of the disease.
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Enthesis
//ɪnˈθiː.sɪs//
Synonyms for "enthesis"
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12 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- èntesi noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 附着点 noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
- 附著點 /附著点 noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Estonian
1 entries- liiges noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Finnish
1 entries- kiinnityskohta noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
French
1 entries- enthèse noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Italian
1 entries- entesi noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Japanese
1 entries- 腱付着部 noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Latvian
1 entries- entēze noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Russian
2 entries- энтез noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
- энтезис noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
Spanish
1 entries- entesis noun (point at which a tendon, etc., inserts into a bone)
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Functional entheses occur where tendinous and ligamentous structures, while not actually attaching to bone, are adjacent and in a close relationship to the underlying bone.
Source: wiktionary
Inflammation of the enthesis, when associated with arthritis in children, is called the syndrome of seronegative enthesopathy associated with arthritis (SEA). The entheses most commonly involved in children are the plantar aponeurosis, calcaneal enthesis, and distal and proximal patellar ligament insertions.
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