| 1. | Osteophytes may also be the end result of certain disease processes.
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| 2. | Commonly, osteophytes and portions of intervertebral disc are removed.
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| 3. | This disc degeneration caues osteophytes to grow in the area.
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| 4. | Also bony outgrowths, called osteophytes, are formed at the joint margins.
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| 5. | This leads to osteophyte formation & mdash; a bony overgrowth about the joint.
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| 6. | Enthesiophytes and osteophytes are bone responses for stress.
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| 7. | The osteophytes develop bridges of connective tissue which become ossified, forming bone spurs.
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| 8. | The pattern of osteophyte formation varies.
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| 9. | They are not to be confused with osteophytes, which are abnormal bony projections in joint spaces.
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| 10. | Early on there is flattening of articular surfaces, thinning of cartilage with osteophyte ( spur ) formation.
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