Contents: Normal skeletal structure and development -- Methods of examination -- Imaging techniques, interpretation, and strategies / Sarah J. Jackson and Judith E. Adams --The effects of injury and the inflammatory response -- Bone and joint infection -- Diseases resulting from synthesis of abnormal matrix components -- Diseases resulting from disturbances in cell linkage -- Bone disease resulting from disturbances in mineral homeostasis -- Accumulation of abnormal metabolic products and various hematologic disorders --The dysfunctional joint --The noninflammatory arthritides --The inflammatory arthritides -- Disc disease and spinal arthritis -- Tissue response to and complications of orthopaedic implants -- Bone infarction (osteonecrosis) -- Bone-forming tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Cartilage-forming tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Fibrous tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Benign nonmatrix-producing bone tumors -- Malignant non-matrix-producing bone tumors -- Benign soft-tissue tumors -- Malignant soft-tissue tumors.