skeletal system pg 93-97
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| arthralgia | joint pain | |
| arthrocentesis | puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint | |
| arthroclasia | surgically breaking a joint | |
| arthrodesis | fusion of joint | |
| arthrogram | record of joint | |
| arthritis | joint inflammation | |
| arthrotomy | incision of joint | |
| arthroscope | instrument to view joint | |
| bursectomy | removal of a bursa | |
| bursitis | inflammation of a bursa | |
| chondrectomy | removal of cartilage | |
| chondromalacia | cartilage softening | |
| chondroma | cartilage tumor | |
| chondroplasty | cartilage repair | |
| cortical | pertaining to the outer part | |
| intracranial | pertaining to inside the skull | |
| craniotomy | incision into the skull | |
| medullary | pertaining to inner part | |
| myeloma | bone marrow tumor | |
| ostealgia | bone pain | |
| osteochondroma | bone & cartilage tumor | |
| osteoclasia | surgical break of bone | |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone & marrow | |
| osteotomy | incision into a bone | |
| osteotome | instrument to cut bone | |
| osteopathy | bone disease | |
| synovitis | inflammation of synovial membrane | |
| synovectomy | removal of synovial membrane | |
| interverbral | pertaining to between the vertebrae | |
| callus | mass of bone tissue heal over fracture | |
| cast | to immobilize bone fracture, dislocation or injury | |
| chiropractic | profession, diagnosis & treat of spine | |
| crepitation | creaking bones from arthritis or other | |
| exostosis | bone spur | |
| kyphosis | hunchback, out curving of thoracic spine | |
| lordosis | swayback, in curving of lumbar spine | |
| orthopedics | branch, diagnosis & treatment of musculoskeletal system | |
| orthotic | brace or splint to prevent or correct deformities | |
| podiatry | profession, treating feet & lower legs | |
| prosthesis | artificial substitute for body part | |
| prosthetics | profession, makes prosthesis | |
| close fracture | simple fracture, bone break, no skin break | |
| Colles' fracture | wrist fracture | |
| comminuted fracture | shattered, splintered, or crushed | |
| compound fracture | fracture, skin is broken, open fracture | |
| compression fracture | loss of height in vertebral column | |
| fracture | broken bone | |
| greenstick fracture | incomplete break, one side broken, one side bent (children) | |
| impacted fracture | bone fragment pushed into each other | |
| oblique fracture | fracture at an angle | |
| pathologic fracture | caused by disease | |
| spiral fracture | caused by twisting injury (lines around shaft) slow healer | |
| stress fracture | slight caused by repetitive low impact (running) | |
| transverse fracture | right angle to long axis |
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