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chapter 15 key words
Question | Answer |
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Axilla | the armpit |
Bursitis | inflammation of the bursae |
Fat pad sign | radiographic evidence of displacement of the fat pad in the joint region of the elbow that indicates a fracture involving the elbow joint |
Osteoarthritis | a degenerative joint disease |
Osteoblastic | referring to the osteoblasts or a disease that results in increased bone formation |
Osteolytic | referring to a disease that causes bone disease |
Osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone caused by pathogenic organism |
Osteophyte | enlarged deformed portions of the bone usually caused by arthritis |
radial deviation | movement of the hand toward the radial side of the wrist |
Sesamoid bone | a small flat bone within a tendon that is counted among the bones of the body |
Tendinitis | inflammation of a tendon |
Ulnar deviation | movement of the hand toward the ulnar side of the wrist |
Boxer’s fracture | a fracture in the fifth metacarpal that is caused by punching or striking an object with a closed fist. Can also occur in the third and fourth metacarpal |
Colles fracture | a fracture of the distal radius accompanied by a posterior and medial displacement |
Monteggia fracture | a fracture of the ulna with dislocation of the radial head |
Arthritis | joint inflammation |
Pathologic fracture | fractures caused by an underlying disease process that has weakens the bone |