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osteoporsis   literally means porous bones; that is, bones that were once strong become fragile due to loss of bone density  
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osteomalacia   is a diease in which the bones become abnormally soft due to a deficiency of calicum and phosphorus  
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osteomyelitis   is a local or generalized infection of the bone and bone marrow, resulting from a bacterial infection that has spread to the bone tissue through the blood  
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ewing's sacroma   is a maligant tumor of the bones common to young adults; particulary adolescent biys  
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osteogenic sacroma   is a maligant tumor arising from bone,  
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ostechondroma   is the most common benign bone tumor  
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paget's diease   a nonmetabolic diease of the bone, characterized by excessive bone destruction(breakdown of bone tissue by the osteoclasts) and unorganized bone formation by the osteoblasts  
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spinal stenosis   is a narrowing of the vertebral canal, nerve oot canals. or intervertebral foramini(openings) of the lumbar spinal canal  
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talipes equinavares   clubfoot; the infant's foot is fixed in plantar flexion(turned downward) and deviates medially(turned inward) and the heel is an elevated position  
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abnormal curature of the spine   in this section we define three abnormal curvations of the spine  
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kyphosis   is an abnormal outward curvature of a portion of the spine, commonly known as humpback or hunchback  
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lordosis   is an abnormal inward curvature of a portion of the spine, commonly known as swayback  
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scoliosis   is an abnormal lateral(sideward) curvature of a portion of the spine  
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fracture   is a broken bonel a sudden breaking of a bone  
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open reduction   a fracture consists if realigining the bone under direct observation during surgery  
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internal fixation devices   more commonly used with fractures of the femir and fractures of joints  
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closed fracture   known as a simple fracture; there is a break in a bone but no open wound in the skin  
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open fracture   knwon as a compund fracture; there is abreak in a bone, as well as an open wound in the skin  
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complete fracture   is a break that extends through the entire thickness of the bone  
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greenstick fracture   is an incomplete fracture  
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compression fracture   is caused by bine surfaces being forced against each other, as in the compression of one vertebra against another  
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impacted fracture   occurs when a direct force causes the bone to break, forcing the broken end of the smaller bone into the broken end of the larger bone  
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hairline fracture   also known as a stress fracture; is a minor fracture in which the bone contiunes to be in perfect alignment  
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pathological fracture   occurs when a bone, which is weakend by a prexisting diease, breaks in response to a force that would not cause a normal bone to break  
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occult fracture   is a fracture that cannot be detected by x-ray until several weeks after the injury (a "hidden fracture")  
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closed reduction   of a fracture consists of aliging the bone fragments through manual manipulation or traction, without making an incision into the skin  
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comminuted fracture   occurs when the force is so great that it splinters or crushes a segment of the one  
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colle's fracture   occurs at the lower end of the radius, within 1 inch of connecting with the wrist bones  
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bone scan   a bone scan involves the intravenous injection of a radioisotope, which is absorbed by bone tissue  
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bone marrow aspiration   a bone marrow aspiration is the process of removing a small sample of bone marrow from a selected site with a needle for the purpose of ecaming the specimen under a microscope  
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anesthetized   numbered; the aspiration needle is inserted through the skin down to the periosteum  
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dual energy x-ray absorptiometry(DEXA)   is a noninvasive procedure thay measures bone density  
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DIP   distal interphalangeal (joint)  
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DEXA   dual energy x-ray absorptiometry  
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Fx   fracture  
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PIP   proximal interphalangeal  
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MTP   metatarsophalangeal  
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MCP   metacarpophalangeal  
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C1, C2, C3   cervical vertebra 1,2,2 etc.  
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L1, L2 L3   lumbar vertebra 1,2,3 etc.  
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S1   sacrum  
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T1, T1, T3   thoracic vertebra 1,2,3 etc.  
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THA   total hip arthroplasty  
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THR   total hip placement  
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TKA   total knee arthroplasty  
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TKR   total knee replacment  
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TMJ   temporomandibular joint  
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