Med Term skeletal Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Kyph/o | Hump |
Chondr/o | Cartillage |
Aky/o | Bent, Stiff |
-Um | noun ending |
Crani/o | Skull |
Cost/o | Ribs |
-Lysis | Separation or loosening |
Myel/o | Spinal Collumn |
-Desis | surgical repair of bone or joint |
Spondy/o | vertabrae |
scolio | curved |
lord/o | bent backwards |
-poietio | pertaining to |
oste/o | bone |
Diaphysis | shaft of a long bone |
tarsals | make up the ankle |
Manubrium | Upper end of sternum |
synovial joints | movable |
Pubis | Anterior portion of pelvic girdle |
Foramen | Opening in bone when blood passes through |
Tendon | Connect bone to bone |
Acetabulum | hip socket |
Phalanges | fingers/toes |
process | projection on surface of bone |
sternum | breastbone |
zygomatic | cheek bone |
clavicle | collar bone |
patella | kneecap |
olecranon | point of the elbow |
arthrolysis | loosening of an anklylosed joint |
lumbago | lumbar back pain |
ostealgia | pain linked to bone condition |
manipulation | closed reduction |
talipes | clubbed foot |
open fracture | compound fraction |
pagets disease | osteitis deformans |
closed fracture | simple fracture |
osteonecrosis | death of bone tissue |
lordosis | abnormal forward curvature of lumbar spine |
spinal bifidia | congenital defect |
callus | bulging deposit forms around area of a break during healing |
subluxation | partial displacement of bone from its joint |
arthrodesis | procedure that stiffens joint or joinsvertebrae |
laminectomy | removal of spinal lamina |
bunion | hallux valgus |
greenstick fracture | partially bent/fractured |
osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone marrow/bone |
Ewings sarcoma | group of cancers in children/adolescents |
comminuted fracture | bone ends compressed together |
chondroplasy | surgical fixation of cartillage |
DXA | evaluate bone density |
traction | pulling force to reallign bone |
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