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MedCon 6
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 6 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anaerobic | living without oxygen |
| Bone mass density (BMD) | a measure of bone density or weight. A thinning bone results in a lower bone density |
| Calcaneal | the heel area of the foot |
| Computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT) | imaging by a cross sectional plane of the body; also called computerized tomography |
| Densitometry | measure of bone thickness |
| Diskectomy | surgery to remove a vertebral disk |
| Dowager’s hump | abnormal curvature in the upper thoracic spine |
| Dual energy X | ray absorptiometry |
| Electromyography | a diagnostic test in which a small needle is inserted into muscle tissue and the electrical activity is recorded |
| Fascia | a thick fibrous connective tissue |
| Interphalangeal | referring to joints between finger bones |
| Laminectomy | surgery to cut away part of the vertebra to open the area around the spinal nerve |
| Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | a diagnostic radiologic test using nuclear magnetic resonance technology |
| Meniscus | semilunar articular cartilage found inside the knee joint |
| Metacarpophalangeal | referring to the metacarpus and the phalanges; specifically the articulations between them |
| Metatarsophalangeal | referring to the metatarsus and the phalanges; specifically the articulations between them |
| Mineralization | a process that causes the characteristic hardness of bones |
| Myelogram | an X |
| ORIF (open reduction, internal fixation) | surgical opening over a fracture site and internally fixing the fracture with plates, screws or pins |
| Osteomyelitis | inflammation or infection of the marrow of the bone |
| Radiologic | relating to medical imaging using X |
| RICE | acronym for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation, the activities to manage soft tissue trauma like those often associated with sports injuries |
| Sciatica | pain along the sciatic nerve, often radiating down the leg and caused by pressure on the spinal nerve |
| Spasms | uncontrolled muscle contractions |
| Tetany | hyperirritability of muscles causing a spasm like condition; ;usually the result of a lack of calcium |
| Tophi | small whitish nodules of uric acid |
| Articular fracture | one that involves a joint surface |
| Avulsion fracture | one where there is a separation of a small bone fragment from the bone where a tendon or ligament is attached |
| Closed or simple fracture | a fracture that does not break through the skin |
| Colles’ fracture | a fracture of the lower end of the radius with displacement of the fragment |
| Comminuted fracture | one in which there are more than 2 ends or fragments |
| Complete fracture | the fracture is completely through the bone |
| Compound (open) fracture | a fracture involving the bone puncturing through the skin or an object puncturing the skin making an opening through the skin to the fracture site |
| Compression fracture | one in which the bone appears to be mashed down |
| Displaced fracture | one in which the fragments are out of position |
| Extracapsular fracture | a fracture outside or not involving the joint capsule |
| Femoral neck fracture | a fracture involving the neck of the femur |
| Greenstick fracture | a common incomplete fracture that occurs in children; it appears to have broken partially like a sap filled green stick |
| Impacted fracture | one that has a bone end forced over the other end |
| Incomplete fracture | the bone is fractured but not in two |
| Interochanteric fracture | one that is in the trochanteric area of the femur |
| Intracapsular fracture | a fracture inside the joint capsule |
| Longitudinal fracture | one that runs the full length of the bone |
| Nondisplaced fracture | one in which the fragments are still in the correct position |
| Oblique fracture | a fracture that runs in a transverse pattern |
| Open (compound) fracture | a fracture involving the bone puncturing through the skin or an object puncturing the skin making an opening through the skin to the fracture site |
| Pathologic fracture | a fracture caused by weakness from another disease |
| Pott’s fracture | fracture of the lower part of the fibula and tibia with outward displacement of the foot |
| Simple (closed) fracture | a fracture that does not break through the skin |
| Spiral fracture | a fracture that twists around the bone |
| Stellate fracture | a fracture that forms a star like pattern |
| Stress fracture | related to too much weight or pressure |
| Subcapital fracture | a fracture below the head of the femur |
| Transverse fracture | one that runs across or at a 90 degree angle |
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