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Stack #152773
musculoskeletal system- anatomy and terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ARTHROCENTESIS | INJECTION AND/ OR ASPIRATION OF JOINT |
| ARTHRODESIS | SURGICAL IMMOBILIZATION OF A JOINT |
| ARTHROGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHY OF JOINT |
| ARTHROPLASTY | RESHAPING OR RECONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT |
| ARTHROSCOPY | USE OF SCOPE TO VIEW INSIDE JOINT |
| ARTHROTOMY | INCISION INTO A JOINT |
| ARTICULAR | PERTAINS TO A JOINT |
| ASPIRTATION | USE OF A NEEDLE AND A SYRINGE TO WITHDRAW FLUID |
| ATROPHY | WASTING AWAY |
| BUNION | HALLUX VALGUS, ABNORMAL INCREASE IN SIZE OF METATARSAL HEAD THAT RESULTS IN DISPLACEMENT OF THE GREAT TOE. |
| BIRSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BURSA (JOINT SAC) |
| CHONDRAL | REFERRING TO THE CARTILAGE |
| CLOSED FRACTURE REPAIR | NOT SURGICALLY OPENED WITH/WITHOUT MANIPULATION AND WITH/WITHOUT TRACTION |
| CLOSED TREATMENT | FRACTURE SITE THAT IS NOT SURGICALLY OPENED AND VISUALIZED. |
| COLLES'FRACTURE | FRACTURE AT LOWER END OF RADIUS THAT DISPLACES THE BONE POSTERIORLY. |
| DISLOCATION | PLACEMENT IN A LOCATIO OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION |
| ENDOSCOPY | INSPECTION OF BODY ORGANS OR CAVITIES USING A LIGHTED SCOPE THAT MAY BE INSERTED THROUGH AN EXISTING OPENING OR THROUGH A SMALL INCISION |
| FASCIECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE BAND OF FIBRIOUS TISSUE |
| FISSURE | GROOVE |
| FRACTURE | BREAK IN A BONE |
| GANGLION | KNOT |
| INTERNAL/EXTERNAL FIXATION | APPLICATION OF PINS, WIRES, SCREWS, PLACED EXTERNALLY OR INTRNALLY TO IMMOBILIZE A BODY PART |
| KYPHOSIS | HUMPBACK |
| LAMINA | FLAT PLATE |
| LIGAMENT | FIBROUS BAND OF TISSUE THAT CONNECTS CARTILAGE OR BONE |
| LORDOSIS | ANTERIOR CURVE SPINE |
| LUMBODYNIA | PAIN IN THE LUMBAR AREA |
| LYSIS | RELEASING |
| MANIPULATION OR REDUCTION | ALIGNMENT OF A FRACTURE OR JOINT DISLOCATION TO NORMAL POSITION |
| OPEN FRACTURE REPAIR | SURGICAL OPENING (INCISION) OVER OR REMOTE OPENING AS ACESS TO A FRACTURE SITE |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | DEGENERATIVE CONDITION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE |
| OSTEOCLAST | ABSORBS OR REMOVES BONE |
| OSTEOTOMY CUTTING INTO BONE | CUTTING INTO BONE |
| PERCUTANEOUS FRACTURE REPAIR | REPAIR OF A FRACTURE BY MEANS OF PINS AND WIRES INSERTED THROUGH THE FRACTURE SITE |
| PRECUTANEOUS SKELETAL FIXATION | CONSIDERED NEITHER OPEN NOR CLOSED; THE FRACTURE IS NOT VISUALIZED BUT FIXATION IS PLACED ACROSS THE FRACTURE SITE UNDER X-RAY IMAGING |
| REDUCTION | REPLACEMENT TO NORMAL POSITION |
| SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL CURVE OF THE SPINE |
| SKELETAL TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE BY MEANS OF PINS AND/OR WIRES INSERTED INTO THE BONE |
| SKIN TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE MEANS OF TAPE APPLIED TO THE SKIN |
| SYONDYLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF VERTEBRAE |
| SUBLUXATION | PARTIAL DISLOCATION |
| SUPINATION | SUPINE POSITION |
| SYNCHONDROSIS | UNION BETWEEN TWO BONES (CONNECTED BY CARTILAGE) |
| TENDON | ATTACHES A MUSCLE TO A BONE |
| TENODESIS | SUTURING OF A TENDON TO A BONE |
| TENORRHAPHY | SUTURE REPAIR OF TENDON |
| TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL ALIGNMENT |
| TROCAR NEEDLE | NEEDLE WITH A TUBE ON THE END; USED TO PUNCTURE ANS WITHDRAW FLUID FROM A CAVITY |
| TUBULAR IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THESE BONES | LONG BONE |
| THESE BONES ARE FOUND NEAR JOINTS | SESAMOID |
| THE ZYGOMA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF BONE | IRREGULAR |
| THE DIAPHYSIS IS THIS PART OF THE BONE | SHAFT |
| WHICH IS NOT A PART OF THE CRANIUM | CONDYLE |
| THIS IS NOT AN EAR BONE | STYLOID |
| THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE GROWTH PLATE | EPIPHYSEAL |
| THIS IS A DEPRESSION ON THE LATERAL HIP SURFACE INTO WHICH THE HEAD OF FEMUR FITS | ACETABULUM |
| THE TIP OF THE ELBOW IS THE | OLECRANON |
| THIS TERM DESCRIBESAN IMMOVABLE JOINT | SYNARTHROSIS |
| A COMPOUND FRACTURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS A | OPEN, BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN |
| THIS IS A COMMON BONE DISORDER IN POSTMENTOPAUSAL WOMEN RESULTING FROM LOWER LEVELS OF CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM | OSTEOPOROSIS |
| THIS INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE AND LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN | ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS |
| THIS TYPE OF TUMOR ARISES FROM THE BONE CELL | OSTEOGENIC |
| THIS TYPE OF TUMOR IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MALIGNANT BONE TUMOR THAT OCCURS IN THOSE OVER 40 YEARS OF AGE | MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
| A GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION WITH AN ACCOMPANYING SKIN RASH IS | DERMATOMYOSITIS |
| A CARTILAGE TUMOR THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN MIDDLE-AGE AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS | CHONDROSARCOMA |
| THE RETURNING OF THE BONE TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT IS | IMMOBILIZATION |
| THE RESULT OF OVERUSE OR OVEREXTIONSION OF A LIGAMENT IS | SPRAIN |
| PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS | IDIOPATHIC (UNKNOW ORGIN) |
| OPEN (COMPOUND)FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN |
| CLOSED (SIMPLE) FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE DOES NOT PENETRATE SKIN |
| COMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH |
| INCOMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS NOT BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH |
| CLOSED REDUCTION | REALIGNMENT OF BONE FRAGMENTS BY MANIPULATION |
| IMMOBILIZATION | RETURNS TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT AND HOLDS IN PLACE |
| TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PULLING FORCE TO HOLD BONE IN ALIGNMENT |
| SKELETAL TRACTION | USES INTERNAL DEVICES SUCH AS PINS, SCREWS, AND WIRES |
| SKIN TRACTION | STRAPPING, ELASTIC WRAP, OR TAPE ATTACHED TO SKIN TO WHICH WEIGHTS ARE ATTACHED. |
| NONUNION | FAILURE OF BONE ENDS TO GROW TOGETHER |
| MALUNION | INCORRECT ALIGNMENT OF BONE ENDS |
| DELAYED UNION | DELAY OF BONE UNION 8 TO 9 MONTHS |
| BONE AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA IS CALLED | DISLOCATION |
| SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA TO TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS IS CALLED | SPRAINS OR A STRAIN |
| OSTEOMYELITIS | BONE INFECTION. USUALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA |
| OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS | SOFTENED ADULT BONES, WHILE RICKETS IS SOFTENED GROWING BONES IN CHILDREN. CAUSED BY VITAMIN D AND PHOSPHATE DEFICIENCY. |
| OSTEITIS DEFORMANS (PAGETS DISEASE) | ABNORMAL BONE REMODELING AND RESORPTION RESULTING IN ENLARGED, SOFT BONES. UNKNOWN CAUSE BUT STRONG GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS. |
| LORDOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS SWAYBACK | INWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
| KYPHOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS HUMPBACK | OUTWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
| SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL CURVATURE THE SPINE |
| SPINA BIFIDA | CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN WHICH VERTEBRAE DO NOT CLOSE CORRECTLY AROUND THE SPINAL CORD |
| BURSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA (JOINT SAC) |
| ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | DEGENERATIVE OR WEAR/TEAR. |
| DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (DJD) | CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS |
| RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS (RA) | INFLAMMATORY CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN JOINTS DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. |
| INFECTIOUS AND OR SEPTIC ARTHRITIS | INFECTIOUS PROCESS. USUALLY AFFECTS SINGLE JOINTS. LIME DISEASE |
| GOUT (GOUTY ARTHRITIS) | INFLAMMATORY,OFTEN AFFECTS THE JOINT OF THE GREAT TOE. |
| ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) | INFLAMMATORY DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. AFFECTS VERTEBRAL JOINTS AND INSERTION POINTS OF LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, AND JOINT CAPSULES. LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN AND SACROILIAC JOINTS. |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY-FAMILIAL DISORDER | PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE MUSCLE DISORDER. MOST OFTEN AFFECTS BOYS |
| PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME | GENERALIZED ACHING AND PAIN, TENDER POINTS, FATIGUE, DEPRESSION. MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN |
| POLYMYOSITIS | GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION CAUSING WEAKNESS |
| DERMATOMYOSITIS | POLYMYOSITIS WITH RASH |
| OSTEOGENIC | BONE CELLS |
| CHONDROGENIC | CARTILAGE CELL |
| COLLAGENIC | FIBROUS TISSUE CELL |
| MYELOGENIC | MARROW CELL |
| OSTEOMA | BENIGN. ABNORMAL OUTGROWTH OF BONE |
| CHONDROBLASTOMA | RARE, USUALLY BENIGN |
| OSTEOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LONG BONES, USUALLY IN YOUNG ADULTS, TYPICALLY CAUSES BONE PAIN |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA | MALIGNANT PLASMA CELLS IN SKELETAL SYSTEM AND SOFT TISSUE, PROGRESSIVE AND GENERALLY FATAL, USUALLY IN THOSE OVER 40 |
| CHONDROSARCOMEA | MALIGNANT CARTILAGE TUMOR, USUALLY IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER PERSONS. LATE STAGES, SYMPOTOMS INCLUDE LOCAL W\SWELLING AND PAIN. |
| MUSCLE TUMORS | RARE..RHABDOMYOSARCOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE, INVASIVE CARCINOMA WITH WITH WIDESPREAD METASTASIS. |