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Ch 15 Muscular/skel
Musculoskeletal terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| athralgia | joint pain |
| arthrocentesis | puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint |
| arthroclasia | surgically breaking a joint |
| arthrodesis | fusion of a joint |
| arthrogram | record of a joint |
| arthritis | joint inflammation |
| arthrotomy | incision into a joint |
| arthroscope | instrument to view inside a joint |
| bursectomy | removal of a bursa |
| buritis | inflammation of a bursa |
| chondrectomy | removal of cartilage |
| chondromalacia | cartilage softening |
| chondroma | cartilage tumor |
| chondroplasty | surgical |
| cortical | pertaining to the outer portion |
| intracranial | pertaining to inside the skull |
| craniotomy | incision into the skull |
| medullary | pertaining to the inner portion |
| myeloma | bone marrow tumor |
| ostealgia | bone pain |
| osteochondroma | bone and cartilage tumor |
| osteoclasia | to surgically break a bone |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| osteotomy | incision into a bone |
| osteopathy | bone disease |
| osteotome | instrument to cut bone |
| synovitis | inflammation of synovial |
| synovectomy | removal of the synovial membrane |
| intravertebral | pertaining to between vertebrae |