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MP ORTHOPEDICS BONE
ORTHOPEDICS - BONE
Question | Answer |
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ORTHOPEDICS | ORTH/O - STRAIGHT; PED/O-CHILD; -ICS= KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE (THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT STUDIES THE A&P OF THE SKELETAL & MUSCULAR SYSTEM) |
MALLEOLUS | MEDIAL AND LATERAL MALLEOULUS. OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR THE ANKLE BONES. THE BONY PROMINENCE ON THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE TIBA AND FIBULA. |
DJD - OSTEOARTHRITIS | DEJENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (OSTE/O - BONE; ARTHR/O - JOINT, -ITIS = INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION. CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF JOINTS (ESPECIALLY WEIGHT BEARNING) |
BUNINECTOMY | BUNION - ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE JOINT ; -ECTOMY - SURGICAL REMOVAL (AKA HALLUS VALGUS ) DEFORMITY OF THE GREAT TOE. COMMON IN WOMEN WEARING POINTY SHOES |
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE | PATH/O- DISEASE ; LOG/O- STUDY OF; -IC - PERTAINING TO (A FRACTURE CAUSED BY A DISEASE SUCH AS OSTEOPOROSIS; BONE CANCER OR METASTASES TO BONE) |
CREPITIS | GRINDING SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH BONE TO BONE FRICTION ASSOCIATED WITH DJD OSTEOARTHRITIS |