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Ch. 3 Med Term
Medical Terminology Ch. 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankylosing of spondylitis | rheumatoid arthritis causing inflammation between the joints to progressively stiffen the vertabrae. As it progresses there is fixation,causing the vertebrae to become immovable. |
| anklosis | loss or absence of mobility in a joint due to disease,injury,or surgical procedure |
| arthrectomy | surgical removal of a joint |
| athralgia | pain in a joint |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| arthrocentesis | surgical puncture of a joint's space to remove synovial fluid |
| arthrolysis | surgical loosening of an anklosed joint |
| arthroplasty | surgical repair of a damaged joint. the actual replacement of a joint |
| arthrotomy | surgical incision into a joint |
| bursectomy | surgical removal of a bursa |
| bursitis | inflammation of a bursa |
| chondroma | slow-growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells |
| chondromalacia | abnormal softening of the cartilage |
| chondropathy | disease of cartilage |
| chondroplasty | surgical repair of damaged cartilage |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
| hematopoietic | pertaining to the formation of blood cells |
| kyphosis | spinal deformity causing an abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine |
| lordosis | spinal deformity causing an abnormal increase in the curvature of the lumbar spine |
| myeloma | malignant tumors of the red bone marrow |
| orthotics | making of mechanical appliances for empaired limbs |
| ostealgia | pain in the bone (osteodynia) |
| osteoarthritis | wearing away of articular cartilage within the joints (wear and tear arthritis) |
| osteoclasis | surgical fracture of a bone to correct deformity |
| osteomalacia | abnormal softening of bones in adults (adult rickets) |
| osteonecrosis | death of bone tissue due to insufficient blood supply |
| osteoporosis | marked loss of bone density and an increase in bone porosity that is frequently associated with aging |
| osteorraphy | suturing or wiring together of bone |
| osteosclerosis | abnormal hardening of bone |
| periostitis | inflammation of the periosteum |
| periosteum | tough,fibrous tissue that forms the outermost covering of a bone |
| rheumatologist | physician specializing in diagnosis and treatment of arthritis and disorders |
| spondylosis | degenerative disorder causing the loss of normal spinal structure and function (spinal osteoarthritis) |
| subluxation | parial displacement of a bone from its joint |
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