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CHNP 2010 CH.3

TermDefinition
ankyl/o crooked or stiff
chondr/o cartilage (gristle)
cost/o rib
dactyl/o digit (finger or toe)
fasci/o fascia (a band)
fibr/o fiber
kyph/o humpback
lei/o smooth
myel/o bone marrow, spinal cord
oste/o bone
rhabd/o rod-shaped or striated (skeletal)
sarc/o flesh
spondyl/o vertebra
ton/o tone or tension
bursa a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid
annulus fibrosus ring of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue forming the circumference of the intervertebral disk; surrounds the nucleus pulposus
nucleus pulposus the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk
joint capsule sac enclosing the articulating ends of bones forming a synovial joint
goniometer instrument used to measure joint angles
arthralgia joint pain
atrophy shrinking of muscle size
crepitation grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or by broken bones (also called crepitus)
exostosis a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage
hypertrophy increase in the size of tissue like muscle
hypotonia reduced muscle tone or tension
myalgia muscle pain. also called myodynia
ostealgia bone pain also called osteodynia
rigidity stiffness; stiff muscle also called rigor
osteoarthritis (OA) most common form of arthritis and most commonly associated with aging (wear-and-tear arthritis) also called degenerative arthritis and degenerative joint disease (DJD)
sequestrum bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply, such as can occur after a fracture
bursitis inflammation of a bursa
chrondromalacia softening of cartilage
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