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Chapter 4
Flashcards for Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| costalgia | rib pain |
| metatarsalgia | pain in bones of the foot |
| ostalgia | bone pain |
| osteodynia | bone pain |
| spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
| tibalgia | tibia(shin)pain |
| ankylosis | joint stiffness |
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| arthrodynia | joint pain |
| cervicodynia | neck pain |
| crepitation | a crackling sound heard in joints |
| genu varum | bowlegged |
| genu valgum | knock-kneed |
| bradykinesia | slow movement |
| dyskinesia | inability to control movement |
| dystaxia | poor cordination |
| dystonia | poor muscle tone |
| graphospasm | writer's camp |
| arthrocentesis | puncture of a joint |
| arthroscope | instrument for looking into a joint |
| arthroscopy | procedure for looking into a joint |
| electromyogram | a record of the electrical activity of a muscle |
| electromyography | procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle |
| myography | procedure for studying muscles |
| carpitis | wrist inflammation |
| craniomalacia | softening of the skull |
| fracture | a bone break |
| osteodystrophy | poor bone development |
| osteolysis | bone loss |
| osteonecrosis | death of bone |