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Ch 12 voc. review 2
Diseases of bones and cartilage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | away from; without |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| necr/o- | dead cells, tissue or body |
| -osis | condition; usually abnormal |
| oste/o- | bone |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| malac/o- -malacia | softening |
| fract/o- | break up |
| -ure | system; result of |
| path/o- -pathy | disease; suffering |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| align/o- | straight line |
| -ment | action; state |
| fracture in which the bone does not break through the overlying skin | closed fracture |
| fracture in which the bone breaks through the overlying skin | open fracture |
| open fracture is also known as ... | compound fracture |
| broken bone ends remain in their normal anatomical alignment | nondisplaced fracture |
| broken bone ends are pulled out of their normal anatomical alignment | displaced fracture |
| distal radius is broken by falling onto an outstretched hand | Colle's fracture |
| bone is crushed into several pieces | comminuted fracture |
| communit/o- | break into small pieces |
| vertebrae are compressed together when a person falls onto the buttocks or when a vertebra collapses in on itself because of disease | compression fracture |
| cranium is fractured inward toward the brain | depressed fracture |
| depress/o- | press down |
| bone is broken on only one side. this occurs in children because part of bone is still flexible cartilage | greenstick fracture |
| very thin fracture line with the bone pieces still together. it is difficult to detect except on an x-ray | hairline fracture |
| bone is broken on a oblique angle | oblique fracture |
| bone is broken in a spiral because of a twisting force | spiral fracture |
| spir/o- | breathe, a coil |
| bone is broken in a transverse plane perpendicular to its long axis | transverse fracture |
| trans- | across; through |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| por/o- | small openings; pores |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
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