Question | Answer |
ARTHROCENTESIS | INJECTION AND/ OR ASPIRATION OF JOINT |
ARTHRODESIS | SURGICAL IMMOBILIZATION OF A JOINT |
ARTHROGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHY OF JOINT |
ARTHROPLASTY | RESHAPING OR RECONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT |
ARTHROSCOPY | USE OF SCOPE TO VIEW INSIDE JOINT |
ARTHROTOMY | INCISION INTO A JOINT |
ARTICULAR | PERTAINS TO A JOINT |
ASPIRTATION | USE OF A NEEDLE AND A SYRINGE TO WITHDRAW FLUID |
ATROPHY | WASTING AWAY |
BUNION | HALLUX VALGUS, ABNORMAL INCREASE IN SIZE OF METATARSAL HEAD THAT RESULTS IN DISPLACEMENT OF THE GREAT TOE. |
BIRSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BURSA (JOINT SAC) |
CHONDRAL | REFERRING TO THE CARTILAGE |
CLOSED FRACTURE REPAIR | NOT SURGICALLY OPENED WITH/WITHOUT MANIPULATION AND WITH/WITHOUT TRACTION |
CLOSED TREATMENT | FRACTURE SITE THAT IS NOT SURGICALLY OPENED AND VISUALIZED. |
COLLES'FRACTURE | FRACTURE AT LOWER END OF RADIUS THAT DISPLACES THE BONE POSTERIORLY. |
DISLOCATION | PLACEMENT IN A LOCATIO OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION |
ENDOSCOPY | INSPECTION OF BODY ORGANS OR CAVITIES USING A LIGHTED SCOPE THAT MAY BE INSERTED THROUGH AN EXISTING OPENING OR THROUGH A SMALL INCISION |
FASCIECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE BAND OF FIBRIOUS TISSUE |
FISSURE | GROOVE |
FRACTURE | BREAK IN A BONE |
GANGLION | KNOT |
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL FIXATION | APPLICATION OF PINS, WIRES, SCREWS, PLACED EXTERNALLY OR INTRNALLY TO IMMOBILIZE A BODY PART |
KYPHOSIS | HUMPBACK |
LAMINA | FLAT PLATE |
LIGAMENT | FIBROUS BAND OF TISSUE THAT CONNECTS CARTILAGE OR BONE |
LORDOSIS | ANTERIOR CURVE SPINE |
LUMBODYNIA | PAIN IN THE LUMBAR AREA |
LYSIS | RELEASING |
MANIPULATION OR REDUCTION | ALIGNMENT OF A FRACTURE OR JOINT DISLOCATION TO NORMAL POSITION |
OPEN FRACTURE REPAIR | SURGICAL OPENING (INCISION) OVER OR REMOTE OPENING AS ACESS TO A FRACTURE SITE |
OSTEOARTHRITIS | DEGENERATIVE CONDITION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE |
OSTEOCLAST | ABSORBS OR REMOVES BONE |
OSTEOTOMY CUTTING INTO BONE | CUTTING INTO BONE |
PERCUTANEOUS FRACTURE REPAIR | REPAIR OF A FRACTURE BY MEANS OF PINS AND WIRES INSERTED THROUGH THE FRACTURE SITE |
PRECUTANEOUS SKELETAL FIXATION | CONSIDERED NEITHER OPEN NOR CLOSED; THE FRACTURE IS NOT VISUALIZED BUT FIXATION IS PLACED ACROSS THE FRACTURE SITE UNDER X-RAY IMAGING |
REDUCTION | REPLACEMENT TO NORMAL POSITION |
SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL CURVE OF THE SPINE |
SKELETAL TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE BY MEANS OF PINS AND/OR WIRES INSERTED INTO THE BONE |
SKIN TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE MEANS OF TAPE APPLIED TO THE SKIN |
SYONDYLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF VERTEBRAE |
SUBLUXATION | PARTIAL DISLOCATION |
SUPINATION | SUPINE POSITION |
SYNCHONDROSIS | UNION BETWEEN TWO BONES (CONNECTED BY CARTILAGE) |
TENDON | ATTACHES A MUSCLE TO A BONE |
TENODESIS | SUTURING OF A TENDON TO A BONE |
TENORRHAPHY | SUTURE REPAIR OF TENDON |
TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL ALIGNMENT |
TROCAR NEEDLE | NEEDLE WITH A TUBE ON THE END; USED TO PUNCTURE ANS WITHDRAW FLUID FROM A CAVITY |
TUBULAR IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THESE BONES | LONG BONE |
THESE BONES ARE FOUND NEAR JOINTS | SESAMOID |
THE ZYGOMA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF BONE | IRREGULAR |
THE DIAPHYSIS IS THIS PART OF THE BONE | SHAFT |
WHICH IS NOT A PART OF THE CRANIUM | CONDYLE |
THIS IS NOT AN EAR BONE | STYLOID |
THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE GROWTH PLATE | EPIPHYSEAL |
THIS IS A DEPRESSION ON THE LATERAL HIP SURFACE INTO WHICH THE HEAD OF FEMUR FITS | ACETABULUM |
THE TIP OF THE ELBOW IS THE | OLECRANON |
THIS TERM DESCRIBESAN IMMOVABLE JOINT | SYNARTHROSIS |
A COMPOUND FRACTURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS A | OPEN, BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN |
THIS IS A COMMON BONE DISORDER IN POSTMENTOPAUSAL WOMEN RESULTING FROM LOWER LEVELS OF CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM | OSTEOPOROSIS |
THIS INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE AND LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN | ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS |
THIS TYPE OF TUMOR ARISES FROM THE BONE CELL | OSTEOGENIC |
THIS TYPE OF TUMOR IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MALIGNANT BONE TUMOR THAT OCCURS IN THOSE OVER 40 YEARS OF AGE | MULTIPLE MYELOMA |
A GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION WITH AN ACCOMPANYING SKIN RASH IS | DERMATOMYOSITIS |
A CARTILAGE TUMOR THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN MIDDLE-AGE AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS | CHONDROSARCOMA |
THE RETURNING OF THE BONE TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT IS | IMMOBILIZATION |
THE RESULT OF OVERUSE OR OVEREXTIONSION OF A LIGAMENT IS | SPRAIN |
PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS | IDIOPATHIC (UNKNOW ORGIN) |
OPEN (COMPOUND)FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN |
CLOSED (SIMPLE) FRACTURE | BROKEN BONE DOES NOT PENETRATE SKIN |
COMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH |
INCOMPLETE FRACTURE | BONE IS NOT BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH |
CLOSED REDUCTION | REALIGNMENT OF BONE FRAGMENTS BY MANIPULATION |
IMMOBILIZATION | RETURNS TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT AND HOLDS IN PLACE |
TRACTION | APPLICATION OF PULLING FORCE TO HOLD BONE IN ALIGNMENT |
SKELETAL TRACTION | USES INTERNAL DEVICES SUCH AS PINS, SCREWS, AND WIRES |
SKIN TRACTION | STRAPPING, ELASTIC WRAP, OR TAPE ATTACHED TO SKIN TO WHICH WEIGHTS ARE ATTACHED. |
NONUNION | FAILURE OF BONE ENDS TO GROW TOGETHER |
MALUNION | INCORRECT ALIGNMENT OF BONE ENDS |
DELAYED UNION | DELAY OF BONE UNION 8 TO 9 MONTHS |
BONE AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA IS CALLED | DISLOCATION |
SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA TO TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS IS CALLED | SPRAINS OR A STRAIN |
OSTEOMYELITIS | BONE INFECTION. USUALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA |
OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS | SOFTENED ADULT BONES, WHILE RICKETS IS SOFTENED GROWING BONES IN CHILDREN. CAUSED BY VITAMIN D AND PHOSPHATE DEFICIENCY. |
OSTEITIS DEFORMANS (PAGETS DISEASE) | ABNORMAL BONE REMODELING AND RESORPTION RESULTING IN ENLARGED, SOFT BONES. UNKNOWN CAUSE BUT STRONG GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS. |
LORDOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS SWAYBACK | INWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
KYPHOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS HUMPBACK | OUTWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
SCOLIOSIS | LATERAL CURVATURE THE SPINE |
SPINA BIFIDA | CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN WHICH VERTEBRAE DO NOT CLOSE CORRECTLY AROUND THE SPINAL CORD |
BURSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA (JOINT SAC) |
ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS |
OSTEOARTHRITIS | DEGENERATIVE OR WEAR/TEAR. |
DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (DJD) | CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS |
RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS (RA) | INFLAMMATORY CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN JOINTS DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. |
INFECTIOUS AND OR SEPTIC ARTHRITIS | INFECTIOUS PROCESS. USUALLY AFFECTS SINGLE JOINTS. LIME DISEASE |
GOUT (GOUTY ARTHRITIS) | INFLAMMATORY,OFTEN AFFECTS THE JOINT OF THE GREAT TOE. |
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) | INFLAMMATORY DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. AFFECTS VERTEBRAL JOINTS AND INSERTION POINTS OF LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, AND JOINT CAPSULES. LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN AND SACROILIAC JOINTS. |
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY-FAMILIAL DISORDER | PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE MUSCLE DISORDER. MOST OFTEN AFFECTS BOYS |
PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME | GENERALIZED ACHING AND PAIN, TENDER POINTS, FATIGUE, DEPRESSION. MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN |
POLYMYOSITIS | GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION CAUSING WEAKNESS |
DERMATOMYOSITIS | POLYMYOSITIS WITH RASH |
OSTEOGENIC | BONE CELLS |
CHONDROGENIC | CARTILAGE CELL |
COLLAGENIC | FIBROUS TISSUE CELL |
MYELOGENIC | MARROW CELL |
OSTEOMA | BENIGN. ABNORMAL OUTGROWTH OF BONE |
CHONDROBLASTOMA | RARE, USUALLY BENIGN |
OSTEOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LONG BONES, USUALLY IN YOUNG ADULTS, TYPICALLY CAUSES BONE PAIN |
MULTIPLE MYELOMA | MALIGNANT PLASMA CELLS IN SKELETAL SYSTEM AND SOFT TISSUE, PROGRESSIVE AND GENERALLY FATAL, USUALLY IN THOSE OVER 40 |
CHONDROSARCOMEA | MALIGNANT CARTILAGE TUMOR, USUALLY IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER PERSONS. LATE STAGES, SYMPOTOMS INCLUDE LOCAL W\SWELLING AND PAIN. |
MUSCLE TUMORS | RARE..RHABDOMYOSARCOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE, INVASIVE CARCINOMA WITH WITH WIDESPREAD METASTASIS. |