| Question | Answer |
| cranioschisis | fissure of the skull
crani/o/schisis |
| diskitis | inflammation of an intervertebral disk
disk/itis |
| fibromyalgia | pain in the fibrous tissues and muscles
fibro/o/my/algia |
| kyphosis | abnormal condition of a hump
kyph/osis |
| lordosis | abnormal condition of bending forward
lord/osis |
| osteo
oste | bone |
| osteochondritis | inflammation of the bone and cartilage
oste/o/chondr/it is |
| osteofibroma | tumor of the bone and fibrous tissue
oste/o/fibr/oma |
| osteopenia | abnormal reduction of bone mass
oste/o/penia |
| osteopetrosis | abnormal condition of stone like bone
oste/o/petrosis |
| osteosaroma | malignant tumor of the bone
oste/o/sarcoma |
| polymyositis | inflammation of many muscles
poly/myos/it is |
| rachischisis | fissure of the vertebral column
rachi/shisis |
| rhabdomyolysis | dissolution of striated muscle
rhabd/o/my/o/lysis |
| spondylarthritis | inflammation of the vertebral column
spondyl/arthr/itis |
| synoviosarcoma | malignant tumor of the synovial membrane
synovi/o/sarcoma |
| tenosynovitis | inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
ten/o/synov/itis |
| ankylosing spondylitis | form of arthiritis that first affects the spine and adjacent structures and that causes a forward bend of the spine |
| bunion | abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | a common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve |
| colles fracture | a type of wrist fracture that's at the lower end of the radius |
| exostosis | abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone |
| gout | disease caused by an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood. which causes sodium ureate crystals to be deposited in the joints and produces arthritis |
| herniated disk | rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage which allows the contents to protrude throughout putting pressure on the spinal nerve roots |
| muscular dystrophy (MD) | group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness |
| myasthenia gravis (MG) | chronic disease caused by muscle weakness and thought to be caused by a defect in the transmission of impulses from nerve to muscle cell |
| osteoporosis | abnormal loss of bone density occurring predominantly in postmenopausal women, which can lead to an increase in fractures of ribs , thoracic and lumbar, vertebrae, hips and wrists |
| rheumatoid arthritis (RH) | a chronic systemic disease characterized by autoimmune inflammatory changes in connective tissue throughout the body |
| spinal stenosis | narrowing of the spinal canel with compression of nerve roots |
| spondylolitsthesis | forward slipping of one vertebra over another |
| arthralgia | pain in the joint
arth/algia |
| arthrography | radiographic imaging of a joint
arthr/o/graphy |
| arthroscopy | visual exam of a joint
arthr/o/scopy |
| atropy | without development
a/tropy |
| bradykinesia | slow movement
brady/kinesi/a |
| carpal | pertaining to the wrist
carp/al |
| dyskinesia | difficult movement
dys/kinesi/a |
| dystrophy | abnormal development
dys/trophy |
| hyperkinesia | excessive movement
hyper/kinesi/a |
| hypertrophy | excessive movement
hyper/trophy |
| iliofemoral | pertaining to the ilium and femur
ilio/femor/al |
| ischiofibular | pertaining to the ischium and fibula
ischi/o/fibul/ar |
| osteoblast | developing bone cell
oste/o/blast |
| osteonecrosis | abnormal death of bone
oste/o/necrosis |
| CTS | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
| HNP | HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS |
| EMG | ELECTROMYOGRAM |
| MD | MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
| MG | MYASTHENIA GRAVIS |
| OA | OSTEOARTHIRITIS |
| RA | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| THA | TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY |
