D/E Word Scramble
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Abnormal inward curvature of a portion of the spine, commonly called swayback. | Lordosis |
Abnormal outward curvature of the spine, commonly know as humpback or roundback. | Kyphosis |
Abnormal sideward curvature of the spine either to the left or right. | Scoliosis |
Occurs when the nucleus pulposus leaks through the wall of the disk and into the spinal canal, where it may press on spinal nerves and cause pain and disability. | Herniated Intervertebral disk |
Metabolic bone disease affecting 5 to 10 million Americans. | Osteoporosis |
Chronic metabolic skeletal disease, initial phase is marked by high rate of bone turnover. | Paget's Disease |
Is a break or crack in a bone. | Fracture |
Chronic inflammatory process of the joints and bones resulting in degeneration of joint cartilage and subsequent hypertrophy of the surrounding bone. | Osteoarthritis |
Chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membranes of multiple joints. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Called gouty arthritis, is a chronic disorder of uric acid metabolism. | Gout |
Tearing or stretching of a ligament surrounding a joint that usually follows a sharp twist. | Sprains |
Tearing or stretching of a tendon or a muscle. | Strain |
Inflammation of a bursa, a think-walled sac lined with synovial tissue that facilitates movement of tendons and muscles over bony prominences. | Bursitis |
Most common syndrome that compresses that median never in the wrist, within the carpal tunnel. | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
Inflammation of a tendon or the tendon-muscle attachments to bone, usually in the shoulder rotator cuff,hip, Achilles tendon, or hamstring. | Tendonitis |
Chronic, progressive neuromuscular disease that produces progressive, sporadic weakness and exhaustion of skeletal muscles. | Myasthenia Gravis |
Chronic, progressive disease of connective tissue characterized by edema, inflammation, and degeneration of skeletal muscles. | Polymyositis |
Chronic, inflammatory connective-tissure disorder in which cells and tissues throughout the body are damaged by a variety of autoantibodies and immune complexes. | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
Congenital disorder characterized by progressive bilateral wasting of skeletal muscles. | Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy |
Symptoms are pain, tenderness and swelling, malaise, weakness,fatigue,fever, obvious bone deformation, including spontaneous fractures, inflammation,stiffness,and weightloss. | Common symptoms of musculoskeletal diseases |
This disease is also marked my tophi, deposits urate compounds in and around the joints of the extremities. | Gout |
This disease may affect any joint in the body but especially weight-bearing ones such as the knee and hip. | Osteoarthritis |
A break in the bone with no external wound to the skin. | Closed fractures |
A break in the bone in which there is an open wound leading down to the site of the fracture or in which a piece of broken bone protrudes through the skin. | Open or compound fracture |
One in which the bone is partially bent and split, as a green stick or twig does when bent. | Greenstick fracture |
One in which the bone is broken with one end forced into the interior of the other. | Impacted fracture |
One in which the bone is broken or splintered into pieces, often with fragments embedded in surrounding tissue. | Comminuted fracture |
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