skeletal terms Word Scramble
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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 |
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