Joints (ch15)-08-11 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
joint | articulation/coming together of 2 or more bones |
suture joints | immovable (skull) |
synovial joints | freely movable//ball and socket types/ like shoulders) hinge type/like the elbows |
bursae | closed sackes of synovial flyuid with synovial membrane located near but not within a joint |
ankyl/o | stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
bur/o | bursa |
chondr/o | cartilage |
ligament/o | ligament |
rheumat/o | watery flow |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
ten/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-desis | to bind/tie together |
-stenosis | narrowing |
arthritis | inflammation of the joint |
ankylosing spondylitis | chronic progressive stiffening of joints, mostly spine |
gouty arthritis | inflammation due to excessive uric acid in the body |
osteoarthritis (OA) | loss of articular cartilage and formation of bone spurs at articular surfaces (DJD) |
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | autoimmune reacation against joint tissue (synovial membrane) |
bunion | swelling of medical aspect of joint between big toe and first metatarsal bone |
carpal tunnel syndrome | compression of median nerve as it passeas between ligament and bones and tendons of the wrist |
dislocation | displacement of bone froma joint |
ganglion | a fluid filled cyst arising from a joint capsule or tendon in the wrist |
herniation of intervertebral disk | abnormal protrusion of the disk into teh neural canal or agianst spianl nerves |
lyme disease | recurrent arthritis, myalgia, malaise and neurologic and cardiac symptoms |
sprain | trauma to joint with pain, swelling and injury to ligaments |
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) | chronic inflammatory disease involving joints skin kidney nervous system heart and lungs affecting collagen in tendons ligaments bone and cartilage allover body |
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