Appendage
Any body part attached to a main structure
Condyle
A large rounded process on a bone
Bone marrow
Where hematopoieses
Plantar flexion
Lowers the foot and points the toes
3 main divisions of the pelvis
Ilium,ischium, and pubis
Meatus
Opening or passageway
Diarthrosis
Freely movable joint
2 main divisions of the skeleton
Axial and appendicular
Internal organs of thoracic cavity are protected by what
Rib cage
Supination
Turns palm up
Fontanelle
Soft spot between the cranial bone
Osteoblasts
Bone forming cells
Diaphysis
Shaft, or long portion of the bone
Another word for articulation
Joint
Pronation
Turns palms down
What attaches lower limbs to the axial skeleton
Pelvic girdle
Plural form of pelvis
Pelves
Articular cartilage
Type of elastic connective cartilage that provides a smooth surface for movement of the joint
Extension
Increases the angle of a joint
Calcane/o
Heel bone
Brachi/o
Arm
Femor/o
Thigh bone
Rhabdomy/o
Rod-shaped striated muscle
Clasia
To break or surgical fracture
Phalang/o
Bones of the fingers and toes
Arthr/o
Joint
Myel/o
Bone marrow;spinal cord
Orth/o
Straight
Cephal/o
Head
Dactyl/o
Fingers, toes
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Kyph/o
Humpback
Lordosis
Abnormal inward curvature of lower portion of the spine
Scoliosis
Lateral curvature of the spine right or left
Ankylosis
Stiffening and immobility of a joint
Caludication
Lameness or limping
Subluxation
Partial or incomplete dislocation
Gout
Inflammation of joints caused by excessive uric acid accumulation
Sequestrum
Segment of necrosed bone
Exacerbation
Increase in severity of a disease or its symptom
Complicated
Fracture where the bone injured another organ such as a broken rib piercing a lung
Open
Fracture that involves a broken bone that causes an external wound
Ganglion cyst
Tumor of the tendon sheath or joint capsule found in wrist
Contracture
Fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia,muscle, or joint capsule that prevents mobility
Comminuted
Fracture that involves a bone that breaks and splinters
Talipes
Term for clubfoot
Another term for osteitis deformas
Paget disease
Lordosis
Abnormal condition of a swayback posture
Orthopedics
Branch of medicine that diagnoses, treats, and manages musculoskeletal disorders
Osteoporosis
Metabolic bone disorder common in postmenopausal women
Rheumatoid arthritis
Chronic joint disease is characterized by inflammation, pain, stiffness and deformity of the affected joints
Osteoarthritis is also known as
Degenerative joint disease
Osteomyelitis
Inflammation of bone and bone marrow
Muscular dysstrophy
Weakening of muscle tissue
Sarcomas
Malignancies originating from bone, fat, muscle, cartilage, bone marrow and cells of lymphatic system
Laminectomy
Surgical procedure to relieve symptoms of a ruptured disc
Arthroplasty
Surgical reconstruction of a painful degenerated joint
Surgery to remove a herniated disc
Laminectomy
Osteoclasts
Device used to fracture bone for therapeutic purposes
Craniotomy
Incision of the skull
Costotome
Instrument used to cut a rib
Treatment used to correct talipes
Applying casts to straighten the foot
Sequestrectomy
Excision of a necrosed bone
Surgical procedure that replaces femoral head and the acetabulum with a metal ball and stem
Total hip replacement
Scintigraphy
Procedure that visualizes tissues and organs after administration or a radionuclide
Drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Gold salts