Medical Terminology
What is carpo?
wrist
Broken bone is protruding through the skin, Most serious type of fracture? What am I?
Compound Fracture
What is yellow marrow?
spongy tissue in the middle of long bones that helps to store fat.
Crystalized uric acid build up usually in big toe, what am I?
Gout
What does Closed fracture mean?
Broken bone that does not break through the skin.
Softening of the bone making it become porous, what am I?
Osteoporosis
What does scolio mean?
crooked, bent
Hunchback-involves thoracic spine, what am I?
Kyphosis
what does foramen mean?
Holes in the bone for blood vessels and nerves to pass through
Bone is splintered, common in small children, what am I?
Greenstick Fracture (Incomplete)