Word Parts
Anatomy
Diseases
Pathology
Vocabulary/ Abbreviations
100
What -ili- means.
What is ilium?
100
The wider end of the long bones.
What are epiphyses?
100
This is where deposits of uric acid accumulate in joints.
What is gout?
100
Known as a frozen shoulder.
What is an adhesive capsulitis?
100
This is known as CR.
What is closed reduction?
200
Pod means this.
What is foot?
200
The process when a newborn's skeleton begins as fragile membranes and cartilage, but after three months it starts this.
What is ossification?
200
A slipped or ruptured disk.
What is a herniated disk?
200
This is the loss or absence of mobility in a joint due to disease, injury, or a surgical procedure.
What is ankylosis?
200
This means to connect one bone to another.
What is ligament/o?
300
What capsul means.
What is little box?
300
This bone articulates with the tibia and fibula.
What is the talus?
300
This is the former term for short stature.
What is dwarfism?
300
A Baker's cyst.
What is a popliteal cyst that is a fluid filled sac behind the knee?
300
This is known as PMR.
What is polymyalgia rheumatica?
400
This means hump.
What is kyph?
400
Cortical bone is also known as this.
What is compact bone.
400
This is thinner than average bone density.
What is osteopenia?
400
This is due to "wear and tear" as we age.
What is osteoarthritis?
400
The means relating to the part of the back between the ribs and the pelvis.
What is lumbar?
500
This means to bind.
What is -desis?
500
This bony projection is located on the temporal bones just behind the ears.
What is the mastoid process?
500
This is talipes.
What is clubfoot?
500
This is an abnormal breakdown of bone, usually in the pelvis, skull, spine and legs and is characterized by pain, and hearing loss.
What is Paget's disease?
500
This is known as an ORIF.
What is an open reduction and internal fixation?
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