Combining forms
crooked, bent, stiff
What is Ankyl/o-?
-lysis
What is loosening or setting free?
Collar bone
What is the clavicle?
An abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine. ("Humpback")
What is Kyphosis?
RA
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joint
What is Arthr/o-?
-desis
What is to bind, fuse, or tie together?
Breast bone
What is the sternum?
The medical term for low back pain.
What is lumbago?
AKA Talipes
What is clubfoot?
Spinal cord, bone marrow
-listhesis
What is slipping?
Shoulder blade
What is the scapula?
The forward slipping movement of the body of one of the lower vertebrae on the vertebra or sacrum below it.
What is Spondylolisthesis?
AKA Bunion
What is Hallux Valgus?
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
What is spondyl/o-?
-penia
What is deficiency?
Shinbone
What is the tibia?
A form of rheumatoid arthritis that primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae.
What is Ankylosing spondylitis?
AKA Popliteal cyst
What is a Baker's cyst?
Curve, swayback, bent
What is Lord/o-?
-poietic
What is pertaining to formation?
Tailbone
What is the coccyx?
A congenital defect when the spinal canal fails to close completely around the spinal cord.
What is Spina Bifida?
AKA Frozen Shoulder
What is Adhesive capsulitis?