A&P
Bone is also called this type of tissue.
What is osseous tissue?
Softening of the cartilage
What is chondromalacia?
Replacement body part
What is a prosthesis?
This is the abbreviation for a fracture.
What is Fx?
This is the most common type of fraction in children.
What is a greenstick fracture?
This is the place where 2 bones meet.
What is an articulation?
or What is a joint?
The abnormal outward curvature of the thoracic spine
What is kyphosis?
Also known as an x-ray.
What is a radiograph?
The abbreviation for knee replacement.
What is a TKA or TKR?
A disease where the bones become thin and weakened due to loss of minerals.
What is osteoporosis?
What are ligaments?
Braces and splits are examples of these.
Realigning bone fragments in a fracture.
What is reduction?
This is the abbreviation for a herniated disk.
What is a HNP?
What is an arthroscope?
This is the term for the central shaft of a long bone.
What is the diaphysis?
Also known as a bone spur.
What is an exostosis?
Fusing of bones to stabilize a joint.
What is arthrodesis?
This is the abbreviation for a surgical procedure that will realign bones and stabilize them while they heal.
Noise produced by bones or cartilage rubbing together.
What is crepitus or crepitation?
This is the thin connective tissue that covers most of a bone.
What is the periosteum?
An incomplete dislocation
What is a subluxation?
Also known as a bone density test.
What is a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry or DEXA (DXA)?
This is the abbreviation for degenerative joint disease.
What is OA?
Congential condition commonly referred to as clubfoot.
What is talipes?