What is common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve?
100
osteoporosis
What is disease caused by abnormal loss of bone density occuring predominantly in postmenopaul women, which can lead to an increase in fractures of the ribs, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, hips, and wrists?
200
necr
What is death?
200
stern
What is sternum?
200
-asthenia
What is weakness?
200
fracture
What is broken bone?
200
physician who specializes in the study and treatment of disease of the musculoskeletal system
What is orthopedist?
300
oste
What is bone?
300
spondyl
What is vertebra?
300
vertebr
What is vertebra?
300
gout
What is disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints, especially that of the great toe, producing arthritis?
300
orthopedics
What is the study and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system?
400
phalang
What is phalanx?
400
scoli
What is crooked?
400
troph
What is development?
400
herniated disk
What is rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage allowing the contents to protrude and put pressure on the spinal nerve roots?
400
nuclear medicine
What is diagnostic imaging test producing scans that give information about the boy's anatomy by using radioactive material?
500
pub
What is pubis?
500
vertebra
What is rachi?
500
tendon
What is tendin?
500
magnetic resonance imaging
What is diagnostic imaging test producing scans that give information about the body's anatomy by placing the patient in a strong magnetic filed?
500
muscular dystrophy
What is group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness?