Structures Treated in Orthopedics
Skeletal System Combining Forms
Types of Fractures
Orthopedic Vocabulary
Joints and Movement
100

The three structures treated in orthopedics

What is joints, bones, and muscles?

100

Combining form of humerus

What is Humer/o?

100

This term means bones are broken but do not protrude the skin

What is Closed or Simple?

100

This term is a chronic condition with widespread pain in the fibrous tissue of muscles

What is Fibromyalgia?

100

Decreases the angle between bones

What is Flexion?

200

The three types of joints

What is fibrous, cartilage, and synovial?

200

Combining form of mandible

What is mandibul/o?

200

This term means small crack in the bone

What is Stress Fracture?

200

This term is an abnormal lateral curvature 

What is Scoliosis?

200

Movement away from the midline of the body

What is Abduction?

300

The four types of bones

What is Long, Short, Flat, and Irregular?

300

Combining form of bone

What is Oste/o?

300

This term means bones are broken at an angle

What is Greenstick?

300

This term is a type of arthritis with swelling, stiffness, pain, and degeneration of cartilage joints caused by chronic soft tissue inflammation

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?

300

Circular movement of body region

What is Circumduction?

400

This type of bone tissue is the dense, hard exterior surface of the bones

What is Compact or Cortical bone?

400

Combining form of ribs

What is Cost/o?

400

This term means the bone is broken and crushed into pieces

What is Comminuted?

400

This term is an abnormal increase in normal outward curvature or thoracic spine

What is Kyphosis?

400

Movement that allows the palm of the hand to face backwards

What is Pronation?

500

This type of joint make up the skull

What is Fibrous Joints?

500

Combining form of bone marrow

What is Myel/o?

500

This term means bones are broken at the wrist or distal radius

What is Colles?

500

This term is a condition that develops due to a decrease in bone mass

What is Osteoporosis?

500

Turning the bottom of the foot away from midline

What is Eversion?

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