Structure and Function
Three types of muscles
What is skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
Oste/o/clast
What cell breaks down bone?
Bone fracture with a piece of bone protruding through the skin
What is a open (compound) fracture?
Hip or knee joint replacement
What is total joint arthroplasty?
May reduce pain and inflammation in the joints and muscles
What is an NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug)?
Four types of bones
What is short, irregular, flat, and long?
Sub/cost/al
What means under or below the rib?
May cause severe back pain that worsens with motion
What is a herniated disk?
Puncture of a joint space using a needle to remove fluid
What is arthrocentesis?
Generic name for aspirin
What is salicylate?
What are ligaments?
My/o/scarcoma
What is malignant tumor of connective tissue and muscle?
Chronic, progressive systemic inflammatory disease
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Repair of a torn ligament using a small instrument passed into the joint.
What is arthroscopy?
What is a muscle relaxant?
Type of muscle used for voluntary movement
What is skeletal (striated) muscle?
Arthr/o/scopy
What is visual examination of a joint?
What is osteomyelitis?
Surgical repair of a muscle
What is myoplasty?
Generic name for Motrin or Aleve
What is a non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug?
What are blood cells?
Oste/o/porosis
What is porous bone?
Red, swollen and painful joints
What is arthralgia?
A surgery to remove a herniated disk
What is a laminectomy?
Bonus:
What mediation slows down or stops the immune system's processes that cause inflammation. This reduces redness, warmth, swelling, and pain.
What is a corticosteroid?