Word Parts
Bones of the fingers and toes
What is Phalang/o?
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
What is RICE?
The portion of the skull that protects the brain
What is the Cranium?
Raising the corner of the mouth into a smile
What is elevation?
The medical name for wear and tear arthritis
What is Osteoarthritis?
Joint
What is Arthr/o?
Physical Therapy
What is PT?
The bones that form the wrist
What are Carpals?
Overextension of a joint beyond its normal limit
What is Hyperextension?
This presses on the spinal nerves and causes pain, numbness, and weakness in one or both legs
What is a Herniated Disk?
Skull
What is Crani/o?
Below-the-knee amputation
What is a BKA?
Also known as ribs
What are Costals?
Moving the arm sideways away from the body
What is Abduction?
A patient who is prescribed medication to increase bone density and helps strengthen bones has this disorder
What is osteoporosis?
Crooked, bent, stiff
What is Ankyl/o?
Thoracic vertebrae
What are T1-T12?
Also known as the jawbone
What is the Mandible?
Bending the elbow and moving the hand is an example of
What is Flexion?
A person with primary prostate cancer that has spread to the bone has this
What is bone metastasis?
Bent, hump
What is Kyph/o?
Anterior cruciate ligament
What is the ACL?
Also known as the tailbone
What is the coccyx?
Movement that bends the foot downward at the ankle
What is Plantar Flexion?
Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) is a bone disorder that predisposes a person to this type of fracture
What is a Pathological fracture?