Diagnostic Tests
What is the diagnostic test use to visualize and look at the joint?
What is an arthroscopy?
most common type of fracture
What is a simple fracture?
What is lordosis?
What are diarthroses joints?
Femur or humerus
What is a long bone?
What is a bone density test?
most common type of fracture in sports
What is a spiral fracture?
Cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow
What is myeloma?
most freely movable joint
What are the ball & socket joints?
Tapping into the lower part of the spinal column
What is a lumbar puncture?
What is a fracture that breaks through the skin?
Joint disease that affects mostly cartilage of the joints
What is osteoarthritis?
Joint that is completely immovable
What is a synarthroses?
Sternum or shoulder blade
What is a flat bone?
Drawing out bone marrow liquid
What is bone marrow aspiration?
What is a pathologic fracture?
What is kyphosis?
Elbow or knee joint
What is a hinge joint?
The middle or shaft of a long bone
What is a diaphysis?
Simple image used to see a broken bone
What is a x-ray?
A fracture through the bone at an angle
Chronic, system disease characterized by inflammation, pain, and stiffness
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
A type of joint that contains a bursa sac
What is a synovial joint?
Bone that contains red bone marrow, and is mainly found in the epiphyses of long bones
What is cancellous bone?