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my/o

muscle

100

How many bones in the human body?

206

100

x ray of a joint?

arthrogram

100

Pain/numbness radiating down the back of the leg from the lower back?

Sciatica


100

Connects muscle to bone

Tendon

200

kyph/o

humpback

200

Legs and arms are this type of bone?

Long Bones

200

inflammation of a bursa?

Bursitis

200

A bony projection that is growing out of the bone?

Bone spur

200

Injury to ligaments 

Sprain

300

myel/o

Spinal Cord

300

The shoulder blades and pelvis are this type of bone?

Flat bones

300

surgical repair of cartilage?

chondroplasty 

300

A disease caused by vitamin D deficiency that results in legs growing abnormally? 

Rickets

300
medication that relieves pain?

Analgesic

400

Spondyl/o

Spine/ Vertabrae

400

How many thoracic vertebrae do we have? 

12

400

relating to both the arm and the head

brachiocephalic 

400

Partial Dislocation

Subluxation


400

Joint repair

Arthroplasty

500

Dactyl/o

fingers/toes

500

These attach indirectly to the sternum?

False Ribs

500

A cyst that develops in bone marrow

myelocyst

500

Muscle inflammation

Myositis 

500

Pulling to straighten or relax

Traction