Abbreviation
Terminology
Vocabulary-Muscles and Joints
Pathological Conditions
Combining Form
100
BMD
What is Bone Mineral Density
100
Inflammation of the bursa
What is Bursitis
100
Connective tissue binding bones to other bones.
What is Ligament
100
A group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers.
What is Muscular Dystrophy
100
Arthr/o
What is Joint
200
EMG
What is Electromyography
200
Fusion of bones across a joint space by either bone tissue or growth of fibrous tissue
What is Ankylosis
200
Space between bones at a synovial joint
What is Synovial Cavity
200
Bony growth rising from the surface of bone
What is Exostosis
200
Chondr/o
What is Cartilage
300
RA
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis
300
Narrowing of the neural canal in the lumar spine
What is Spinal Stenosis
300
Connective tissue that binds muscles to bones
What is Tendon
300
Fluid-filled cyst arising from joint capsules or tendons ,typically in the hand
What is Ganglion
300
Lord/o
What is Curve,swayback
400
ROM
What is Range of Motion
400
Muscles loss due to failure in transmission of the nervous impulse from the nerve to the muscle cell
What is Myasthenia Gravis
400
Sac of fluid near a joint
What is Bursa
400
Trauma to a joint without rupture
What is Sprain
400
Lumb/o
What is Loins,lower back
500
ORIF
What is Open Reduction(of Fracture)-internal fixation
500
Chronic pain and stiffness in muscles,joints, and fibrous tissue
What is Fibromyalgia
500
Any type of joint
What is Articulation
500
Chronic,progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints primarily of the spine
What is Ankylosing spondylitis
500
-Porosis
What is Pore,Passage