Procedures
The medical term for surgical incision into the skull?
What is craniotomy?
The medical term for the upper leg bone
What is the femur?
The medical condition that refers to inflammation of the joints
What is arthritis?
The root word oste/o means
What is bone?
the root word kyph/o means
what is posterior spinal curve; humpback?
The medical term for a visual examination of the internal joint?
Arthroscopy
The root word metatars/o refers to
The medical term for tumor of the cartilage
What is chondroma?
The root word crani/o means
What is skull?
Define scoliosis based on its parts
What is the abnormal condition of a bent spine?
The medical term for surgical removal of one or more of the vertebrae?
What is Laminectomy
The root word metacarp/o refers to
What are the bones of the hand?
An S shaped (abnormal) curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
The prefix peri- means
What is around?
Define arthritis based on its word parts
What is inflammation of the joints?
The medical term for surgical repair of cartilage?
What is Chondroplasty?
The root word that refers to both the bones of the fingers and the bones of the toes
What is phalang/o ?
Condition that causes loss of bone density / porous bones
What is osteoporosis?
The root word kinesi/o means
What is movement / motion?
Define femoral based on its word parts
What is pertaining to the femur/upper leg bone?
The term for surgical immobilization of a joint by fusion to an adjacent bone?
What is arthrodesis?
The root word cost/o refers to
What are the ribs?
The abnormal condition of excessive anterior curvature of the lumbar vertebral region / swayback
What is lordosis?
the suffix -malacia means
What is softening?
Define craniotomy based on its word parts
What is incision or cut into the skull?