Prefixes
"Bone"
What is oste/o?
"Pain"
What is -algia?
Sternum
What is stern/o?
Bone becomes thinner and brittle, prone to fracture
What is osteoporosis?
Consists of the skull, vertebrae, and rib cage
What is Axial Skeleton?
"Joint"
Arthr/o
"Growth or growing" as in plate
What is -physis?
Crooked/bent
What is scoli/o?
A forward sliding of a vertebra over the vertebra below
What is spondylolisthesis?
"Fx"
What is "fracture"?
"Spinal column"
What is rachi/o?
"Bone"
Patella
What is patell/o?
Precursor to osteoarthritis
What is osteopenia?
"THR"
What is "total hip replacement"?
"Ilium"
What is "ili/o"?
"Blast"; Osteoblast
What is a developing cell?
Tibia
What is tibi/o?
Aging disorder where bone becomes overgrown and thicker but deformed
What is Paget disease?
"ORIF"
What is "open reduction internal fixation"?
"Vertebra"
What is spondyl/o?
"Formation or growth"
What is -playsia?
What is disk/o?
Tumor that arises in cartilage that may metastasize to lungs commonly, and may require amputation
What is Chondrosarcoma?
Fracture where one fragment is driven into another
What is impacted?