Chapter 15 Spelling and Abbreviations Flashcards
1
Q
BMD
A
bone mineral density
2
Q
C1 - C7
A
cervical vertebrae
3
Q
Ca
A
calcium
4
Q
DTRs
A
deep tendon reflexes
5
Q
IM
A
intramuscular
6
Q
L1 - L5
A
lumbar vertebrae
7
Q
NSAID
A
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
8
Q
OA
A
osteoarthritis
9
Q
OT
A
occupational therapy
10
Q
PT
A
physical therapy
11
Q
ROM
A
range of motion
12
Q
T1 - T12
A
thoracic vertebrae
13
Q
TMJ
A
temporomandibular joint
14
Q
TSR
A
total shoulder replacement
15
Q
TKR
A
total knee replacement
16
Q
THR
A
total hip replacement
17
Q
PICC
A
peripherally inserted central catheter
18
Q
acetabulum
A
ace tab ul um
Hip Socket
19
Q
acromion
A
ac ro mion
point of the shoulder with extended scapula
20
Q
calcaneus
A
cal can eus
heel bone
21
Q
cartilage
A
cart i lage
22
Q
coccyx
A
coc c yx
23
Q
crepitus
A
crep it us
crackling sound when bones rub together
24
Q
decalcification
A
de / calci / fic ation
25
femoral
femor al
26
fontanelle
font an elle
27
hypercalcemia
hyper / calc - emia
28
ischial
isch - ial
29
ischium
isch ium
30
kyphosis
kyph osis
31
malleolus
mall e olus
round processes of the ankle joints
32
myelopoiesis
myel / o - poiesis
formation of bone marrow
33
olecranon
ole cran on
elbow (o LEK ran on)
34
osteoporosis
oste / o / por - osis
35
pelvimetry
pelv i me try
measuring of the pelvis
36
periosteum
peri - oste - um
around the bone
37
scoliosis
scol i osis
sideways curvature of the spine
38
spondylolisthesis
spondyl / o / listhesis
spondyl - vertebra
-lithesis - slipping
39
subcostal
sub - costal
40
arthrotomy
athr / o - tomy
41
bursitis
burs - itis
42
ulnar
uln - ar
43
vertebra
vert e bra
44
fibromyalgia
fibr / o / my - algia
45
hypertrophy
hyper - trophy
46
meniscus
men is cus
47
osteoarthritis
oste / o / arthr - itis
48
polymyalgia
poly - my - algia
49
rheumatologist
rheu mat / o - logist
50
arthroscopy
arthr / o - scopy
