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Chapter 3: Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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Osteochondroma

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Benign bony projection covered in cartilage

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Oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o

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Bone

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3
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Chondr

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Cartilage

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4
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-oma

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Tumor

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5
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Lamina

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Posterior portion of a vertebra

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Arthrolysis

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Surgical loosening of an ankolysed joint

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7
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Arthr/o

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Joint

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8
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-lysis

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Loosening or set free… can also mean breaking down or destruction and may indicate either pathological or therapeutic

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Dual xray absorptiometry

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Low exposure radiographic measurement of the spine and hips to measure bone density

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10
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty

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Performed to treat osteoporosis- related compression fractures

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11
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Manubrium

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Bony structure of upper sternum

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12
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Ankyl/o

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Bent, crooked, stiff

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Por

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Small opening

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14
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Kyph/o

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Bent or hump

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15
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Myel/o

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Spinal cord or bone marrow

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16
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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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Avascular necrosis

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Osteonecrosis, bone tissue death caused by low blood supply

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18
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Compression fracture

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Vertebral crush fracture, when bone is pressed together on itself

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19
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Open fracture

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Fracture that breaks through skin

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20
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Malleolus

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Rounded bony projection on the tibia and fibula on the sides on the ankle joint

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Spondylolisthesis

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Forward slipping movement of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae on the vertebrae or sacrum below

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22
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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae

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23
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Listhesis

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Slipping

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Arthritis

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Inflammatory condition of one or more joints

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Hallux valgus

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Enlargement if the joint at the base of the great toe

26
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Hallux

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Latin for big toe

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Valgus

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Bent

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Lordosis

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Abnormal increase in forward curvature on lumbar spine

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Hemarthrosis

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Blood within a joint

30
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Cost/o

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Rib

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Desis

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Bind, tie together

32
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Bifida

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Split

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Allogenic

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Originating within another

34
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Ankylosing spondylitis

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For of rheumatoid arthritis that affects the spine

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Ankylosing

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Progressive stiffening of a joint

36
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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Autoimmune disorder in which the joints and sime organs are attacked by the body

37
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Osteoclasis

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Surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity

38
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-Clasis

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To break

39
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Poly-

A

Many

40
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Crani/o

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Skull

41
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Pod/o

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Foot

42
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Osteoporosis

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When the bone becomes softer and more porous

43
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Gout

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Type of arthritis where uric acid crystals form in the big toe

44
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Spinal Bifida

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Occurs during early pregnancy, when spinal canal fails to close entirely around the spinal cord to protect it

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Hemopoietic

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Pertaining to formating of blood cells

46
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-poietic

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Pertaining to formation

47
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Osteomyelitis

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Inflammation of the bone marrow and adjacent bone

48
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Craniostenosis

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Malformation if the skull due to premature closure if cranial sutures

49
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Arthrodesis or surgical ankylosis

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Surgical fusion if two bones to stiffen a joint

50
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Arthroscopy

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Visual exam of internal structure of a joint

51
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Osteorrhapy

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Surgical suturing or wiring of two bones together

52
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Pagets disease

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chronic bone disease of unknown cause named for Sir James Paget. The condition is characterized by the abnormal breakdown of bone, usually in the pelvis, skull, spine and legs, followed by abnormal bone formation. The new bone is often structurally enlarged, misshapen and weak.

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Por

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Small opening

54
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Dislocation

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Complete displacement or luxation of a bone from its joint

55
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Subluxation

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Partial displacement of a bone from its joint

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