Conditions/Treatments

Question 1

Scoliosis

Answer 1

Es-co-lio-sis

A lateral spinal curvature

Question 2

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 2

Ar-tri-tis
Re-um-a-toi-de

Autoimmune disease that is progressive and chronic in nature marked by joint inflammation painful deformity and immobility

Question 3

Osteosarcoma

Answer 3

Os-te-o-sar-co-ma

Malignant tumor on the bone marked by increased number of osteoblasts

Question 4

Osteoporosis

Answer 4

Os-te-o-por-o-sis

Common condition found in older women marked by brittle bones made fragile and susceptible to fracture by loss of tissue

Question 5

Osteomyelitis

Answer 5

Os-te-o-mi-el-i-tis

Bone or bone marrow inflammation generally caused by an infection

Question 6

Osteomalacia

Answer 6

Os-te-o-mal-a-cia

Bone softening generally caused by vitamin D or calcium deviciency

Question 7

Osteoarthritis

Answer 7

Os-te-o-ar-tri-tis

Common disorder found in the elderly and marked by the edger nation fo joint cartilage and bone

Question 8

Orthopedics

Answer 8

Or-to-pe-di-a

Branch of medicine focused on identification diagnosis and treatment of bone and muscle diseases and deformities

Question 9

Myeloma

Answer 9

Mie-lo-ma

Bone marrow tumor malignant in nature

Question 10

MRI

Answer 10

Res-on-an-ci-a
Mag-ne-ti-ca

Magnetic resonance imaging is a diagnostic study using large tube shaped machine to capture images of the internal structures with magnetic fields and radio waves

Question 11

Lordosis

Answer 11

Lor-do-sis

Inward spinal curve

Question 12

Laminectomy

Answer 12

La-min-ec-to-mi-a

Surgical removal of the back of a vertebra to provide acces to the spinal cord and relieve pressure on other nerves

Question 13

Kyphosis

Answer 13

Ci-fo-sis

Outward spinal curvature causing hunchback usually at the top part of the back

Question 14

Herniated disk

Answer 14

Dis-co her-in-a-do

Condition in which the outer part of the vertebral disk in the spine is torn causing the nucleus to extrude through the fibers

Question 15

Hemarthosis

Answer 15

Hem-ar-tro-sis

Condition in which blood enters the joint spaces a common problem found in hemophiliac patients

Question 16

Gout

Answer 16

Gota

A condition that causes arthritis in the small bones in the feet and acute pain due to increased Uris acid levels

Question 17

Fluoroscopy

Answer 17

Flur-os-co-pi-a

Continuous live x ray image shown on a monitor like a movie to evaluate internal structures

Question 18

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Answer 18

Sindrome de tunel car-pi-an-o

Severely painful condition in the fingers hands and wrists caused by the median curve compression which passes through a bone in the wrist and over the hand bones.

Question 19

Comminuted Fracture

Answer 19

Frac-tur-a
Con-min-u-ta

Splinter or break of a bone into more than two separate pieces

Question 20

Bunion

Answer 20

Ju-an-e-te

Painful swelling of the first joint in the big toe of either foot

Question 21

Arthopathy

Answer 21

Ar-tro-pa-ti-a

Disease of the joints in which may or may not include inflammation

Question 22

Arthocentesis

Answer 22

Ar-to-cen-te-sis

Join aspiration - this diagnostic test uses a needle to aspirate fluid from a joint to look for the cause of arthritis or swelling

Question 23

Ankylosis

Answer 23

An-qu-il-o-sis

Joint immobility and stiffening caused by bony fusion