Diseases of Bone Flashcards
-plasia
formation
a-
without
-chondr/o-
cartilage
a-chondr/o-plasia
condition w abnormal, early conversion of cartilage into bone, dwarfism
-genesis
creation, formation
oste/o
bone
oste/o-genesis
inherited condition when bone formation is incomplete, leading to fragile easily broken bones
imperfecta
unfinished
-malacia
abnormal softness
oste/o-malacia
soft, flexible bones lacking in calcium (rickets)
-itis
inflammation
-myel-
bone marrow
oste/o-myel-itis
inflam. of bone and bone marrow
-penia
deficient
oste/o-penia
decreased calcification of bone
-sis
condition
-por/o-
opening
oste/o-por/o-sis
condition in which the bones become more porous, brittle, and fragile and more likely to fracture
rickets
vitamin D deficiency producing soft flexible bones
-oma
tumor, mass
sarc-
flesh
sarc-oma
malignant tumor originating in connective tissue
chondr/o
cartilage
chondr/o-sarc-oma
malignant tumor originating in cartilage cells
-gen-
creation
oste/o-gen-ic sarc-oma
malignant tumor originating in bone producing cells