Semester- 1 Week- 5 Flashcards
crooked; bent; stiff; immobile
Ankyl/o
bent; hump
kyph/o
curve; swayback
lord/o
curved; crooked; bent
scoli/o
below; under
sub-
above
supra-
immature
-blast
surgical fracture
-clasis
surgical fixation; to bind; to tie together
-desis
softening
-malacia
tumor
-oma
abnormal condition
-osis
immobility of a joint
ankylosis
joint pain
arthalgia
inflammation of an articular cartilage
arthochondritis
immature bone/cell
osteoblast
mature bone cell
osteocyte
accumulation of synovial fluid in the knee joint
Baker´s cyst
bunion inflammation and enlargement of the bursa of the joint of the great (big) toe
bunion
inflammation of the bursa
bursitis
softening of cartilage
chondromalacia
crackling or clicking sound during joint moving
crepitation
temporary displacement of a bone from its joint
dislocation
Fracture, comminuted
Fracture, closed
fracture in which the bone is broken or splintered into pieces
break in a bone without interrupting the skin; simple, complete fracture
Fracture impacted
fracture, greenstick
fracture in which the bone is broken and wedged into the interior of another bone
fracture in which the bone is partially bent and partially broken; incomplete fracture
Fracture, open
Fracture, Colles’
fracture in which the bone is broken and bone fragments protrude through the skin; compound fracture.
fracture of the distal end of the radius, just above the wrist
fracture associated or caused by an underlying disease
Fracture, pathological
