Skeletal Flashcards
amb
Ambulate
ax
Axillary
c/o
Complains of
DVT
Deep vain thrombosis
Fx
Fracture
Hx
History
H & P or HxPx
History and physical
I & D
Incision and drainage
R with cirlce
Right
L with circle
Left
B with circle
Bilateral
OA
Osteoarthritis
OTC
Over the counter
OV
office visit
PK
pain killer
PT or pt
Patient
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
RICE
rest, ice, compression, and elevation
R/O
rule out
ROM
range of motion
SOAP
Subject, objective, assessment
Tx
Treatment
W/C
wheelchair
WNL
within normal limits
-al
Pertaining to
Algia
Pain
-blast
Budding, building
-centisis
Surgical procedure
-clast
Break, destroy cell
-desis
Surgical union
-gen
Reproduce
-graphy
Process of makong a photo
-malacia
Abnormal softening
-oid
Resembling
-osis
Any condition
-otomy
To cut, surgical incision
peri-
Around, surround
-physis
Growth
-poiesis
Production of
Poly
Many
-scope
To view, instrument used to view
-scopy
Process of viewing
ankyl/o
Stiff, crooked bent
Arthr/o
Joint
articul/o
Articulate, joint
burs/o
Bursa, fluid filled sack
Chondr/o
Cartilage
colla
Glue
cost/o
Ribs
Fibr/o
Fiber
hy/o
U shaped
Kinesi/o
Movement
Kyph/o
Hump
Lamin
Limina, layer
lord/o
Bent
menisco
Meniscus, cartilage
myel/o
Soinal cord or bone marrow
Orth/o
Straight
Physi/o
Function
Por/o
Porous, small openings
Scoli/o
Curved, crooked
Spondyl/o
Vertebrae, vertebrae colunm
Style/o
Pole or snake
Synovi/o
Membrain or joint fluid