vocab Flashcards
chondr/o
cartilage
lumb/o
loins, lower back
radi/o
radiation
thorac/o
chest
cost/o
rib
cry/o
cold
hemat/o
blood
myel/o
bone marrow
oste/o
bone
orth/o
straight
sacr/o
sacrum
spondyl/o
vertebra
stern/o
sternum
therm/o
heat
vertebr/o
vertebrae
-centesis
surgical puncture
-clasia
breaking
-clast
to break
-desis
binding
-porosis
condition of
-poiesis
formation
-um
structure
CT
Computerized tomography
FX
Fracture
ORTHO
orthopedic surgeon
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
OA
Osteoarthritis
C1-C7
cervical vertebrae
T1-T12
thoracic vertebrae
L1-L5
lumbar vertebrae
RICE
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
Articulation
joint where two bones come together
Atlas
Cervical vertebra 1
Axis
Cervical vertebra 2
Crepitation
Grating sound made when bone ends rub together
Degeneration
Deteriorating
Dislocation
displacement of bone ends at a joint
Hematopoiesis
production of blood cells
Subluxation
partial dislocation (goes back on its own)