vocab Flashcards
1
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
2
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
3
Q
radi/o
A
radiation
4
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
5
Q
cost/o
A
rib
6
Q
cry/o
A
cold
7
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
8
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
9
Q
oste/o
A
bone
10
Q
orth/o
A
straight
11
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
12
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
13
Q
stern/o
A
sternum
14
Q
therm/o
A
heat
15
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebrae
16
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
17
Q
-clasia
A
breaking
18
Q
-clast
A
to break
19
Q
-desis
A
binding
20
Q
-porosis
A
condition of
21
Q
-poiesis
A
formation
22
Q
-um
A
structure
23
Q
CT
A
Computerized tomography
24
Q
FX
A
Fracture
25
ORTHO
orthopedic surgeon
26
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
27
OA
Osteoarthritis
28
C1-C7
cervical vertebrae
29
T1-T12
thoracic vertebrae
30
L1-L5
lumbar vertebrae
31
RICE
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
32
Articulation
joint where two bones come together
33
Atlas
Cervical vertebra 1
34
Axis
Cervical vertebra 2
35
Crepitation
Grating sound made when bone ends rub together
36
Degeneration
Deteriorating
37
Dislocation
displacement of bone ends at a joint
38
Hematopoiesis
production of blood cells
39
Subluxation
partial dislocation (goes back on its own)