Chapter 3 part 9

Question 1

orthotic

Answer 1

mechanic appliance such as a shoe insert, leg brace or a splint designed to control, correct or compensate for impaired limb function

Question 2

prosthesis

Answer 2

substitute for a diseased or missing body part

Question 3

arthrodesis

Answer 3

aka surgical ankylosis is the surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint

Question 4

desis

Answer 4

to bind, tie together

Question 5

arthrolysis

Answer 5

surgical loosening of an ankylosed joint

Question 6

lysis

Answer 6

loosening or setting free, breaking down or destruction

Question 7

arthroscopic surgery

Answer 7

minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of the interior of a joint

Question 8

chondroplasty

Answer 8

surgical repair of damaged cartilage

Question 9

synovectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of the synovial membrane from a joint

Question 10

arthroplasty** not the definition it should be

Answer 10

surgical placement of an artificial joint

Question 11

total knee replacement

Answer 11

all parts of the knee were replaced

Question 12

partial knee replacement

Answer 12

part of the knee was replaced

Question 13

total hip replacement

Answer 13

aka total hip arthroplasty is performed to restore a damaged hip to full function

Question 14

hip resurfacing

Answer 14

alternative to removing the head of the femur; function is restored to the hip by placing a metal cap over the head of the femur to allow it to move smoothly over a metal lining in the acetabulum

Question 15

revision surgery

Answer 15

replacement of a failed implant

Question 16

bone density testing

Answer 16

BDT

Question 17

closed reduction

Answer 17

CR

Question 18

fracture

Answer 18

Fx

Question 19

osteoarthritis

Answer 19

OA

Question 20

osteoporosis

Answer 20

OP

Question 21

partial knee replacement

Answer 21

PKR

Question 22

polymyalgia rheumatica

Answer 22

PMR

Question 23

rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 23

RA

Question 24

total hip arthroplasty

Answer 24

THA

Question 25

total knee arthroplasty

Answer 25

TKA

Question 26

percutaneous diskectomy

Answer 26

to treat a herniated intervertebral disk a thin tube is inserted through the skin of the back to suction out the ruptured disk or to vaporize it with a laser

Question 27

percutanesous vertebroplasty

Answer 27

performed to treat osteoporosis related compression fractures, bone cement is is injected to stabilize compression fractures within the spinal column

Question 28

laminectomy

Answer 28

surgical removal of a lamina or posterior portion of a vertebra

Question 29

spinal fusion

Answer 29

technique to immobilize part of the spine by joining together two or more vertebrae

Question 30

craniectomy

Answer 30

surgical removal of a portion of the skull; used to relieve intracranial pressure

Question 31

intracranial pressure

Answer 31

the amount of pressure inside the skill

Question 32

craniotomy

Answer 32

surgical incision or opening into the skull to gain access to the brain to remove a tumor, to remove pressure or to obtain access for other surgical procedures