Chapter 8 Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
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-ics
A
knowledge or practice
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crani/o-
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cranium
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front/o-
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front
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pariet/o-
A
wall of a cavity
5
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occipital bone
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part of the skull that firms the back of the head
6
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tempero/o-
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temple
7
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foraman
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opening
8
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sternum
A
breast bone
9
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cost/o-
A
rib
10
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cartilage
A
a smooth, firm, but flexible connective tissue
11
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chondr/o-
A
cartilage
12
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coccyx
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tailbone
13
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coccyg/o-
A
tailbone
14
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scapula
A
shoulder blade
15
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humerus
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the long bone in the upper arm
16
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Humeral
A
descroptive word for the bone of the upper arm
17
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ilium
A
superior bone of the hip bone of the pelvis
18
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ileum
A
3rd part of the small intestine
19
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ileus
A
abnormal absence of contraction in small intestine
20
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Arthralgia
A
pain in the joint
21
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arthr/o-
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joint
22
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alg/o-
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pain
23
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intra-articular
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within the joint
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articul/o-
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joint
25
cartilage
type of dense connective tissue
26
chondro/-o
cartilage
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periosteum
a thick, fibrous membrane
28
peri-
around
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osse/o-
bone
30
Epiphysis
cancellous bone
31
oste/o-
bone
32
-oma
tumor, mass
33
osteosarcoma
malignant cancer of the bone
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comminut/o-
break into minute pieces
35
-ed
pertaining to
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compress/o-
press together
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depress/o-
press down
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obligue fracture
slanting
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Osteomyelitis
infection of bone or bone marrow
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Lordosis
swayback
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kyphosis
humpbacked
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scoliosis
curving sidways
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arthro-
joint
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alg/o-
pain
45
crepitus
grinding noise heard as bone ends rub together (arthritis)
46
Closed Frecture
any type of frature in which the bone does not break through the overlying skin
47
open
any type of fracture in which he bone breaks through the overlying skin
48
displaced
broken bone ends are pulled out of their normal anantomical alignment
49
Comminuted
bone is crushed into several pieces
50
compression
vertebrae are compressed together after falling onto the buttocks or a vertebra colapses in on itself because of disease
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depressed
cranium is fractured inward towards the brain
