Flashcards in Chapter 8 Deck (51):
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-ics
knowledge or practice
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crani/o-
cranium
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front/o-
front
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pariet/o-
wall of a cavity
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occipital bone
part of the skull that firms the back of the head
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tempero/o-
temple
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foraman
opening
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sternum
breast bone
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cost/o-
rib
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cartilage
a smooth, firm, but flexible connective tissue
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chondr/o-
cartilage
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coccyx
tailbone
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coccyg/o-
tailbone
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scapula
shoulder blade
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humerus
the long bone in the upper arm
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Humeral
descroptive word for the bone of the upper arm
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ilium
superior bone of the hip bone of the pelvis
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ileum
3rd part of the small intestine
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ileus
abnormal absence of contraction in small intestine
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Arthralgia
pain in the joint
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arthr/o-
joint
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alg/o-
pain
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intra-articular
within the joint
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articul/o-
joint
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cartilage
type of dense connective tissue
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chondro/-o
cartilage
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periosteum
a thick, fibrous membrane
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peri-
around
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osse/o-
bone
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Epiphysis
cancellous bone
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oste/o-
bone
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-oma
tumor, mass
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osteosarcoma
malignant cancer of the bone
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comminut/o-
break into minute pieces
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-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
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crepitus
grinding noise heard as bone ends rub together (arthritis)
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Closed Frecture
any type of frature in which the bone does not break through the overlying skin
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open
any type of fracture in which he bone breaks through the overlying skin
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displaced
broken bone ends are pulled out of their normal anantomical alignment
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Comminuted
bone is crushed into several pieces
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compression
vertebrae are compressed together after falling onto the buttocks or a vertebra colapses in on itself because of disease
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