Flashcards in Chapter 8 Deck (51)
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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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