Skeletal Disorders

Question 1

abnormal enlargement of facial features, hands, and feet in adults as a result of overproduction of growth hormone

Answer 1

acromegaly

Question 2

abnormal stiffness of a joint or fusion of bones at a joint often due to damage to the joint memebranes from chronic rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 2

ankylosis

Question 3

pain in a joint

Answer 3

arthralgia

Question 4

puncture of and removal of fluid from a joint cavity

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arthrocentesis

Question 5

surgery to fuse the bones at a joint

Answer 5

arthrodesis

Question 6

surgery to make a joint more movable

Answer 6

arthoplasty

Question 7

fracture at the distal end of the radius that displaces the smaller fragment positeriorly

Answer 7

colles fracture

Question 8

separation or loosening of a bone

Answer 8

epiphysiolysis

Question 9

blood in a joint cavity

Answer 9

hermarthrosis

Question 10

surgical removal of the posterior arch of a vertebra, usually to relieve symptoms of a ruptured intervertebral disc

Answer 10

laminectomy

Question 11

dull ache in the lumbar region of the back

Answer 11

lumbago

Question 12

medical specialty that prevents, diagnosis, and treats dieseases and abnormalities of the skeletal and muscular systems

Answer 12

orthopedics

Question 13

pain in a bone

Answer 13

ostealgia

Question 14

surgical removal of a bone

Answer 14

ostectomy

Question 15

inflammation of bone tissue

Answer 15

osteitis

Question 16

inflammation of bone and cartilage tissue

Answer 16

osteochondritis

Question 17

bone development

Answer 17

osteogeneis

Question 18

inherited condition of deformed and abnormally brittle bones

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osteogenesis imperfecta

Question 19

tumor composed of bone tissue

Answer 19

osteoma

Question 20

softening of adult bones due to a disorder in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, usually caused by vitamin D deficiency

Answer 20

osteomalacia

Question 21

bone inflammation caused by the body’s reaction to bacterial or fungal infection

Answer 21

osteomyelitis

Question 22

death of bone tissue, most common in the femur head of the elderly due to obstruction

Answer 22

osteonecrosis

Question 23

study of bone diseases

Answer 23

osteopathology

Question 24

cutting a bone

Answer 24

osteotomy

Question 25

surgical removal of the synovial membrane of a joint

Answer 25

synovectomy