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Question | Answer |
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Aka | above-knee amputation |
BKA | below-knee amputation |
DJD | degenerative joint disease |
Fx | fracture |
LS | lumbosacral |
ORIF | open reduction internal fixation |
PROM | passive range of motion |
RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
RF | rheumatoid factor |
ROM | range of motion |
THR | total hip replacement |
TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
TKR | total knee replacement |
TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
TX, TX | traction |
WORDS DEFINITIONS | |
appendicular skeleto: | The bones that form the limbs or extremities of the body. |
axial skeleto: | The bones of the skull, rib cage, and spinal column; the bones that form the trunk of the body. |
carpals: | Bone of the wrist. |
clasicles: | Collarbone. |
cranium: | Part of the skull; the eight bones of the head that enclose the brain. |
diaphysis: | The shaft, or middle section og a long bone. |
endosteum: | Membrane lining the medullary canal of a bpne. |
epiphysis: | The end or head at the extremity of a long bone. |
femur: | The bone of the leg; the longest and strongest bone in the body. |
fibula: | Outer bone of the lower leg. |
fontanels: | Allow for the enelargement of the skull as brain groath occurs. |
foramina: | A passage or opening; a hole in a bone through which blood vesseles or nerves pass. |
humerus: | Long bone of the upper arm. |
joints: | An articulation, or area where two bones meet or join. |
ligaments: | Fibrous tissue that connects bones to bones. |
medullary canal: | Inner or central, portion of a long bone. |
metacarapals: | Bone of the hand between the wrist and each finger. |
metatarsals: | Bone of the foot between the instep and each toe. |
os coxae: | The hipbone; formed by the union of the ilium, ischium, and pubis. |
patella: | The kneecap. |
periosteum: | Fibrous membrane that couers the bones exept at joint areas. |
phalanges: | Bones of the fingers and toes. |
radius: | Long bone of the forearm, between the wrist and elbaw. |
red marrow: | Soft tissue in the epiphyses of long bones. |
ribs: | Also called costae, twels pairs of norrow, curved bones that surroud yhe thoracic cavity. |
scapula: | Shoulder blade or bone. |
sinuses: | Cavity or air space in a bone. |
skeletal system: | Is made of organs called bones. |
sterum: | Breastbone. |
sutures: | Surgical stitch used to join the edges of an incision or wound; also, an area where bones join or fuse thogether. |
tarsals: | One of seven bones that form the instep of the foot. |
tibia: | Inner and large bone of the lower leg between the knee and ankle. |
ulna: | Long bone in the forearm, between the wrist and elbow. |
vertebrae: | Bones of the spinal column. |
yellow marrow: | Soft tissue in the diaphyses of long bones. |