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Medical Terminology
Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cost/o | ribs |
| dactyl/o | digits |
| kyph/o | humped-back |
| lei/o | smooth |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| ped/o | normal or correct |
| endosteum | membrane lining medullary cavity of bone |
| periosteum | a fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone |
| seven | amount of cervical vertebrae |
| twelve | amount of thoracic vertebrae |
| five | amount of lumbar vertebrae |
| intervertebral disk | a flat, plate-like structure composed of an outer fibrous part (annulus fibrosus) that surrounds a central gelatinous mass (nucleus pulposus) between the vertebrae that reduces friction |
| annulus fibrosus | ring of fibrocartilage and fibrous tissue forming the circumference of the intervertebral disk; surrounds the nucleus pulposus |
| nucleus pulposus | the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk |
| recumbent | lying down |
| goniometer | instrument used to measure joint angles |
| anterior–posterior | The direction of an x-ray beam from front to back is designated |
| decubitus | Lying down, especially in bed, is called |
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| crepitation | grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or by broken bones |
| exostosis | a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage |
| flaccid | flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone |
| tetany | tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contraction |
| osteoarthritis (OA) | most common form of arthritis, especially affecting the weight-bearing joints (e.g., knee or hip), characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage; also called degenerative arthritis and degenerative joint disease (DJD) |
| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | most crippling form of arthritis; characterized by chronic, systemic inflammation, most often affecting joints and synovial membranes (especially in the hands and feet) and causing ankylosis (stiffening of a joint) and deformity |
| gouty arthritis | acute attacks of arthritis, usually in a single joint (especially the great toe), caused by hyperuricemia (an excessive level of uric acid in the blood) |
| sequestrum | bone tissue that has died from loss of blood supply, such as can occur after a fracture (sequestrum = something laid aside); also called bony necrosis |
| chondromalacia | softening of cartilage |
| leiomyoma | smooth muscle tumor |
| leiomyosarcoma | malignant smooth muscle tumor |
| rhabdomyoma | skeletal muscle tumor |
| rhabdomyosarcoma | malignant skeletal muscle tumor |
| kyphosis | anteriorly concave curvature of the thoracic spine (humped-back condition) |
| spondylolisthesis | forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra |
| spondylosis | stiff, immobile condition of vertebrae caused by joint degeneration |
| subluxation | partial dislocation |
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