| Term | Definition |
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| orthopedics | branch of medicine concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. |
| osteopathic physician (DO) | provides medical treatment of musculosketal disorders. Philosophy maintains that good health requires proper alignment of bones muscles ligments and nerves. |
| chiropractor | is certified and licenced to provide chiropractic care in treating musculoskeletal disorders |
| hematopoiesis | The marrow of larger bones continuously produces blood cells |
| Flexion | Decreases the angel of a joint |
| extension | increases the angel of a joint |
| adduction | moves closer to the middle |
| abduction | moves away fromthe middle |
| pronation | turns the palm down |
| supination | turns the palm up |
| dorsiflexion | elevates the foot |
| plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toes) |
| rotation | moves a bone around its longitudinal |
| cephalad | head toward (-ad) the head |
| osteoporosis | bone porous (-porosis) bone |
| spondyloptosis | vertebrae (backbone) prolapse (-ptosis) of a vertebra slipped disk |
| metacarpal | metacarpus (hand bones) pertaining to (-al) metacarpus There are five bones that make up the hand |
| phalangectomy | phalanged (bones of fingers and toes) excision (-ectomy) of one or more phalanges |
| radial | radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) pertaining to (-al) the radius bone |
| calcaneodynia | heel bone pain in the heel bone |
| ulnar | ulna (lower arm bone on thumb side pertaining to (-ar) the ulna the inner and larger bone of the forearm on the opposite side of the thumb |
| femoral | thigh bone pertaining to (_al) the femur the longest and strongest bone in the skeleton |
| fibular | smaller, outer bone of the lower leg pertaining to (-ar) the fibula |
| iliac | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone) |
| ischial | ischium (lower portion of the hip bone) |
| lumbar | loins (lower back) |
| patellectomy | kneecap excision of the patella |
| pedialgia | foot child pain in the foot |
| pelvic pelvis | pertaning to |
| podiatry | foot dr. |
| pubis | the pelvic bone |
| tibi | larger inner bone of the lower hip shin bone |
| ankylosis | stiffness bent crooked stiff joint |
| arthrodesis | surgical immobilization of a joint to relieve pain or provide support |
| myopathy | diseaased muscle or muscle tissue |
| dia | through, across the shaft or middle region of a long bone physis mean to grow |
| epi | in within endolumbar lower back portion of the spinal cord |
| periosteal | around periosteum a strong membthat covers the surface of a long bone |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint usually accompanied by pain, swelling and frequently changes in structure |
| osteoarthritis | a progressive degenerative joint disease characterized by bone spurs and destruction of articular cartilage |
| rheumatoid | a chronic systemic disease marked by inflammatory changes in joints and related structures that result in crippling deformities |
| gout | uric acid in toes |
| fracture | a beak in the bon. e |
| complicated | a fracture in which the broken bone injures and intenal organ such as a broken rib piercing the lung |
| compound | a fracure with an external wound in the skin |
| comminuted | a fracture in which the bone is broken or splitered |
| impacted | a fracture in which the bone is broken and one end is wedged into the interior of the other |
| incomplete | a break in the bone which the line of fracture does not include the whole bone |
| greenstick | a fracture in which the bone is partially bent and partially broken occurs in children |
| Lyme disease | an acute recurrent inflammtory infection transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick |
| osteomalacia | a vitimen D deficiency in adults marked by increasing softness of the bones to the point of their becomming flexible and brittle and thus causing deformities |
| osteomyelitis | local or generalized infection of the bone and bone marrow |
| kyphosis | an abnormal curvature of a portion of the spine commonly known as humpback or hunchback |
| lordosis | an abnormal inward curvature of a portion of the spine commonly called swayback |
| scoliosis | an abnormal sidward curvature of the spine either to the left or to the right |
| arthrocentesis | surgical puncture of a joint space with a needle to remove accumulated fluid |
| arthrolysis | surgical procedure to restore mobilization to an ankylosed joint (frozen joint) |
| arthroplasty | the surgical reconstruction or replacement of a painful degenerated joint to restore mobility in rheumatoid or osteoarthritis or to correct a congenital deformity |
| arthroscopy | visual examination of the interior of a hoint performed by inserting an endoscope through a small incision |
| skeletal mucsle relaxants | agents that relieve muscle spasm and stiffness and are prescribed to treat acute musuloskeletal conditions such as strains sprains and pulled muscles |
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