Ch5vocab.txt

• author "twynkys"
• tags "Ch.5 medical vocab"
• description "Ch.5 medical vocab"
• fileName "Ch5vocab.txt"
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• Cartilage
• Nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints

Band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures

Tissue consisting of contractile cells

Fibrous band that connects muscle to bone

Outer portion of an organ, such as bone

Small space or cavity within the matrix of bone

Fatty, blood forming tissue in the cavities of long bones

Substance that surrounds cells, is manufactured by cells, and holds them together

Bone-forming cell

Bone-removing cell

Bone-maintaining cell

Strong membrane surrounding a bone

One of two bony prominences near the head of the femur

Condition with abnormal conversion of cartilage into bone, leading to dwarfism

Inherited condition in which bone formation is incomplete, leading to fragile, easily broken bones

Doctor of medicine

Doctor of osteopathy

Bone mineral density

Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

International units

Soft, flexible bones lacking in calcium (Rickets)

A state of being in the correct position in relation t other structures

Fracture

Collection of blood that has escaped from the blood vessels into tissue

Condition in which the two bony ends of a fracture fail to heal together correctly

Total failure of healing of a fracture

The restoration of a structure to its normal position

Bending

Straightening

Movement away from the midline

Movement toward the midline

Turning around an axis

Turning inward (supination)

Turning outward (pronation)

Movement of an extremity in a circular motion

Degenerative joint disease

Metacarpophalangeal

Osteoarthritis

Proxmal interphalangeal

Total-hip replacement

Rheumatoid arthritis

Ter in die (three times a day)

Wasting away or diminished volume of tissue, organ, or body part

Sheet of fibrous connective tissue

A strand or filament

Increase in size but not number of an individual tissue element

Pain in several muscle groups

Stripes

Duchenne muscular dystophy

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Phencyclidine (angel dust)

Rest, ice, compression, elevation

Pain in muscle fibers

A wrench or tear in a ligament

Overstretch or tear in a muscle or tendon

Hunchback, posterior curve of thoracic spine

Swayback, forward curvature of lumbar spine

Lateral curvature of spine

Temporomandibular joint

Lateral end of the scapula, extending over the shoulder joint

Collar bone, urved bone that forms the anterior part of the pectoral girdle

The state of being completely out of joint

Long bone of upper arm

Shoulder blade

Incomplete dislocation in which some contact between the joint surfaces remain

Muscle of upper arm that has two heads or points of origin on the scapula

Large fan-shaped musce connecting the scapula and clavicle to the humerus

Widest (broadest) muscle in the back

Forearm bone on the thumb side

Muscle of the arm that has three heads or points of origin

Pertaining to the wrist

An abnormal fluid containing sac

An incision through a band of fascia usually to relieve pressure on underlying structures

Surgicial removal of fascia

Narrowing of a passage

Physiotherapy

Develops on front of wrist as a result of inflammation and swelling of tendon sheaths arising from overuse of repetitive movements

Bones between the carpal bones and phalanges

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Muscle shortening due to spasm or fibrosis

Capable of being infected by

Cup shaped cavity of the hip bone that receives the head of the femur to form the hip joint

Thigh bone (its a long bone)

Sacroiliac

Pathological death of cells or tissue

Large smooth rounded expansion of the end of a bone that forms a joint with another bone

Kneecap, thin circular bone in front of the knee joint

Hollow at the back of the knee

Anterior cruciate ligament

Posterior cruciate ligament

Forcible separation or tearing away often of a tendon from bone

The tarsal bone that articulates with the tibia to form the ankle joint

Treatment

Diagnosis

Bone is broken but skin is not

Fragment of fractured bone breaks the skin or a wound extends to the site of fracture

(Closed) partial fracture, one side breaks other side bends

Insoluble protein found in wheat, barley, and oats