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diarthroses
movable joints
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amphiarthroses
slightly movable joints
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synathroses
immovable joints
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ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
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kyph/o
hill, mountain (humpback)
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lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebra)
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lord/o
curve "swayback" (arched back--opposite of humpback)
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-leiomy
smooth muscle "visceral"
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rhabd/o
rod shaped, striated
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rhabdomy/o
rod shaped, striated
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-clasia
break, surgical fracture
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-desis
binding, fixation of a bone or joint
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9 kinds of fracture
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- open
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- comminuted
- impacted
- incomplete
- greenstick
- colles
- hairline
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contracture
fibrosis of connective tissue preventing normal mobility
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crepitation
dry grating sound (bone on bone)
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osteophyte
bony growth on vertebra may exert pressure on cord
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rickets
children's osteomalacia
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spondylolisthesis
foward slippage of vertebra over vertebra (subluxation)
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subluxation
partial or incomplete dislocation
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spondylosis
degeneration of C, T, L vertebrae
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DEXA stands for
dual energy xray absorptiometry
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LS spine
lumbosacral spinal radiography (lower back pain)
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closed reduction
manual correction, no cutting
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arthroclasia
surgical breaking of an ankylosed joint to provide movement
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bone grafting
for damaged or missing bone tissue
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open reduction
surgery for fixing fractures
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sequestrectomy
removal of a segment of necrosed bone
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