MOD B UNIT 4 VOCAB

-plasia

Group of disorders characterized as an inherited progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle without neural involvement?

Oste/o

-malacia

Softening of bone caused by loss of minerals from the bony matrix as a result of vitamin D deficiency?

Myel/o

Infection of the bone and bone marrow?

Loss of bone mass, which results in the bones being fragile and at risk for farctures? (Osteopenia refers to a less severe bone mass loss).

Compression injury that manifests itself as fluctuating pain, numbness, and paresthesias of the hand cause by compression of the median nerve at the wrist?

Arthr/o

Inflammatory joint disease believed to be autoimmune in nature; occurs in a much younger popluation?

Lumbago?

Spondyl/o

Abnormal condition of narrowing of the spinal canal with attendant pain, sometimes caused by osteoarthritis or spondylolisthesis?

-listhesis

Chondr/o

Visual examination of a joint, accomplished by use of an arthroscope?

Procedure that records the electrical activity of muscles?

-centesis

Surgical puncture of a joint to remove fluid?

-desis

Anti-

b.i.d.

SL

Celebrex: Brand, Generic, or Scientific?