Costochondritis

A common benign condition that causes sharp or aching inflammation of the cartilage

Craniostenosis

A congenital condition where one or more of the fibrous joints (sutures) between an infants skull bones close or tune into bone too early

Crepitation

A grating, crackling, popping, or crunching sound or sensation

kyph/o

hump

chondr/o, chondr/i

cartilage

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

cranial/o

cranium, skull

cost/o

rib

lysis

setting free, loosening

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

desis

to bind, be together

spondyl/o

vertebrae

15. scol/i

curved

Lord/o

swayback bent

synov/I, synov/o

synovial membrane

oste/o

bone

proximal diaphysis

shaft of a long bone

20. tarsal

the seven short bones that make up each ankle

clavicle

collar bone

synovial joint

movable

pubis bone

located below the urinary bladder

foramina

The opening in a bone from which blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments pass

25. ligaments

connects one bone to the other

acteabulum

hip socket

sternum

breast bone

zygomatic bone

cheek bone

patella

knee bone

30. olecranon

point of elbow

Paget's disease

Chronic bone disease that is characterized by abnormal bone breakdown followed by abnormal bone formation

allogenic

bone marrow transplant uses bone marrow cells from a donor

percutaneous vertebroplasty

is performed to treat osteoporosis-related compression fractures

osteoarthritis

medical term for the form of arthritis

35. BMT

Bone Marrow Transplant

OP

Operation

DXA

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis

TMI

Transient ischemic attack

40. myeloma

benign tumor in the spinal cord

Arthrodesis

a procedure that stiffens joints by combining two bones

Hallux Valgus

Bunion

Arthroplasty

The surgical placement of an artificial joint

Subluxation

Partial displacement of the bone form it joint

45. Luxation

Total displacement of the bone from it joint (completely out of the socket)

osteomyelitis

Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow

chondromalacia

softening of the cartilage

kyphosis

abnormal curvature of the spine

clubfoot

congenital deformity of the foot involving the ankle bones (talus)

costectomy

surgical removal of the ribs