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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM. OBJECTIVES. TO LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM TO REVIEW COMMON SYFFIXES AND PREFIXES. COSTAL . Pertaining to the ribs. ARTHRALGIA. Pain in the joint. CHONDROMALACIA. Softening of a cartilage. ARTHRITIS.

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM

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  1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM

  2. OBJECTIVES • TO LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO SKELETAL SYSTEM • TO REVIEW COMMON SYFFIXES AND PREFIXES

  3. COSTAL • Pertaining to the ribs

  4. ARTHRALGIA • Pain in the joint

  5. CHONDROMALACIA • Softening of a cartilage

  6. ARTHRITIS • Inflammation of a joint

  7. EXOSTOSIS • A benign growth on the surface of a bone

  8. OSTEOALGIA • Pain in a bone

  9. OSTEONECROSIS • Destruction and death of bone tissue

  10. FRACTURE Fx • Broken bone

  11. ARTHROPLASTY • Surgical repair of a joint

  12. DISKECTOMY • Surgical removal of an intervertebral disk

  13. CRANIECTOMY • Surgical removal of a part of the skull

  14. OSTEORRHAPHY • Suturing or wiring together of bones

  15. SPONDYLOSIS • Any degenerative disease of the vertebrae spondyl/o = vertebrae

  16. OSTEITIS • Inflammation of the bone

  17. OSTEOCHONDROMA • Benign tumor that grows on the surface of a bone that protrude as a hard limps covered with cartilage

  18. POLYARTHRITIS • Inflammation of more than one joint

  19. OSTEOTOMY • Surgical cut into a bone

  20. OSTEOCLASIS • Surgical fracture of a bone to correct deformity

  21. OSTEOMYELITIS • Inflammation of a bone and bone marrow

  22. OSTEOPENIA • Thinner than average bone density

  23. OSTEOPOROSIS • A marked loss of bone density and increase of bone porosity

  24. OSTEOSCLEROSIS • Hardening of the bone

  25. ARTHRECTOMY • Surgical removal of a joint

  26. ARTHROCENTESIS • Puncture of the joint to remove fluid

  27. ARTHROSCLEROSIS • Stiffness of the joints

  28. ARTHROSCOPY • Visual examination of the joint

  29. ARTHROTOMY • Incision of a joint

  30. CHONDROPLASTY • Surgical repair of the cartilage

  31. CHONDROMA • Slow growing benign tumor originating from the cartilage.

  32. OSTEOPATHY • Any disease of a bone

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