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23 Cards in this Set
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strain
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damage, usually muscular, from excessive physical effort
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sprain
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traumatic injury to tendons, ligaments, or muscles around a joint
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fracture
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a break in a bone
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compound (open) fracture
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bone is fractured and protrudes through the skin
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closed fracture
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bone is fractured but does not protrude through the skin
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greenstick fracture
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an incomplete fracture, fracture only on one side
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impacted fracture
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one bone fragment is driven into another fragment
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comminuted fracture
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a type of fracture where many bone fragments are present
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displaced transverse fracture
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a fracture at right angles to the axis of the bone
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displaced spiral fracture
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a fracture where the bone is twisted apart
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dislocation
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displacement of a bone from a joint
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spina bifida
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congenital abnormality characterized by defective closure of vertebrae
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scoliosis
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lateral curvature of the spine
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lordosis
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abnormal concave curvature of the lumbar spine
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kyphosis
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abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine
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degenerative joint disease (DJD)
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osteoarthritis, loss of articular cartilage
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rheumatoid arthritis
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chronic, progressive, systemic inflammation of primarily synovial joints
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ankylosing spondylitis
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inflammation and stiffening of the spine
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spondylosyndesis
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spinal fusion
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arthroclasia
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artificial breaking of an ankylosed joint
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reduction
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any process to restore a fracture
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closed reduction
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process where a fracture is restored without surgery
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open reduction
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process where a fracture is restored by surgery
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