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46 Cards in this Set
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ankyl/o
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stiffening, crooked
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coll/a
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glue
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fixat/o
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fastened
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kyph/o
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a hump
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lord/o
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bending, curve, swayback
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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rach/i
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spine
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rheumat/o
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discharge
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sarc/o
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flesh
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scoli/o
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curvature
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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tract/o
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to draw
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xiph/o
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sword
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synarthrosis
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no movement, fibrous
i.e. cranial suture |
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amphiarthrosis
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light movement, cartiliginous
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diarthrosis
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synovial
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closed/simple fracture
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does not puncture skin
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open/compound fracture
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projects through skin
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communited fracture
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bone broken in many pieces
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greenstick
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one part of shaft is broken, often in children
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spiral
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twisting fracture
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colles fracture
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break in distal part of radius
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potts fracture
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break at ankle - tibia and fibula
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achondroplasia
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defect in formation of cartilage at epiphyses of long bones
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ankylosis
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stiffening of joint
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athralgia
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joint pain
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athrocentesis
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surgical procedure to remove joint fluid
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bursa
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sac that contains synovia
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coccogodynia
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pain in coccyx
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dactylic
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pertaining to the fingers or toes
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dactylogram
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fingerprint
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genu valgum/varum
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knock knee/bowleg
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ishalgia
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pain in the hip
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kyphosis
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humpback
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lordosis
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swayback
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myelitis
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inflammation of bone marrow
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myeloma
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tumor of bone marrow
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osteochondritis
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inflammation of bone and cartilage
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osteomyelitis
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inflammation of bone marrow
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osteopenia
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deficiency of bone tissue
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osteosarcoma
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malignant tumor of bone
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periosteoedema
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swelling around a bone
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rachigraph
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measures curvature of spine
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scoliosis
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lateral curvature of spine
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spur
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sharp or pointed projection
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traction
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pulling on bones to facilitate healing
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