Medical Terminology - Musculoskeletal

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Arthralgia

Back 1

pain in a joint

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Arthritis

Back 2

Inflammation of the joints

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Atrophic

Back 3

Showing signs of tissue degradation or breakdown

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Avulsion fracture

Back 4

Fragment of bone chipped away from the main bone

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Body tenderness

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Tenderness of the bone indicative of a fracture

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Boxer's fracture

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5th metacarpal fracture

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Comminuted fracture

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Splintered and crushed bone broken into multiple fragments

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Compartment syndrome

Back 8

Compression of the nerves and blood vessel

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Compound fracture

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Open fracture; a fracture that penetrates the skin

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Costochondritis

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Inflammation of the rib cartilage

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Deformity

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Visual abnormality of a bone or anatomical structure

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Dislocation

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Disconnected joint; complete misalignment of the joint

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Fascia

Back 13

fibrous membrane of connective tissue supporting and separating muscles and body organs

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Fracture

Back 14

Broken bone

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Gout

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Type of arthritis; diagnosed by ordering a uric acid level

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Greenstick fracture

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Bone partially breaks and bends

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Impacted fracture

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Broken bone smashed into another bone

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Intratrochanteric fracture

Back 18

Fracture at the proximal end of the femur

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Joint

Back 19

articulation or auction between two or more bones or cartilage

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Ligament

Back 20

fibrous tissue binding bones together

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Maleollous

Back 21

Boney prominence on each side of the ankle

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Multiple sclerosis

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Autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord

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Myalgia

Back 23

muscular pain

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Olecranon

Back 24

large boney projection of the ulna forming the point of the elbow

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Osteomylitis

Back 25

Bone infection

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Paraspinal tenderness

Back 26

Tenderness of the muscles beside the spine; not indicative of a fracture

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Radiculopathy

Back 27

Compressed nerve in the spine

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Sciatica

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Compression of sciatic nerve causing back pain with radiation to posterior leg

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Shaft

Back 29

long, slender segment of a long bone

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Straight Leg Raises

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SLR; maneuver testing for sciatica

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Snuff box

Back 31

Triangular indentation of the radial dorsal aspect of the hand

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Spinal fracture

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Bone is broken in a twisting manner

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Step-offs

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Misalignment of the spine indicative of a spinal fracture

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Subluxation

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Partial dislocation

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Tenosynovitis

Back 35

Inflammation of the tendon sheath

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Transverse fracture

Back 36

Perpendicular break across the bone

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Vertebral pointtenderness

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Tenderness directly over the spine (vertebrae), increased likelihood of fracture