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25 Cards in this Set
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Ankylosing spondylitis
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Inflammation of vertebrae progressing to stiffening back or joint
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Crepitation
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Grinding sound on movement of ends of a broken bone
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Exostosis
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Bony outgrowth arising from the surface of a bone
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Sudden breaking of a bone. Name 2.
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1)simple fracture
2)compound fracture |
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Simple fracture
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Bone is broken without rupture of skin.
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Compound fracture
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Broken bone with protrusion through skin
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fracture
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Sudden breaking of a bone
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Colles' fracture
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Break at distal end of radius (wrist)
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comminuted fracture
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Bone is splintered or crushed
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Compression fracture
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Bone is compressed (fracture of vertebra by pressure)
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Greenstick fracture
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Bone is partially broken/bent in children
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impacted fracture
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One fragment is driven firmly into the other.
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Genu Valgum
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Knock-knee
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Genu Varus
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Bowleg
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Kyphosis
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Humpback, posterior curvature of the thoracic spine
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Lordosis
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Swayback, anterior curvature in the lumbar spine
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Lumbago
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Low back pain
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Osteodystrophy
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Painful development of bone -- growing pains
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Osteomalacia
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Softening of bone, rickets in children, due to vitamin D deficiency
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Osteomyelitis
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Inflammation of bone and bone marrow.
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Osteoporosis
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Loss of bony tissue and decreased mass of bone
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Osteotome
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Surgical chisel designed to cut bone
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Scoliosis
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Lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped)
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Sequestrum
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Segment of dead bone that has separated from the bone.
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Talipes
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Any of several deformities of the foot (clubfoot)
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