ABRAGAN

1. Atonic - lack of muscle tone.

2. Atrophy - wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part
owing to disease, injury, or lack of use
3. Arthrocentesis - removal of fluid from a joint by centesis
4. Arthrogram - a test using X-rays to obtain a series of pictures of
a joint after a contrast material (such as a dye, water, air, or a combination
of these) has been injected into the joint
5. Arthroscopy - a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint;
the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs
through a small incision
6. Ankylosis - stiffening and immobility of a joint as the result of disease,
trauma, surgery, or abnormal bone fusion.
7. Arthritis - painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
8. Bursa - a fluid-filled sac or saclike cavity, esp. one countering friction at
a joint.
9. Bone scan - a nuclear scanning test to find certain abnormalities in
bone.
10. Calcification - deposition of calcium salts within the matrix of
cartilage often as the preliminary step in the formation of bone
11. Callus - a thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, esp.
in an area that has been subjected to friction.
12. Cancellous bone light, porous bone enclosing numerous large spaces that give a h
oneycombed or spongy appearance.
13. Cartilage - firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various
forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external
ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints.

14. Caroal tunnel syndrome - a painful condition of the hand and

fingers caused by compression of a major nerve where it passes over the
carpal bones through a passage at the front of the wrist, alongside the
flexor tendons of the hand.
15. Compartment syndrome - a condition resulting from increased
pressure within a confined body space, esp. of the leg or forearm.
16. Clonus - muscular spasm involving repeated often rhythmic,
contractions.
BUNA
34. External fixators external metal frame attached to bone fragments to stabilize them
35. Joint area where bones ends meet; provides for motion and flexibility
36. Joint capsule fibrous tissue that encloses none ends and other joint surfaces
37. Kyphosis increase in the convex curvature of the spine
38. Lamellae mature compact bone structures that form concentric rings of bone matrix;
lamellar bone
39. Ligament fibrous band connecting bone
40. Lordosis increase in lumbar curvature of the spine
41. Ossification process in which minerals (calcium) are deposited in bone matrix
42. Osteoarthritisdegeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone, most common
from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness, esp. in the knee, hip and thumb joints
43. Osteoblast bone forming cell
44. Osteoclast bone resorption cell
45. Osteocyte mature bone cell
46. Osteogenesis bone formation
47. Osteoidthe unmineralized organic component of bone
48. Osteon microscopic functional unit of bone
49. Osteoporosis medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss
of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or Vit. D
50. Paralysis complete of partial loss of function esp. when involving the power of motion
or of sensation in any part of the body
CANAVERAL
51. Paresthesia abnormal sensation (eg burning, tingling, numbness)
52. Periosteum fibrous connective tissue covering bone
53. Remodeling process that ensures bone maintenance through simultaneous bone
resorption and formation
54. Resorption removal/destruction of tissue, such as bone
55. Red bone marrow
56. Scoliosis lateral curving of the spine
57. Spastic having greater-than-normal muscle tone
58. Skeletal muscles striated muscles that move and support the skeleton
59. Synovium membrane in joint that secretes lubricating fluid
60. Subluxation partial separation of joint surfaces
61. Synovitis inflammation of the synovial membrane

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Strain a musculotendinous stress injury

Sprain an injury to ligaments and muscles and other soft tissues at a joint
Tendon cord of fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone
Tonus normal tension (resistance to stretch) in resting muscle
Trabeculae latticelike bone structure; cancellous bone
Traction application of a pulling force to a part of the body

GUINTA
68. Bursitis- inflammation of a fluid-filled sac in a joint
69. Contractures- abnormal shortening of muscle or fibrosis of joint structures
70. Involucrum- new bone growth around a sequestrum
71. Radiculopathy - disease of a nerve root
72. Sciatica -sciatic nerve pain; pain travels down back of thigh into foot
73. Sequestrum- dead bone in abscess cavity
74. Tendinitis- inflammation of muscle tendons
75. Tendon-cord of fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone
76. Yellow bone marrow-bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
77. Allograft- tissue harvested from a donor for use in another person
78. Amputation- removal of a body part, usually a limb or part of a limb
79. Arthoscope -surgical scope injected into the joint to examine or repair
80. Autograft- tissue harvested from one area of the body and used for transplantation to another area of the
same body
81. Arthroplasty- an orthopedic surgery where the articular surface of a musculoskeletal joint is replaced,
remodeled, or realigned by osteotomy or some other procedure.
82. Debridement-surgical removal of contaminated and devitalized tissues and foreign material
83. Dislocation- complete separation of joint surfaces
84. Fractures-a break in the continuity of the bone