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BDT= BONE DENSITY TESTING
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| CTS= CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
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| OT = Occupational Therapy |
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| PKR= Partial Knee Replcement |
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| PMR= Polymyalgia Rheumatica |
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| RSD= Repetitive Stress Disorder |
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| THR= Total Hip Replacement |
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| TKR= Total Knee Replacement |
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| Achilles Tendon - the tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone |
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| Pager’s Disease of Bone - a chronic bone disorder causing abnormal bone remodeling, leading to weakened, enlarged, and deformed bones. |
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| Baker’s Cyst- a fluid- filled sac located behind the knee, often resulting from joint inflammation or conditions like arthritis |
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| Era’s Palsy- a condition caused by injury to the brachial plexus, often during birth or trauma. |
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| -myel/o: marrow (bone), spinal cord |
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| -Patell/o: patella, kneecap |
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| -pelv/i: pelvis, pelvic bone |
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| -pelv/o: pelvis, pelvic bone |
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| -phalang/o: bones of the fingers and toes |
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| -plant/o: sole of the foot |
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| -rachi/o: vertebral spine, vertebral column |
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| -rhabd/o: rod shape, striated |
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| -sarc/o flesh, connective tissue |
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| -scoli/o: crooked, curved |
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| -spondyl/o: vertebra, spine ,vertebral column |
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| Tars/o :tarsals, ankle bones |
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| -ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o: tendon |
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| -vertebr/o: vertebra, spine, vertebral column |
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| -clavic/o, calicul/o: clavicle, collarbone |
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| -electr/o: electricity, electrical activity |
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| -fibr/o: fibrous connective tissue |
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| -kinesi/o: movement, motion |
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| -kyph/o: increased convexity of the spine |
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| -Lamin/o: Lamina ( thin, flat plate or layer) |
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| -lord/o: bent forward, increased concavity of the spine |
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| -Mandibul/o: mandible, lower jaw bone |
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| -maxill/o: maxilla, upper jaw bone |
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| -menisc/o : meniscus, crescent |
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| -leiomy/o: smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
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| -Lumb/o: Loin, lumbar region of the spine |
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| Centesis-surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
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| Desis-surgical fixation, fusion |
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| Ectomy-excision, surgical removal, cutting out |
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| Gram-the record, radiographic image |
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| Graphy- process of recording, radiographic imaging |
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| Lysis- loosening, separating dissolution |
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| Penia- Abnormal reduction |
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| Scopy- process of viewing, visual examination |
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| -tomy: incision, cut into |
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| -trophy: nourishment, development |
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| Dys- painful, difficult, abnormal, labored |
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