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04/14/2010

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Term
LAMINECTOMY
Definition
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE LAMINA
Term
LACUNAE
Definition
CAVITIES WITHIN THE BONE
Term
SCOLIOSIS
Definition
A LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE
Term
HEMOPOIESIS
Definition
FORMATION OF BLOOD CELLS
Term
FORAMEN
Definition
NATURAL HOLE OR OPENING
Term
FONTANELLE
Definition
SOFT SPOT
Term
DIAPHYSIS
Definition
SHAFT OF LONG BONE
Term
DISLOCATION
Definition
BONE IN ABNORMAL POSITION
Term
CHONDRITITS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF CARTILAGE
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COMPACT BONE
Definition
SOLID BONE RICH IN CALCIUM
Term
CANCELLOUS BONE
Definition
SPONGY BONE FOUND IN THE EPIPHYSIS OF LONG BONES AND IN SKULL BONES
Term
CALLUS
Definition
DEPOSIT THAT HOLDS THE ENDS OF A Fx
Term
BONE MARROW
Definition
SOFT CENTRAL PORITON OF THE BONE
Term
ARTICULATION
Definition
JOINING TOGHETHER
Term
ARTHRITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS
Term
AXIAL SKELETON
Definition
BONES OF THE SKULL ,VERTEBRAL,COLUMN,THORAX, AND STERNUM
Term
APPENDICULAR SKELETON
Definition
BONES OF THE ARMS,HANDS,LEGS,FEET,SHOULDERS,AND PELVIC
Term
SYNARTHROSIS
Definition

AN IMMOVABLE OR FUSSED JOINT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term
DIARTHROSIS
Definition
FREELY MOVEABLE JOINT
Term
AMPHIARTHROSIS
Definition
SLIGHLY MOVEABLE JOINTS
Term
THORAX
Definition
CHEST
Term
SUBLUXATION
Definition
PARTIAL OR INCOMPLETE DISLOCATION
Term
SENOVIAL MEMBRANE
Definition
MEMBRANE THAT FORMS IN THE INNER LINING OF THE CAPSULE OF A FREELY MOVABLE JOINT
Term
EMBOLUS
Definition
TRAVELING BLOOD CLOT
Term
SYMPHYSIS PUBIS
Definition
POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT PUBIS
Term
SPRAIN
Definition
FORCIBLE TWISTING OF A JOINT WITH INJURY
Term
SPINAL FUSION
Definition
IMPLANTING A BONE FRAGMENT BETWEEN 2 OR MORE VERTEBRAE
Term
PERIOSTEUM
Definition
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT COVERS AND NOURISHES THE BONE
Term
OSTEOPOROSIS
Definition
INCREASED SOFTENING OF THE BONE
Term
OSTEOCYTES
Definition
MATURE BONE CELL
Term
MEDULLARY CAVITY
Definition
CAVITY OF THE BONE FOR ADIPOSE TISSUE
Term
EPIPHYSIS
Definition
EXTREMETY OF LONG BONES
Term
OSSIFICATION
Definition
CONVERSION OF OTHER TISSUE INTO BONE
Term
COXA
Definition
HIP
Term
CHONDROSARCOMA
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR FOUND IN CARTILAGE
Term
CHONDROMALACIA
Definition

SOFTENING OF CARTILAGE TISSUE

 

Term
AMPUTATE
Definition
TO REMOVE A LIMB OR OTHER BODY PART
Term
KYPHOSIS
Definition
BOWING OF THE BACK ; HUNCHBACK
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