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Orthopedic Terms

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  • Q1
    surgical procedure that uses a piece of bone to replace lost bone or to fuse two bones together
    bone graft
    30s
  • Q2
    nuclear medicine scan using radioactive dye to visualize bones; especially useful for finding stress fractures and bone cancer
    bone scan
    30s
  • Q3
    repetitive motion disorder caused by pressure on tendons and nerves as they pass through carpal tunnel of wrist
    carpal tunnel syndrome
    30s
  • Q4
    broken bone with no open skin wound; also called simple fracture
    closed fracture
    30s
  • Q5
    bone break where bone shatters into many small fragments
    communited fracture
    30s
  • Q6
    broken bone with open skin wound; also called open fracture
    compound fracture
    30s
  • Q7
    bone break causing loss of height of vertebral body; may result from trauma, but in older persons, especially women, may occur in a bone weakened by osteoporosis
    compression fracture
    30s
  • Q8
    abnormal shortening of muscle fibers, tendons, or connective tissue making it difficult to stretch muscle
    contracture
    30s
  • Q9
    muscle enzyme found in skeletal and cardiac muscle; elevated blood levels associated with heart attack, muscular dystrophy, and other skeletal muscle pathologies
    Creatine Kinase (CK)
    30s
  • Q10
    involuntary muscle contraction in response to striking muscle tendon with reflex hammer; test used to determine whether muscles respond properly
    deep tendon reflexes (DTR)
    30s
  • Q11
    occurs when bones in joint are displaced from normal alignment and ends of bones are no longer in contact with each other
    Dislocation
    30s
  • Q12
    test using low-dose x-ray beams to measure bone density; used to diagnose osteoporosis
    dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA)
    30s
  • Q13
    chronic condition with widespread aching and pain in the muscles and fibrous soft tissue
    fibromyalgia
    30s
  • Q14
    procedure to stabilize fractured bone while it heals
    fixation
    30s
  • Q15
    broken bone
    fracture (FX, Fx)
    30s

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