Skeletal System Quiz Review

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to, toward, near

ab-

from, away

ankyl/o

crooked, looped, fixed

arthr/o

joint

a-, an-

without, lack of

-algia

pain

chondr/I, chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

craini/o

skull

-desis

surgical union or fixation

kyph/o

humpback

lord/o

curve, swayback

lysis

destruction, dissolving

scoli/o

crooked, bent

oste/o

bone

synovi/o

lubrication fluid of joints

spondyl

vertebra, backbone

FX: broken bone

fracture

-um

structure, tissue, thing

PMR: medical specialty that involves restoring function for a person that has been disabled as a resulting from illness, injury, or disease

physical medicine rehabilitation

OA: inflammation for one or more joint, most common form of joint, affects spine, knees, hips

Osteoarthritis

RA: chronic autoimmune disease disease that causes pain swelling and stiffness in joints

rheumatoid arthritis