The Skeletal System; Disease, Illnesses, and Injuries

Sprain

An injury to a ligament that results from overuse of trauma

Fracture

A break in bone or cartilage

Closed fracture

A fracture where the break in the bone in not accompanied by an external wound (Simple Fracture)

Comminuted Fracture

A fracture with more than two fragments

Colles’ Fracture

A fracture of the lower end of the radius close to the wrist

Compound Fracture

A fracture in which a bone is sticking through the skin (Open Fracture)

Compression Fracture

A fracture caused by compression, the act of pressing together

Pathological fracture

A fracture caused from a disease or undiscoverable cause

Greenstick Fracture

A fracture where only one side of the bone is broken and across the other side is bent

Dislocation

Displacement of the an end part of the bone from its normal position within a joint

arthr/o-

Joint, articulation

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous

Pertaining to

-ia

(Abnormal) state, condition

Arthralgia

Pain in a joint

oste/o-

Bone

Osteamalacia

Softening of the bone

Bone tumor

A mass of unusual cells growing in a bone

chondr/o-

Cartilage

Chondorma

A tumor composed in part of cartilage, mostly non-cancerous, rare, and very slow-growing tumors

sarc/o-

Connective tissue

Osteosarcoma

A cancer of the bone where osteoblasts multiply uncontrollably

Osteoma

A benign tumor composed of bone tissue or hard tumor of bonelike structure

Degenerative Joint Diease (DJD)/Osteoarthritis

A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of cartilage of joints

Lyme Disease

An inflammatory disease caused by bacterium (Borrelia burgdorferi) transmitted from the bite of a deer tick

Gout

A condition of abnormally elevated levels of uric acid in blood, recurring attacks of joint inflammation, and deposits of hard lumps of uric acid in and around joints

Hallux Valgus

A condition in which the big toe is bent outward towards the midline of the foot

-osis

Abnormal condition, process

Kyphosis

Outward curvature of the spine, causing a hump back

Lordosis

An inward curvature of the spine

Scoliosis

Lateral (sideways) curving of the spin

Osteoporosis

Thinning of the bone, with reduction in bone mass, due to depletion of calcium and bone protein

Osteomyelitis

Inflammation of the bone due to infection

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

An autoimmune disease of chronic inflammation of joints

Rheumatoid Factor

An antibody (protein) that is measurable in the blood

AKA

Above the Knee Amputation

BKA

Below the Knee Amputation

Fx

Fracture

NSAID

NonSterodial Anti-Inflammatory Drug

OA

OsteoArthritis

RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis