skeletal system

• Bursa


  Purse or sac
• Kyphosis


  Increased front-to-back curve of the spine
• Lordosis


  Inward curve of the lumbar spine
• Myel


  Bone marrow
• Scoliosis


  Lateral bending of the spine
• Lordotic curve - Lordosis is the inward curve of the lumbar spine (just above the buttocks). A small degree of lordosis is normal.
• Kyphotic curve - An increased front-to-back curve of the spine is called kyphosis.
• Orthopedic


  • The branch of medicine focusing on diseases of the skeletal and muscular systems and caused by infections, tumor, endocrine disease, and inherited disorders.
• Osteomyelitis


  Inflammation of bone marrow including bone. This is a painful condition, often caused by a bacterial infection.
• Scoliosis


  Lateral bending. When the vertebrae form a curved line instead of being straight.
• Arthralgia


  Joint pain. Common complaint following injury to a joint.
• Genu Valgum


  Knees angle in and touch each other when legs are straightened. Commonly called knock-knees
• Genu Varum


  Outward bowing of the leg, often called bowlegged or bandy legged.
• Achondroplasia


  Genetic disease causing dwarfism. A dwarf or little person is an individual with abnormally short limbs and stature.
• Bunion


  Abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe, due to inflammation of a bursa.
• Osteoporosis


  Abnormal loss of bone density, a common result of aging in postmenopausal women.
• Chiropractic


  • Field of therapy that focuses on the manipulation of bones and joints.
• Orthotics


  • Field of medicine involving the construction and fitting of orthopedic appliances to assist a patient such as lifts, artificial limbs, and retraction devices.
• Prosthesis


  Medical term for an artificial limb
• Ostectomy


  The surgical removal of bone tissue. It is performed to remove unwanted bony formations.
• Osteoclasis


  To deliberately break a bone in order to correct a defect or improperly healed fracture.
• Podiatry


  • Medical specialty that focuses on foot health.
• SCI


  Spinal cord injury- trauma to the vertebral column that may result in paralysis of areas below the vertebral level of the injury.
• THR


  Total hip replacement- Replacing the worn or damaged ball or ball and socket feature of the hip with an implant.
• TKA


  Total Knee Arthroplasty- Surgical repair and implants in a worn or damaged knee.
• Fracture


  A broken bone.
• Colles fracture


  A break in the distal part of the radius
• Comminuted fracture


  A fracture that results in fragmentation of the bone.
• Epiphyseal fracture


  A break that occurs at the growth plate. The growth plate is at the end of the bone in a child where a special type of cartilage builds and lengthens the bones as we grow.
• Greenstick fracture


  A slight fissure in the bone, but not a complete break.
• Pott's fracture


  A break at the ankle that affects both bones of the leg.
• Spiral fracture


  A break caused by twisting.
• Smiths fracture


  Distal radius fracture with volar displacement or angulation.
• Monteggia fracture


  Fracture of the proximal ulna associated with a dislocation of the radial head.
• Galeazzi fracture


  Fracture of the middle to distal third of the radius associated with dislocation or subluxation of the distal radioulnar joint
• Essex-Lopresti fracture


  Fracture of the radial head of the forearm with concomitant dislocation of the distal radio-ulnar joint along with disruption of the thin interosseous membrane which holds them together.
• Barton fracture


  Fracture dislocation of the distal radius in which either the volar or dorsal aspect of the distal radial articular surface is sheared off with disruption of the radiocarpal joint. Barton fractures are similar to Smith fractures.
• Chauffeur's fracture


  Also known as Hutchinson fracture, is a type of intra articular oblique fracture of the radial styloid process in the forearm. The injury is typically caused by compression of the scaphoid bone of the hand against the styloid process of the distal radius.
• Bennett fracture


  A fracture of the base of the thumb resulting from forced abduction of the first metacarpal. It is defined as an intra-articular two-part fracture of the base of the first metacarpal bone.
• Boxer's fracture


  A break in the neck of the 5th metacarpal bone in the hand.