MT- Chapter 14 - Terms Related to the Skeletal System

Inflammation of a joint (noun).

• Arthralgia

• Arthritis

• Arthrodesis

• Arthroscopy

The stiffness and rigidity of a joint as a result of a disease or injury (noun).

• Ankylose

• Ankylosing

• Ankylosis

• Arthralgia

Surgical puncture of a joint space to remove synovial fluid for analysis.

• Diskectomy

• Arthrodesis

• Malacai

• Arthrocentesis

Cracking sensation that is felt and heard when ends of a broken bone move together.

• Arthrocentesis

• Scoliosis

• Chondritis

• Crepitation

In _______, the spine is curved to the left or right.

• patellectomy

• scoliosis

• osteoporosis

• myelopathy

The patient underwent a _____ to remove the damaged cartilage.

• arthorcentesis

• diskectomy

• ankylosis

• ondrectomy

Abnormal softening of a part, organ or tissue, such as a bone.

• Malacia

• Crepitation

• Arthiritis

• Scoliosis

Most _____ are the result of a direct impact or a twisting movement.

• Arthritis

• Fractures

• Malacia

• Ankylosis

A childhood disease in which the bones do not grow properly or harden due to a vitamin D deficiency.

• Osteoporosis

• Tenoplasty

• Scoliosis

• Rickets

Any disease of the spinal cord or bone marrow.

• Patellectomy

• Myelopathy

• Ankylosis

• ankylosis