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47 Cards in this Set
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Ankylosis
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Stiffness or fixation of a joint by disease or surgery
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Arthrofibrosis
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Intra articular scarring leading to impaired motion or function
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Arthroplasty
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To modify a joint by microfracture or resurfacing
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Arthroscopic debridement
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To clean out the joint
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Arthroscopy
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Joint examination with a fibroptic endoscope placed into the joint
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Autograft
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Same individual's tissue
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Allograft
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Donor tissue from same species
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Avulsion fracture
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A ligament or tendinous attachment is pulled off with a piece of bone because the attachment was stronger than the bone
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Baker's Cyst
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Localized fluid accumulation in the posterior fossa of the knee (Popliteal Cyst)
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Bankart Lesion
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Bony on soft tissue avulsion associated with anterior shoulder instability
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Bankart procedure
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Eponym for anterior capsular repair of IGHL for anterior shoulder instability (Axillary nerve at risk)
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Bone callus
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Immature healing bone
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BPTB
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Bone pattelar tendon bone: tissue used as reconstruction by ACL
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Bristow procedure
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Eponym using conjoined tendon transfer (reconstruction) for anterior shoulder instability (Musculotaneous nerve at risk)
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Carcinoma
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Cancer of epithelial origin
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Cellulitis
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Diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue
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Chondromalacia
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Soft cartilage; a condition without reference to etiology
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Comminuted fracture
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Bone broking into more than 2 fragments
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Compound fracture
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Bone broke and skin open
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Discoid Meniscus
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Congenital variation of the normal semilunar cushion cartilage, in which the meniscus is a disc like shape
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Ectomy
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To cut out
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Edema
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Fluid "loose" in the tissue which has escaped from the vascular or lymphatic spaces causing local or generalized swelling
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Greenstick fracture
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Incomplete fracture that passes only partially through the shaft of a bone in a child; a bone fracture in a young individual in which the bone is partly broken and partly bent
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Hernia
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Protrusion of a loop of an organ or tissue through an abnormal opening
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Heterotopic bone
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The formation of new bone in an abnormal location, often as a result of trauma or surgery
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Hill-Sachs lesion
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Posterior humeral head compression fracture associated with anterior shoulder stability
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HAGL
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Humeral avulsion of glenoid ligament
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Jones fracture
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5th metatarsal fracture of the diaphysis often requiring surgical treatment
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Mal union
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Improper bone healing
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Monteggia fracture
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A fracture in the proximal part of the ulna with dislocation of the head of the radius
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Mumford
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An eponym for distal clavicule excision
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Neutraceuticals
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Natural substances to help chondrocytes form and heal joint surfaces (e.g. Glucosamine, Condroitin sulfate)
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Non union
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Bone failing to heal
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Osis
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A condition of; implies no inflammation
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Osteoclasis
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A gradual stretching of bone after is has been fractured
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Osteopenia
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X-ray characteristics of reduced bone density
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Osteoporosis
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A pathologic diagnosis of reduced bone quality
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Otomy
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To surgically break a bone
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Plasty
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To form
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Resect
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To remove
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Sarcoma
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Cancer of connective tissue origin
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Septic
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Infectious
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Sprain
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Injury to a ligament
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Strain
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Injury to muscle or tendon
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Stress fracture
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Bone discontinuity from overuse as a result of inadequate healing between insults
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Subluxation
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Partial dislocation
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Synovium
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The dense connective tissue membrane that secretes synovial fluid and that lines the ligamentous surfaces of articular capsules, tendon sheaths where free movement is necessary
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