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| neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
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| fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
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| tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg) |
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| intestine (usually small intestine) |
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| radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
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| injuries to the capsule of the shoulder joint, which is reinforced by muscles and tendons; AKA: musculotendinous rotator cuff injuries |
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| congenital deformity of the foot; AKA: clubfoot |
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| inflammation of a tendon, usually caused by injury or overuse; AKA: tendonitis |
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| spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles, causing stiffness and twisting of the neck; AKA: wryneck |
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| pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which the flexor tendons and median nerve pass) |
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| fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint |
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| grating sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction |
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| malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow, usually in long bones or the pelvis |
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| hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis, characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joints |
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| herniation or rupture of the nucleus pulposus (center gelatinous material within an intervertebral disk) between two vertebrae; AKA: prolapsed disk |
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| decrease in bone density with an increase in porosity, causing bones to become brittle and increasing the risk of fractures |
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| skeletal disease affecting elderly people that causes chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in thickening and softening of bones and bowing of long bones; AKA: osteitis deformans |
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| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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| chronic, systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membranes of multiple joints, eventually resulting in crippling deformities |
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| partial or complete dislocation |
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| fragment of a necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue |
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| chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin that first affects the spine and is characterized by fusion and loss of mobility of two or more vertebrae; AKA: rheumatoid spondylitis |
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| increased curvature of the thoracic region of the vertebral column, leading to a humpback posture, AKA: hunchback |
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| forward curvature of lumbar region of the vertebral column, leading to a swayback posture |
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| abnormal sideward curvature of the spine to the left or right |
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| partial forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one below it, most commonly the fifth lumbar vertebra over the first sacral vertebra; AKA: spinal cord compression |
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| blood test to detect the presence of rheumatoid factor, a substance present in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
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| surgical reconstruction or replacement of a painful, degenerated joint to restore mobility in rheumatoid or osteoarthritis or to correct a congenital deformity |
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