Orthopedics

Orthopedics

The study of the musculoskeletal system which includes: bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves.

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aponeurosis

Health care; Diseases

Aponeuroses are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, and are histologically similar to tendons, but are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves.

Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosklerosis can occur because of fatty deposits on the inner lining of arteries, calcification of the wall of arteries, or thickening of ...

arthropathy

Health care; Diseases

Joint desease. The term arthropathy does not specify the type of joint desease. It might be osteoarthropathy or it might be infectious joint desease or it might be another kind of joint desease.

asepsis

Health care; Diseases

Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing contaminants (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites). The term asepsis also often refers to those practices used to promote or induce ...

atrophy

Health care; Diseases

Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscles, decrease in muscle mass.

ligament

Health care; Diseases

A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones.

hematoma

Health care; Diseases

A hematoma is a collection of blood outside of a blood vessel. It occurs because the wall of a blood vessel has been damaged and blood has leaked into tissues where it does not belong. The hematoma ...