| A | B |
|---|
| fracture | broken bone |
| compound fracture | sticks through (ruptures) the skin |
| closed reduction | position the bone, apply cast until it heals |
| open reduction | surgical repair of broken bone |
| rheumatoid arthritis | Chronic inflammatory disease of connective tissue and joints, starts 35-45 , more common in women |
| joint | where 2 or more bones come together |
| synarthrosis | immoveable joint - cranium |
| amphiarthrosis | slightly moveable joint - ribs to vertebrae |
| diarthrosis or synovial | freely moving - shoulder, hip |
| osteoarthritis | most common, result of aging |
