Glossary
- OSSIFICATION
- The process of forming bone in the body.
- OSTEOARTHRITIS
- Arthritis characterized by erosion of articular cartilage, either primary or secondary to trauma or other conditions, which becomes soft, frayed, and thinned with eburnation of subchondral bone and outgrowths of marginal osteophytes.
- OSTEOINDUCTIVE
- A material with the ability to induce bone to grow
- OSTEOMA
- A benign tumor of bone.
- OSTEOMYELITIS
- Inflammation of bone due to infection, which may be localized or generalized.
- OSTEOPHYTE
- A bony outgrowth or protuberance.
- OSTEOPOROSIS
- A disorder in which bone is abnormally brittle, less dense, and is the result of a number of different diseases and abnormalities.
- OTHER NERVES (twelfth cranial)
- Transcervical, supraclavicular, posterior rami, facial, greater auricular, and hypoglossal.
- OVERTON
- A dowel graft that is applied across facet joints.
- PAIN
- An unpleasant sensation associated with actual or potential tissue damage, and mediated by specific nerve fibers to the brain where its conscious appreciation may be modified by various factors.
- PAPILLEDEMA
- Swelling of the optic nerve head, can be seen in the back of the retina during eye examination.
- PARAPLEGIA
- Paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs.
- PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE SPASM
- Spasm in the muscles on either side of the spinous processes (midline of the back); the term may be used to describe a physical finding or improperly used to define a disease process.
- PARIETAL LOBE
- The middle portion of each cerebral hemisphere.
- PARS INTERARTICULARS
- The posterior continuation of the spinal arch from the pedicle; the superior and inferior facets are connected to each other by the pars interarticulars.
- PATHOLOGIC
- Generalized or localized bone disease is present.
- PATHOLOGY
- The study of disease states.
- PECTORAL (also PECTORALIS)
- Relating to the chest.
- PEDICLE
- The part of each side of the neural arch of a vertebra. It connects the lamina with the vertebral body. The first portion of the posterior spine arising from the vertebral body.
- PERIOSTEUM
- A fibrous membrane that covers the surface of bone except at the end of the bones where it is covered with cartilage as part of a joint. In children, periosteum is involved in forming new bone and molding the configuration of bone; and in the adult, the periosteum forms new bone secondary to injury or infection.
- PERITONEAL CAVITY
- Body cavity in which the abdominal organs are situated.
- PHRENIC NERVE
- Nerve arising from three cervical nerve roots (C-3 to C-5); supplies the diaphragm.
- PHYSICAL
- Relating to the body, as distinguished from the mind.
- PHYSICAL THERAPY
- The treatment consisting of exercising specific parts of the body such as the legs, arms, hands or neck, in an effort to strengthen, regain range of motion, relearn movement and/or rehabilitate the musculoskeletal system to improve function.
- PHYSIOLOGY
- The science of the functioning of living organisms, and of their component systems or parts.
- PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME
- A clinical diagnosis based on complaints of pain and abnormal sensations in the buttocks region with extension into the hips and posterior thigh as would be seen in sciatica.
- PITUITARY
- Gland at base of the brain which secretes hormones into the blood stream. Those hormones then regulate other glands including the thyroid, adrenals and gonads. The Master Gland.
- PLATYSMA
- Thin outermost muscle layer of the anterior neck.
- PLEXITIS
- Inflammation of the plexus.
- PLEXUS
- A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessels or of lymphatic vessels.
