Glossary
- STRABISMUS
- Deviation of eye movement which prevents the two eyes from moving in a parallel fashion.
- STRAIN
- To injure by overuse or improper use.
- STRAP MUSCLES
- A general term applied to the ribbon-like muscles in the anterior neck; they include omohyoid, sternhyoid, sternthyroid, and thyrohyoid.
- STRUCTURAL CURVE
- A fixed lateral curve of the spinal column.
- SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
- Blood in, or bleeding into, the space under the arachnoid membrane, most commonly from trauma or from rupture of an aneurysm.
- SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
- a collection of blood (clot) trapped under the dura matter, the outermost membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
- SUBLUXATION
- An incomplete luxation or dislocation; though a relationship is altered, contact between joint surfaces remains.
- SUPERIOR
- Situated above or directed upward toward the head of an individual
- SURGERY
- The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease, injury, and deformity by operation or manipulation. The performance or procedures of an operation.
- SYNDROME
- The aggregate of signs and symptoms associated with any morbid process, and constitution together the picture of the disease.
- SYRINGOMYELIA
- A fluid filled cavity in the spinal cord. Usually involving upper segments initially and involving the shoulder muscles.
- TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SYNDROME
- Complex of symptoms often seen in cervical sprain conditions. Symptoms include clicking in the jaw on opening and closing the mouth, soreness in the jaw, headaches, buzzing sounds, changes in hearing, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, dizziness, and swallowing disorders.
- TENDON
- The fibrous band of tissue that connects muscle to bone. It is mainly composed of collagen.
- TENDONITIS
- Inflammation of a tendon.
- TENSION
- The act of stretching. The condition of being stretched or tense, or a stretching or pulling force.
- TENTORIUM CEREBELLI
- The process of the dura matter between the cerebrum and cerebellum supporting the occipital lobes.
- TERATOMA
- Tumor or growth made up of several different types of tissue (fat, bone, muscle, skin).
- TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL
- Instrumentation used anteriorly and posteriorly.
- THALAMUS
- Brain cells which lie in the upper part of the brainstem.
- THIRD PARTY PAYOR
- The source of reimbursement or payment of charges for medical services when the patient does not make direct payment: i.e. payments made by insurance companies, government agencies or employers. The patient and the doctor represent the two other parties in third party pay arrangements.
- THORACIC
- The chest level region of the spine that is located between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae. It consists of 12 vertebrae which serve as attachment points for ribs.
- THORACIC CURVE
- A spinal curvature with its apex between the second and eleventh thoracic vertebrae.
- THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
- Mechanical problem related to the exit of arteries and nerves at the base of the neck leading down the arm, and can also involve the vein bringing blood back from the arm.
- THORACOLUMBAR CURVE
- A spinal curve with its apex at the first lumbar or twelfth thoracic curve.
- THORAX
- The chest or rib cage; also refers to the space containing the lungs and heart. There are 12 vertebral segments and ribs; the lower two are called floating ribs.
- THROMBUS
- A blood clot attached to the wall of an artery.
- THYROID CARTILAGE
- Widening expanses of cartilage above the trachea, the top marks the level of C-4, the bottom C-5.
- THYROID GLAND
- Near the Adam's apple; responsible for secretion of hormone that is involved in regulation of the rate of metabolism.
- TIC DOULOUREUX
- (See trigeminal neuralgia).
- TISSUE
- A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding them.
