Broken Elbow Glossary of Terms

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Abdomen: The belly, that part of the body that contains all of the structures between the...

Abnormal: Outside the expected norm, or uncharacteristic of a particular patient.

Acetaminophen: A nonaspirin pain reliever or analgesic. Acetaminophen may be given alone t...

Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness th...

Anxiety: A feeling of apprehension and fear, characterized by physical symptoms such as pa...

Arms: An appendage in anatomy and in clinical trials. See: Arm.

Arteriogram: An X-ray in which an injection of dye shows blood vessels.

Artery: A vessel that carries blood high in oxygen content away from the heart to the far...

Arthritis: Inflammation of a joint. When joints are inflamed they can develop stiffness, w...

Bacteria: Single-celled microorganisms that can exist either as independent (free-living) ...

Bumps: The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured b...

Cartilage: Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A flexible kind of cartilag...

Cast: 1) A protective shell of fiberglass, plastic, or plaster, and bandage that is molde...

Compress: Cloth or another material applied under pressure to an area of the skin and held...

CT scan: Computerized tomography scan. Pictures of structures within the body created by a...

Diagnosis: 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A ...

Elbow: The juncture of the long bones in the middle portion of the upper extremity. The bo...

Elbow joint: The juncture of the long bones in the middle portion of the upper extremity. ...

Elbow pain: Elbow pain is most often the result of tendinitis, which can affect the inner ...

Emergency department: The department of a hospital responsible for the provision of medica...

Flexion: The process of bending, or the state of being bent. For example, flexion of the f...

Forearm: The portion of the upper limb from the elbow to the wrist. The forearm has two bo...

Fracture: A break in bone or cartilage. Although usually a result of trauma, a fracture ca...

Heart: The muscle that pumps blood received from veins into arteries throughout the body. ...

Humerus: The long bone in the upper arm that extends from the shoulder to the elbow.

Ibuprofen: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is commonly used to treat pa...

Indicate: In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular ...

Infection: The invasion and multiplication of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, an...

Inflammation: A localized reaction that produces redness, warmth, swelling, and pain as a ...

Injure: To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Fr...

Injury: Harm or hurt. To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emot...

Joint: The area where two bones are attached for the purpose of permitting body parts to m...

Laboratory: A place for doing tests and research procedures, and for preparing chemicals a...

Lungs: The lungs are a pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon...

Median: The middle, as in the median strip in a highway. For example, the median nerve is ...

Motor: Something that produces or refers to motion. For example, a motor neuron is a nerve...

MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging.

Muscle: Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. T...

Neck: The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders. Also, any narrow or constric...

Nerve: A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory an...

Numb: Numb, or numbness is a loss of the sensation of feeling in an area of the body. Numb...

Open wound: An injury that is exposed because of broken skin. An open wound is at high ris...

Operation: In medicine, a surgical procedure. Many operations are named after persons. The...

Pain: An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pa...

Palm: The grasping side of the hand; the flexor surface of the hand. In contrast to the ba...

Prognosis: The forecast of the probable outcome or course of a disease; the patient's chan...

Radial: A word with diverse meanings in medicine and the biomedical sciences:

1. Pe...

Radius: The smaller of the two bones of the forearm, located on the thumb's side. (The lar...

Range of motion: The full movement potential of a joint, usually its range of flexion and ...

Scan: As a noun, the data or image obtained from the examination of organs or regions of...

Seat belt: A belt used to hold an individual in their seat.

Sensation: In medicine and physiology, sensation refers to the registration of an incoming...

Shoulder: A structure made up of two main bones: the scapula (shoulder blade) and the hume...

Surgeon: A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual meth...

Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or inj...

Therapy: The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment.

Tired: A feeling of a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment,...

Trauma: A physical or emotional injury.

Tylenol: See: Acetaminophen.

Ulna: The larger of the two long bones within the forearm. (The smaller one is the radius....

Ulnar: Pertaining to the ulna, the larger bone in the forearm.

Ultrasound: High-frequency sound waves. Ultra-sound waves can be bounced off tissues by us...

Vein: A blood vessel that carries blood that is low in oxygen content from the body back t...

Vessel: A tube in the body that carries fluids. Examples of vessels are blood vessels and ...

Wrist: The part of the hand that is nearest the forearm and consists of the carpal bones a...