GLOSSARY. 



ANCHYLOSLS : Permanent union of the articulating extremities of 



one or more bones of a joint ; stiff joint. 

 ATROPHY : A wasting away. 



CELLULITIS : Inflammation of loose connective tissue. 

 CHECK-APPARATUS : See inhibitor}^ apparatus. 

 CONTUSION : A bruise. 

 CREPITATION : The grating sound resulting from the rubbing of the 



ends of a broken bone against each other. 

 DIAPHYSIS : The body or middle portion of a long bone. 

 DISTORTION : A twisting out of regular shape ; a sprain. 

 EPIPHYSIS : The extremities of a long bone 



EXOSTOSIS : A morbid enlargement of the whole or part of a bone. 

 EXTENSION, passive : Extension of a part by some artificial means, 



the muscles normally concerned remaining inactive. 

 FLEXION, dorsal, of the phalanges : That state of flexion depending 



upon the action of the extensor muscles. 

 FLEXION, passive : Flexion of a part bv some artificial me;ins, the 



muscles normally concerned remaining inactive. 

 FLEXION, volar, of the phalanges : That state of flexion depending 



upon the action of the flexor muscles. 

 INHIBITORY APPARATUS: That mechanism which fixes the 



various joints of the leg, without the assistance of muscular 



elements. 

 INSPECTION : The act of looking at anything closely and critically. 

 LAMENESS, remittent : A lameness with intervals of lessened inten- 

 sity. 

 LAMENESS, intermittent : A lameness totally absent at more or less 



regular intervals. 

 LEVATOR : A muscle which serves to raise a part. 

 LUXATION : A dislocation. 

 MOVEMENT, passive : Movement of a part by some artificial means, 



the muscles normally concerned remaining inactive. 

 PALPATION : Examination of a part by touch. 



PERIARTHRITIS : Inflammation of the tissues surrounding a joint. 

 PERIOSTITIS: luflammation of the thin delicate membrane, the 



immediate covering of a bone. 

 PETECHI^^ : Small reddish spots in the skin, mucous or serous 



membranes. 

 SEPTIC : Causing putrefaction ; containing pathogenic bacteria. 

 SYNOVITIS : Inflammation of the synovial membrane. 

 THROMBOSIS : The clogging of a blood-vessel by a clot, formed at the 



point of obstruction. 



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