A
Abnormal: not normal or average
B
Bracing: strengthening
C
Coarse: can be seen with the naked eye
D
E
Echocardiogram: Ultrasound test using high pitch sounds that bounces off parts of your heart, displaying moving pictures of your heart on a screen
F
Fibroblast: a cell that helps form connective tissue fibers
G
Genetics: science of heredity
Genes: a segment of DNA
Growing rod: help continue controlled growth of spine
H
Hypermobile: increase of range of movement
Heredity: transmission of inheriting genes
I
J
K
L
M
Morquio Syndrome: rare inherited (both parents must carry) disease of metabolism which causes birth defects
Metabolism: collection of chemical reactions that occur in the body's cells
MRI: magnetic resonance imagery
N
O
P
Physical Therapy: exercise and massage
Q
R
S
Spinal Fusion: stabling spine by connecting 2 or more vertebrae
T
U
Urine: waste liquid that collects in your bladder (pee)
V
Vertebrae: one of the bony segments in the spine
W
X
Y
Z
Abnormal: not normal or average
B
Bracing: strengthening
C
Coarse: can be seen with the naked eye
D
E
Echocardiogram: Ultrasound test using high pitch sounds that bounces off parts of your heart, displaying moving pictures of your heart on a screen
F
Fibroblast: a cell that helps form connective tissue fibers
G
Genetics: science of heredity
Genes: a segment of DNA
Growing rod: help continue controlled growth of spine
H
Hypermobile: increase of range of movement
Heredity: transmission of inheriting genes
I
J
K
L
M
Morquio Syndrome: rare inherited (both parents must carry) disease of metabolism which causes birth defects
Metabolism: collection of chemical reactions that occur in the body's cells
MRI: magnetic resonance imagery
N
O
P
Physical Therapy: exercise and massage
Q
R
S
Spinal Fusion: stabling spine by connecting 2 or more vertebrae
T
U
Urine: waste liquid that collects in your bladder (pee)
V
Vertebrae: one of the bony segments in the spine
W
X
Y
Z