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social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > orthopedics
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orthopedics  

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  • Orthopedics is the branch of medicine concerned with disorders of the musculoskeletal system. It is a broad field dealing not only with the vast array of congenital, traumatic, cancerous, or degenerative processes afflicting bones and joints, but also those of muscles, tendons, nerves and vessels. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Orthopedics]

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