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36 Cards in this Set
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What musculoskeletal term means rod-shaped or striated (skeletal)? |
rhabd/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means malignant skeletal muscle tumor? |
rhabdomyosarcoma |
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What musculoskeletal term means a term of reference that health professionals use when noting body planes, positions,or directions: the person is assumed to be standing upright (erect), facing forward, feet pointed forward and slightly apart, with arms at the sides and palms facing forward; the patient is visualized in this pose when applying any other term of reference? |
anatomic or anatomical position |
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What musculoskeletal term means joint pain? |
arthralgia |
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What musculoskeletal term means inflammation of the joints characterized by pain,swelling, tiredness,warmth, and limitation of motion? |
arthritis |
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What musculoskeletal term means acute attacks of arthritis,usually in a single joint (especially the great toe), caused by hyperuricemia (an excessive level of uric acid in the blood)? |
gouty arthritis |
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What musculoskeletal term means most common form of arthritis, especially affecting the weight-bearing joints (e.g.,knee or hip), characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage? |
osteoarthritis (OA) |
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What musculoskeletal term means most crippling form of arthritis; characterized by chronic, systemic inflammation,most often affecting joints and synovial membranes (especially in the hands and feet) and causing ankylosis and deformity? |
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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What musculoskeletal term means puncture for aspiration of a joint? |
arthrocentesis |
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What musculoskeletal term means binding or fusing of joint surfaces? |
arthrodesis |
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What musculoskeletal term means procedure using an arthroscope to examine, diagnose,and repair a joint from within? |
arthroscopy |
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What musculoskeletal term means repair or reconstruction of a joint? |
arthroplasty |
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What musculoskeletal term means shrinking of muscle size? |
atrophy |
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What musculoskeletal term means joint? |
articul/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means lying down, especially in a bed; lateral decubitus is lying on the side? |
decubitus |
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What musculoskeletal term means lying face down and flat? |
prone |
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What musculoskeletal term means horizontal recumbent; lying flat on the back (“on the spine”)? |
supine |
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What musculoskeletal term means lying down? |
recumbent |
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What musculoskeletal term means arm? |
brachi/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means neck? |
cervic/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means rib? |
cost/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or broken bones? |
crepitus |
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What musculoskeletal term means digit (finger or toe)? |
dactyl/o |
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What musculoskeletal term means pain of the fingers or toes? |
Dactylalgia |
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What musculoskeletal term means DJD? |
degenerative joint disease |
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What musculoskeletal term means front of the body? |
anterior(A) |
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What musculoskeletal term means back of the body? |
posterior(P) |
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What musculoskeletal term means situated below another structure, away from the head? |
inferior |
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What musculoskeletal term means toward the side? |
lateral |
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What musculoskeletal term means toward the beginning or origin of a structure;for example, the aspect of the femur (thigh bone) is the area closest to where it attaches to the hip? |
proximal |
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What musculoskeletal term means away from the beginning or origin of a structure; for example, the aspect of the femur (thigh bone) is the area at the end of the bone near the knee? |
distal |
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What musculoskeletal term means bending at the joint so that the angle between the bones is decreased? |
flexion |
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What musculoskeletal term means flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone? |
flaccid |
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What musculoskeletal term means hypotonic? |
reduced muscle tone or tension |
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What musculoskeletal term means broken or cracked bone? |
fracture (Fx) |
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What musculoskeletal term means humped-back? |
kyph/o |
