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82 Cards in this Set
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fasci/o
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band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
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leiomy/0
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smooth muscle (visceral)
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-asthenia
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weakness, debility
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skeletal muscle
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have striations, voluntary
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cardiac muscle
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striations, involuntary
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smooth
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no striations, involuntary
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bending of a limb
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flexion
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circular movement around an axis
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rotation
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turning the hand to the palm down
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pronation
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turning the hand to the palm up
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supination
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bending the foot or toes upward
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dorsiflexion
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bending the foot or toes downward
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plantar flexion
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moving the sole of the foot outward
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eversion
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moving the sole of hte foot inward
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inversion
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spondyl/o
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condition of the vertebra
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calcane/o
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calcaneum (heel bone)
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller outer bone of the lower leg)
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ankyl/o
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stiffness, bent, crooked
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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-clasia
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break
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-clast
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to break
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-desis
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binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-physis
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growth
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-porosis
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porous
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cube-shaped bones of the wrists, ankles, and toes
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short bones
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broad bones in the shoulders and ribs
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flat bones
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certain bones of the ears and bones of the vertebrae
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irregular bones
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strongest bones of the arms and legs
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long bones
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portion of the bone composed of several tissure layers
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diaphysis
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portion of the bone the thin fibrous outer membrane
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periosteum
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two end bones
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distal epiphysis and proximal epiphysis
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totally immovable joints
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synarthroses
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freely movable joints
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diarthroses
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slightly movable joints
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amphiarthroses
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closed fracture
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the bone is broken with no open wound, tissue damage is minimal
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open fracture (compound fracture)
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the broken end of a bone pierces the skin, creating an open wound
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greenstick fracture
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there is an incomplete break of a soft bone, bone is partially bent or broken
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comminuted fracture
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bone is broken into pieces
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impacted fracture
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broken ends of a bone are forced into one another
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complicated fracture
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involves extensive soft tissue injury, such as when a broken rib pierces a lung
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Colles fracture
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break of a lower end of the radius which occures as a result of flexing a hand to cushion a fall
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incomplete fracture
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when the line of fracture does not include the whole bone
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a place where two bones meet
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articulation
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AE
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above the elbow
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AK
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above the knee
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BE
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below the elbow
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BK
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below the knee
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CTS
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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Fx
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fracture
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HD
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hemodialysis: hip disarticulation, hearing distance
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HNP
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herniated nucleus pulposus (herniated disks)
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MG
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myasthenia gravis
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ORTH Ortho
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orthopedics
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RA
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rheumatoid arthritis
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THR
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total hip replacement
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TKR
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total knee replacement
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group of hereditary diseases characterized by gradual atrophy and weakness of muscle tissue
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muscular dystrophy
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autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by severe muscular weakness and progressive fatigue
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myasthenia gravis
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injuries to the capsule of the shoulder joint, which is reinforced by muslces and tendons;also called musculotendinous rotator cuff injuries.
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rotator cuff injuries
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trauma to a joint that causes injury to the surrounding ligament, accompanied by pain and disability
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sprain
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trauma to a muscle from overuse or excessive forcible stretch
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strain
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congenital deformity of the foot; also called clubfoot
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talipes equinovarus
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inflammation of a tendon usually caused by injury or overuse; also called tendonitis
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tendinitis
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spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles, causing stiffness and twisting of the neck, also called wryneck
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torticollis
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pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnerl (wrist canal through which the flexor tendons and median nerve pass)
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint
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contracture
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grating sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together; indication a fracture or joint destruction
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crepitation
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malignant tumor that develops from the bone marrow, usually in long bones or the pelvis
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Ewing Sarcoma
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Hereditary metabolic disease that is form of acute arthritis, characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joint
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gout
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herniation or rupture of the nucleus pulposus between two vertebrae; also called prolapsed disk
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herniated disk
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decrease in body density with an increase in porosity causing bones to become brittle and increasing the risk of fractures
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osteoporosis
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skeletal disease affecting elderly people that causes chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in thickening and softeningn of bones and bowing of long bones, also called osteitis deformans
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Paget disease
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Chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membranes of multiple joints eventually resulting in crippling deformities
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rheumatoid arthritis
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partial of complete dislocation
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subluxation
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fragment of necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue
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sequestrum
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chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin that first affects the spine and is characterized by fusion and loss of mobility of two or more vertebrae also call Rheumatoid spondylitis
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anklosing spondylitis
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increased curvature of the thoracic region of teh vertebral column leading to a humpback posture
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kyphosis
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forward curvature of lumber region of teh vertebral column leading to a swayback posture
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lordosis
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abnormal sideward curvature of the spine to the left or right
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scoliosis
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partial forward dislocation of one vertebrae over the one below it more commonly the L5 over the S1 also called spainl compression
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spondylisthesis
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blood test to detect the presence of rheumatoid factor, a substance present in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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rheumatoid factor
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excision of a sequestrum
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sequetrectomy
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