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