Chapter Four

Front 1

pertaining to the thigh

Back 1

femoral

Front 2

pertaining to the kneecap

Back 2

patellar

Front 3

orthopedic appliance, such as brace

Back 3

orthotic

Front 4

realigning bones in a fracture

Back 4

reduction

Front 5

procedure to stabilize joints

Back 5

tenodesis

Front 6

loss of bone mass

Back 6

osteoporosis

Front 7

abnormal shortening in muscle fibers

Back 7

contracture

Front 8

bone spur

Back 8

exostosis

Front 9

fracture with shattered bone

Back 9

comminuted

Front 10

wryneck

Back 10

torticollis

Front 11

noise from two bones rubbing together

Back 11

crepitation

Front 12

bone cell

Back 12

osteocyte

Front 13

embryonic bone cell

Back 13

osteoblast

Front 14

surgical fusion of a joint

Back 14

arthrodesis

Front 15

Adjective form of sternum

Back 15

Sternal

Front 16

Adjective form of phalanges

Back 16

Phalangeal

Front 17

Define myeloma

Back 17

Bone marrow tumor

Front 18

Define bursitis

Back 18

Bursa inflammation

Front 19

Fracture with a shattered bone

Back 19

Commuted

Front 20

Procedure to stabilize fractured bone

Back 20

Fixation

Front 21

Medical term for sway back

Back 21

lordosis

Front 22

Damage to the muscles or tendons from overstretching

Back 22

Strain

Front 23

Medical term for hunchback

Back 23

kyphnosis

Front 24

scoliosis

Back 24

crooked or bent spine

Front 25

Rheumatoid arthritis

Back 25

Chronic Form of arthritis with inflammation of the joints. Consider to be an autoimmune disease

Front 26

prosthesis

Back 26

Artificial device used as a substitute for a body part.

Front 27

graphy

Back 27

the process of recording

Front 28

myel/o

Back 28

bone marrow

Front 29

osteoclasia

Back 29

Surgical procedure, involving the intentional breaking of the bone to correct a deformity.

Front 30

reduction

Back 30

Correct a fracture by realigning the bone fragments.

Front 31

fixation

Back 31

procedure to stabilize a fractured bone. examples. cast, splints and pins.

Front 32

Applying a pulling force on a fracture or dislocated limb or the vertebral column. In order to restore normal alignment

Back 32

Traction

Front 33

Muscles for which a person consciously chooses to contract and for how long to contract them

Back 33

Voluntary muscles. Including the skeletal muscles of the arm and leg are examples

Front 34

Muscle under the control of subconscious regions of the brain.

Back 34

Involuntary muscles. The smooth muscles found in internal organs and cardiac muscles for example

Front 35

Muscle that is directly or indirectly attached to a bone and produces voluntary movement.

Back 35

Skeletal muscle. Also referred to as striated muscle

Front 36

this muscle tissue is found in association with internal organs

Back 36

Smooth muscle also referred to as visceral muscle

Front 37

This muscle makes up the wall of the heart

Back 37

Cardiac muscle or myocardium

Front 38

Turning outward

Back 38

Eversion

Front 39

Turning inward

Back 39

Inversion

Front 40

Movement away from midline of the body

Back 40

Abduction

Front 41

Movement toward midline of the body

Back 41

Adduction

Front 42

Act of bending or being bent

Back 42

flexion

Front 43

Movement that brings limb into or toward a straight condition

Back 43

Extension

Front 44

Backward bending, as of hand or foot

Back 44

Dorsiflexion

Front 45

Bending sole of foot pointing toes downward

Back 45

plantar flexion

Front 46

Turning the palm or foot upward

Back 46

Supination

Front 47

To raise a body part, as in shrugging the shoulders

Back 47

elevation

Front 48

A downward movement, as in dropping the shoulders

Back 48

Depression