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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Abduction
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away from midline, take away
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adduction
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toward midline, add to
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Atrophy
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Partial or complete wasting away of the body
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Flexion
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position made possible by the joint angle decreasing
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Extension
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process of straightening or being straight
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Dorsiflexion
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act of bending backward toes to shin
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Hyperextension
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greater than norm extension tilting body backwards
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Kyphosis
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abnormal backward curve to vertebral column; hunchback
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Lordosis
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abnormal inward curvature of the spinal column, saddle back
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Scoliosis
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abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column
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Effusion
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collection of fluid in areas of the body ie knee, lungs, intestines, heart
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Inversion
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a turning inward, inside out, soles of the feet together
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Eversion
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turning outward, soles turned outward from eachother
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Hypertrophy
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enlargement or overgrowth of organ or part of the body
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flaccid
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drooping without elasticity, wanting in stiffness
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hemiparesis
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weakness on one side of the body
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of one side of the body
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circumduction
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circular movement of the limb or eye
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ligament
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sheet/band of tissue connecting bones or cartliage at a joint or supporting an organ
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Tendon
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Cord/band of inelastic tissue connecting muscle with bone
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Pronation
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rotating hands and forearms so palms are downward; face down
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Supination
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rotate hands and forearms so palms are facing upward; face up
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