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40 Cards in this Set
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EMG
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electromyogram
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fracture
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ortho (Abbr.)
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orthopedics
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TIA
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transient ischemic attack
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident
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AD
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Alzheimer disease
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CNS
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central nervous system
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EEG
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electroencephalogram
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FBS
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fasting blood sugar
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DM
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diabetes mellitus
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abduction
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movement away from the middle
(Ex. arm, palm down, on the side, lifting up) |
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adduction
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movement toward the middle
(Ex. arm, palm down, on the side, coming back toward the hip) |
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inversion
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turning inward
(Ex. foot, sole of foot turning toward midline) |
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eversion
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turning outward
(Ex. foot, sole of foot turning out) |
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extension
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movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position
(Ex. knees bent, one leg lifted straight out front) |
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flexion
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movement in which a limb is bent
(returning extended leg back to knee bent position) |
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pronation
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movement that turns the palm down
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supination
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movement that turns the palm up
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rotation
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turning around its own axis
(Ex. arm, extended in front, lifted up over head) |
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clavic/o
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clavicle
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cost/o
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rib
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jawbone)
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mandibul/o
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mandible (lower jawbone)
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rachi/o
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spine
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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arth/o
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joint
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burs/o
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bursa
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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disk/o
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intervertebral disk
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menisc/o
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meniscus
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synovi/o
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synovial membrane
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ten/o
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tendon
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tend/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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ankylosing spondylitis
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arthritis that causes a forward bend of the spine
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bunion
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abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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median nerve is compressed in the wrist
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Colles fracture
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a type of wrist fracture
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exostosis
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abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone
*Also called spur |
