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32 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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anterior
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front
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posterior
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rear
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superior
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top
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inferior
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bottom
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cranial, cephalic
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head
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caudal
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tail, lower end
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dorsal
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back
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ventral
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belly or anterior
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Directional/positional Terms
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Replace -al, -or, -ic with "-ad" meaning -ward (toward)
ex: caudad, cephalad, craniad, laterad, orad, superiad, ventrad. Do not substitute when used correctly - extends caudally from the incision. |
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Angles
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Write out degrees.
ex: Straight leg raise to 40 degrees. |
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Crepitance, crepitation, crepitus
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Edit crepitance to crepitates.
Crepitants - NOT A WORD Crepitance is not in dictionaries, but can be acceptable. |
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Fingerbreadths
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unit of measure associated with physical measurement by hand.
Plearul - fingerbreadths |
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Planes
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Describes imaginary flat surface, provides anatomic orientation.
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frontal plane
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vertical, divides body into anterior and posterior portions.
AKA: coronal plane |
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sagittal
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lengthwise, divide into right and left portions.
AKA: medial plane |
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transverse
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Divides body into upper and lower portions.
AKA: horizontal or axial plan |
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Reflexes
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grade 1+
0 - absent +1 or 1+ - decreased +2 or 2+ - normal +3 or 3+ - hyperactive +4 or 4+ - clonus |
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Reflexes dictated in ranges usin "over" repeat the denominator for clarity
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D: grade 2 to 3 plus over 4
T: grade 2+/4 to 3+/4 |
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sign, test, score
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Do not capitalize, even when used with an eponym.
Not capitalized, not eponyms: drawer sign fabere test |
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sign, test, score preceded by eponym.
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Capitalize only the eponym.
ex: Bancroft sign Cozen test Homans sign Tinel sign Phalen sign Lyme disease Down syndrome Lou Gehrig disease Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome |
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Transcribe surgical instruments in portions of an inch.
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D: a three thirty two Steinmann pin
T: a 3/32-inch Steinmann pin |
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Kirschner/K-wire
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Transcribe as decimal expressed in thousands.
D: a four five K-wire and a six two k-wire T: a 0.045 K-wire and a 0.062 K-wire. Make sure to include the zero after the decimal as it is typically not dictated. |
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Catterall Hip Score
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For Legg-Perthes disease-pediatric, femoral head
grade I - less than 50% subluxation grade II - 50% to 75% subluxation grade III - 75% to 100% subluxation |
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Garden System
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Subcapital fracture of femoral head.
stage 1 through stage 3 |
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LeFort
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Facial fractures
LeFort I, II, or III |
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Neer Staging
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Shoulder impingement
Neer I thru III |
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Neer-Horowitz
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proximal humeral physeal fracture in children.
Neer-Horowitz I thru IV |
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Outerbridge Scale
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chondromalacia patellae
grade 1 through grade 4 |
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Salter fracture
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epiphyseal fracture
Salter I thru Salter VI |
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Schatzker
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tibial plateau fracture.
type I through type VI |
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Salter-Harris fracture
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fracture of physis in kids.
Salter-Harris I thru V |
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stress fractures
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grade I - IV
Zero - asymptomatic with negative xray and bone scans. |
