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32 Cards in this Set
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Abduction
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moving a body part away from an axis or the median line
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Adduction
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moving a body part toward the center or toward the median line
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Ataxia
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inability to perform coordinated movements
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Bursa
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enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
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Circumduction
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moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
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Crepitation
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dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone
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Dorsal
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directed toward or located on the surface
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Dupuytren contracture
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flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia
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Eversion
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moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
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Extension
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straightening a limb at a joint
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Flexion
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bending a limb at a joint
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Ganglion
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round, cystic, nontender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule, usually on dorsum of wrist
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Hallux valgus
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lateral or outward deviation of the great toe
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Inversion
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moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle
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Kyphosis
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outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine; hunchback
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Ligament
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fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthens the joint
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Lordosis
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inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine
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Nucleus pulposus
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center of the intervertebral disk
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Olecranon process
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bony projection of the ulna at the elbow
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Patella
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kneecap
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Plantar
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surface of the sole of the foot
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Pronation
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turning the forearm so that the palm is down
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Protraction
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moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground
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Range of motion (ROM)
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extent of movement of a joint
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Retraction
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moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue
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Sciatica
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nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down from the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
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Scoliosis
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S-shaped curvature of the thoracic spine
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Supination
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turning the forearm so that the palm is up
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Talipes equinovarus
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(clubfoot) congenital deformity of the foot in which it is plantar flexed and inverted
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Tendon
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strong fibrous cord that attaches a skeletal muscle to a bone
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Torticollis
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(wryneck) contraction of the cervical neck muscles, producing torsion of the neck
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