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33 Cards in this Set
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Abduction |
Moving a body part away from an axis |
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Adduction |
moving a body part towards the center |
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Ankylosis |
immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint due to disease injury or surgery often due to chronic RA |
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Ataxia |
inability to preform coordinated movements |
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Bursa |
enclosed sac filled with viscous fluid located in joint areas of potential friction |
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circumduction |
moving arm in circle around the shoulder |
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Crepitation |
dry bone cracking sound due to grating of the ends of damaged bone |
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dorsal |
directed toward or located on the surface |
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Dupuytren contracture |
flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the palmar fascia |
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Eversion |
moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle |
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Extension |
Straightening a limb or joint |
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Flexion |
Bending a limb or joint |
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Ganglion |
round cystic nontender nodule overlying a tendon sheath of joint capsule |
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Hallux valgus |
later or outward deviation of the great toe |
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Inversion |
moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle |
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Kyphosis |
outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine |
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Ligament |
fibrous band running directly from one bone to another that strengthens the joint |
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Lordosis |
inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine |
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nucleus pulposus |
center of the interverbral disk |
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olecranon process |
bony projection at the elbow |
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Patella |
kneecap |
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Plantar |
refers to the surface of the sole of the foot |
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pronation |
turning the forearm so the palm is down |
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protraction |
moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground |
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Range of Motion (ROM) |
extent of movement of a joint |
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Retraction |
moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground |
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Rheumatoid arthritis |
chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and the surrounding connective tissue |
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Sciatica |
nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down the back of thigh though the leg and into the foot |
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Scoliosis |
S shaped curvature of the thoracic spine |
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Supination |
turning of the forearm so the palm is up |
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Talipes equinovarus |
culbfoot congenital deformity of the food in which the plantar flexed and inverted |
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Tendon |
strong fibrous cord that attaches a skeletal muscle to the bone |
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Torticollis |
wry neck contraction of the cervical neck muscles producing a torsion of the neck |
