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33 Cards in this Set
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Acromion is what? |
Forms the point of the shoulder |
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Foramen magnum |
Opening where the spine fits into the occipital bone |
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Haversian canals |
- small cpaces with blood vessels in compact bone |
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Osteosarcoma |
Bone cancer |
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Chondrosarcoma |
Cancer of skeletal cartilage |
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Osteoporosis |
Bones become less dense due to loss of minerals |
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Osteomalacia |
Softening of bones |
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Paget disease |
Issues when bones remodel which causes them to be deformed |
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Osteogenesis imperfecta |
Brittle bone disease |
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Osteomyelitis |
Bacterial infection of bone/marrow tissue |
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What is the lamellar corpsucle? |
Skin receptor that detects pressure |
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What is the tactile corpuscle? |
Skin receptor that detetcts light touch. |
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What are the bouchard nodes? |
Proximal interphalangal joints |
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What are the Heberden nodes? |
Distal interphalangal nodes. |
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A chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease involving joints, skin, kidneys, nervous system, heart and lungs |
Systemic lupus erythmatosus |
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ESR |
Lab test to detect rheumatoid arthritis |
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Arthography |
Radiographs after injecting joint with opaque contrast material |
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Anthrodesis |
Surgical fixation of a joint |
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ANA |
Lab test done to dtetct antibody in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus |
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NSAID |
Drug prescribed to patients with musculoskeletal disorders |
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Interposition athroplasty |
new tissue from another location used to cushion damaged surfacea |
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Creative kinase |
Elevated levels indicate muscular dystrophy |
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THR |
Procedure where femoral head and acetabulum are replaced with prosthesis that are fastened into the bone |
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DEXA |
Dual energy xray absorpitometry |
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What is the condyle |
Rounded Knuckle like projection |
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Epicondyle |
Small rounded knuckle like process |
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Trochanter |
Large and small processes for tendon attachment |
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Tuberosity |
Small round elevation when tendpons and muscles attach? |
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Lamella |
Ring of bone |
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Lacunae |
Little spaces where osteocytes are found |
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Canaliculi |
Connect lacunae |
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Fontanels |
Provide space between skull bones |
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Symphyses |
Joints where cartilage connects 2 bones |
