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37 Cards in this Set
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Condyle
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rounding articular surface
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Crest
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narrow ridge of bone
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Epicondyle
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raised area on or above condyle
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Foramen
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round or oval opening through bone
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Fossa
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shallow basin like depression in bone often serves as articular surface
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Head
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Bony expantion carried on narrow neck
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Meatus
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canal like passageway
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Process
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Any bone prominence
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Ramus
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arm like bar or bone
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Trochanter
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very large, blunt, irregular shaped process
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Tuberosity
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large rounded projection; may be roughened
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Flexion
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decrease joint angle between two body segments
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Extension
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always the opposite motion of flexion
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Flexion
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second use of flexion is a prefix that tells you what the body segment is moving towards
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Elevation
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to raise
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Depression
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opposite of elevation, only used for scapular movements
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Protraction
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to slide away from body. only used for scalpular movements
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Retraction
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opposite motion of protraction, only used with scalpular movements.
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Abduction
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means to take away, (abduct) from midline of body. only used with shoulder and hip movements.
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Horizontal extension
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opposite of horizontal flexion only used for shoulder
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Internal rotation
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spin the humerus our femur about am acid that runs down the center of a shaft bone
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Pronation
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rotate radil ulnar (forearm) joints out of anatomical position. only used with forearm movements.
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Supination
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opposite of pronation and only used with forearm motions
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Radial deviation
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rotate toward the radius (thumb) only used for wrist movements
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Ulnar deviation
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opposite of radial deviation. used for wrist movements
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Inversion
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rotate foot sideways so bottom of foot rolls inward. typically how ankle is sprained. only used for ankle movements.
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Eversion
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opposite of inversion, only used with the ankle.
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4 major bones that make up the top, side and front walks of skull (not including facial bones)
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Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
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two bones form upper and lower jaw (which is which)
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Maxilla (upper) Mandible (lower)
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Openings create a passageway for spinal nerves, and are formed between thoracic lumbar vertebrae as a result off being attacked on each other.
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invertebral Foramen
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these processes on the base of the skull articulate with the first cervical vertebra.
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occipital condyles
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action that decreases the joint angle between the head and chest
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neck flexion
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action that occurs when standing up right and then bends to the side
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back and lateral flexion
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arm is extended outward in horizontal plane, then swings arm forward towards chest
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shoulder horizontal flexion
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standing upright with both feet on ground, then raises foot behind him.
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knee flexion
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points toe away from self
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ankle plantar flexion
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reduces joint angle between hand and forearm
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wrist flexion
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