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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
What is extension?
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Movement that brings the members of a limb into/toward a straight position.
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What is flexion?
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Bending/being bent in contrast to extension. Decreasing angle of a joint.
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What is the costocoracoid membrane?
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The dense fascia between pec minor and subclavius m.
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What is adduction?
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Moving limb/eye toward median plane of body; digits toward middle finger (axial line of UL)
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What is abduction?
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The movement that makes you need to adduct - lateral movement away from body's median plane.
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What is supination?
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Turning your hand palm-up like a soup bowl; lying face up like your mouth is a soup bowl.
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What is pronation?
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Lying face down or palms down.
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What is a dermatome?
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Band/region of skin supplied by a single sensory nerve.
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What is referred pain?
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Pain arising in one body part, but actually being perceieved in another.
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Where is referred pain felt when caused by:
-Diaphragm inflammation? -MI? -Appendicitis? |
Diaphragmitis: shouler
MI: neck/jaw Appendicitis: belly button |
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What is a Prime Mover?
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A muscle that, upon contracting, is automatically checked and controlled by the opposing simultaneous contraction of another muscle.
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What is an antagonist?
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a muscle that contracts with and limits the action of an agonist with which it is paired
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What is a synergist?
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A muscle or organ functioning in cooperation w/ another - e.g. the flexor muscles. The opposite of an antagonist.
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What is a fixator?
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A muscle that acts as a stabilizer of one part of the body during movement of another.
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What is a motor unit?
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A motor NEURON + the muscle FIBERS that it innervates.
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What is sacralization?
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Fusion of SACRUM + 5th LUMBAR VERTEBRA.
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What is lumbarization?
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NONfusion of the 1st sacral vertebra w/ sacrum; functions as an EXTRA (6th) lumbar vertebra.
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What is lumbar puncture?
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Hollow needle gaining entry to subarachnoid space of the meningeal sac below end of spinal cord; usually the level of 4th intervertebral space
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What is a sacral hiatus?
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Not a vacation; the opening on the infero-posterior surface of the sacrum into the sacral canal.
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What is spondylolysis?
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A bilateral defect (weakening/stress fracture)in the pars interarticulis - most often seen in children and athletes (gymnasts/weight lifters) from hyperextension.
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What is Spondylolithesis?
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A condition resulting from spondylolysis where L5 slips forward onto the sacrum.
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What is a herniated disc?
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A rupture of the soft tissue that separates 2 vertebral bones into the spinal canal or adjacent spinal nerve roots.
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What are the 5 most common causes of lower back pain?
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1. Diseased intervertebral disc
2. Diseased interarticular joint 3. Diseased muscles/fascia 4. Diseased sacroiliac joints 5. Metabolic problems i.e. osteoporosis, diabetes mellit. |