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KSS SM Vocab 13
SM Vocab 13
Question | Answer |
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PRONE | Face down horizontal position of the body |
PROXIMAL | That end of the limb, which is nearest to the point of origin opposite of distal |
PROTRACTION | Motion moving a body part forward |
PUNCTURE | A hole, slight wound, or other perforation made by a pointed instrument of object |
QUADRICEP MUSCLES/TENDONS | The muscle in the front of the thigh that extend from the pelvis to the upper foreleg, and their tendons;Their main action is to extend the leg at the knee and help flex the hip |
RADIUS | Bone of lateral forearm |
REDUCTION | To bring back to the normal position, as in reducing a dislocated shoulder or a fractured bone; Closed reduction is done without incision; open reduction is done through an incision |
REGURGITATE | To vomit |
RETRACTION | Return of a protracted body part |
RETROGRADE | Going from a better to a worse state; relapse |
ROM | Range of motion |
ROTATION | The act of turning on an axis |
ROTATOR CUFF | Four intrinsic muscles of the shoulder, which originate on the scapula and whose tendons form a circular sheath around the capsule of the humerus; Serves to help rotate the arm and keep the humerus in the glenoid fossa during activity |
SAGITTAL | Divides right and left sections |
SCAPULA | Shoulder blade |