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med term exam 3
med term exam 3 chapter 10 and 15
Term | Definition |
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PERONEAL | smaller bone leg |
HUMERUS | upper arm bone |
COMMINUTED FRACTURE | splintered or crushed bone |
MYOCARDIUM | pertaining to the heart muscle |
SCAPULA | shoulder bone |
ANKYLOSIS | stiffened or immobile joint |
OSTEOMALACIA | vitamin D deficiency causes soft bones |
ABDUCTION | movement away from the midline |
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | slipping of subluxation or vertebrae |
CEREBELLUM | part of brain that coordinate muscles |
NEUROTRANMITTERS (NM) | -type of dopamine -Acetylcholine is NM |
CAUSALGIA | burning type of pain |
PLEXUS | interlacing nerve fibers in PNS |
ACROMION | outward extension of shoulder bone -GREEK "HIGHEST" |
ANESTHESIA | condition of no nervous sensation |
SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSONS DISEASE | shaking, slow movement, impair balance, speech change and writing change |
SPINA BIFIDA | lateral curvature of the spinal column -meningomyelocele |
PARESTHESIA | abnormal sensation of tingling |
MYELOGRAM | Xray imagine of spinal cord |
CAUSA EQUINA | collection of nerve below end of spinal LATIN-HORSE TAIL |
MEDULLA | part of brain that control breathing and heart beat. -part of brain stem |
OSTEOYSIS | poor formation of bone -OSTEODYSTROPHY |
DIAPHYSIS | part of long bone |
BONES OF CRANIUM (5) | 1) Occipital 2) Sphenoid 3) Frontal 4) Temporal 5)Ethmoid |
FACIAL BONES (4) | 1)Mandible 2)Vomer 3)Maxilla 4)Zygomatic |
MASTOID PROCESS | projection of temporal bone -located at the base |
FORAMEN | opening or passage in bone for blood vessels |
GLIAL CELLS | also called ASTROCYTE or NEUROGIAL cell |