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FLASHCARDS02
MUSCULOSKELETAL
Question | Answer |
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ABDUCTION | MOVEMENT OF LIMBS FROM TRUNK |
ADDUCTION | MOVEMENT OF LIMBS TOWARD TRUNK |
ANKYLOSIS | IMMOBILITY OF A JOINT |
ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A JOINT |
BURSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A BURSA (SAC) NEAR A JOINT |
CIRCUMDUCTION | CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF A LIMB |
DIGIT | FINGER OR TOE |
DORSIFLEXION | BENDING PART BACKWARD AT A JOINT |
EPICONDYLITIS (LATERAL) | TENNIS ELBOW |
EVERSION | TURNING OUTWARD |
EXTENSION | MOVING TOWARD A STRAIGHT CONDITION |
EXTERNAL ROTATION | ROTATING A LIMB AWAY FROM THE TORSO |
FLEXION | BENDING A JOINT |
INTERNAL ROTATION | ROTATING A LIMB TOWARD THE TORSO |
INVERSION | TURNING INWARD |
KYPHOSIS | UPPER THORACIC SPINAL CURVATURE HUMPBACK |
LORDOSIS | LOWER THORACIC SPINAL CONVEXITY |
OSTEOPOROSIS | DISEASE RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BONE DENSITY |
PATELLA | KNEECAP |
PLANTAR FLEXION | EXTENSION OF FOOT |
PRONATION | ACT OF LYING FACE DOWN, TURNING HAND SO PALM FACES DOWN |
PRONE | LYING HORIZONTAL WITH FACE DOWNWARD |
SUPINATION | TURNING OF HAND SO PALM FACES UPWARD |
SUPINE | LYING ON BACK WITH FACE UPWARD |
ULNAR DEVIATION | MOVEMENT TOWARD THE ELBOW |
VALGUS | BENT OUTWARD, BOWLEGGED |
VARUS | TURNED INWARD |