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Musculoskeletal system

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Diaphysis

A

Thick long shaft of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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Expanded portions of bone at the end of the diaphysis

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Myel(o)

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Pertaining to bone marrow

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Rachi(o)

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Pertaining to vertebral or spinal column

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Spondyl(o)

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Pertaining to vertebrae

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Foramen magnum

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Opening at the base of skull through which the spinal cord passes

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Cranial bones

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Parietal
Temporal
Frontal
Occipital
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
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Facial bones

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Maxilla
Zygomatic
Mandible
Nasal
Palatine
Inferior nasal concha
Lacrimal
Vomer
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Fontanels

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Soft spaces covered by tough membranes between the soft bones of the skull in an infant

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Calcane(o)

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Pertaining to the calcaneus

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Hypertonicity

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Abnormally increased muscle tone or strength

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Extension

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Movement that straightens a limb

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Flexion

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Movement that bends a limb

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Abduction

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Draw away from the midline of the body

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Adduction

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Movement toward the midline of the body

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Rotation

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Movement of a bone around its own axis

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Supination

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Rotation palm upward

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Pronation

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Rotation palm downward

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Eversion

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Turning outward

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Inversion

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Turning inward

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Circumduction

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Circular movement of a limb

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Bone densitometry

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Determines bone mass with a machine that measures how well rays penetrate bone

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Lumbar puncture

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Therapeutic or diagnostic procedural spinal tap

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Arthrocentesis

A

Surgical puncture of a joint with a needle

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ANA test abbreviation and definition

A

Antinuclear antibody test, used to diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases

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Calciuria

A

Presence of calcium in urine

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RF test abbreviation and definiton

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Rheumatoid factor, a test for rheumatoid arthritis

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Arthr(o)

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Pertaining to joint

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Ankyl(o)

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Pertaining to stiff

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Schler(o)

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Pertaining to hardening

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Troph(o)

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Pertaining to nutrition

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-asthenia

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Pertaining to weakness

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-sarcoma

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Malignant tissue derived from connective tissue

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Myalgia or Myodynia

A

Muscular pain

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Strain/sprain/dislocation/fracture

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Muscular damage from excessive force, traumatic injury to tendons or muscles or ligaments around a joint, displacement of a bone from a joint, break in a bone

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Compression fracture

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Bone break caused by excessive vertical force, leading to bone pieces to move out in horizontal directions and affected bone collapses

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Compound/open fracture

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Broken bone causing an external wound through the skin

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Impacted fracture

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Bone break where fragment is firmly driven into fractured end of another fragment

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Comminuted fracture

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Bone break into many small fragments

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Spiral fracture

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Bone break from twisted apart

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Transverse fracture

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Bone break right angle to the axis of the bone

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CTS abbreviation

A

Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Hallux

A

Means big toe

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Joint crepitus

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Cracking sound when bones rub against each other or roughened cartilge

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Osteopenia

A

Reduced bone mass

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Osteomyelitis

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Infection of bone and bone marrow caused by organisms introduced by trauma or surgery, from another infection, or via bloodstream

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Spinal bifida

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Congenital abnormality characterized by defective closure of the bones of the spine

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Syndactyly

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Congenital anomaly marked by webbing between adjacent digits

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Gout

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Systemic disease causing build up of urate crystals to deposit into joints, myocardium, kidney, ears, causing inflammation

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Fibromyalgia

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Nonarticular pain of the torso, extremities, and face

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Myasthenia

A

muscle weakness

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Spondylosyndesis

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Spinal fusion

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Arthroclasia

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Artificial breaking of an ankylosed joint to provide movement

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DMARDs abbreviation and definition

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Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, modify the course of inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, slowing progression of disease

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