Chapter 10 Diseases And Conditions Flashcards

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Bunion (hallux valgus)

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Grandma had it. Big toe is angled toward the other toes and then theres a lump on the toe

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Carpal tunnel

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Compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. Painful

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Claudication

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Limping

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Contracture

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Fibrosis of connective tissue, prevents mobility. Of the related tissue or joint

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Crepitation

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Dry grating sound because of bones rubbing together, indicative of a fracture or joint destruction

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Ganglion cyst

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Fluid filled tumor on the joints or tendons of the wrist hands or feet

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Gout

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Joint inflammation because of uric acid crystals in the joint space

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Herniated disk

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Rupture of vertebral disk’s center through its outer edge, causing pain numbness or weakness in one or both legs.

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Hypotonia

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Loss of muscle tone or diminished resistance to passive stretching

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Myasthenia gravis

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Muscle weakness and droopiness especially in eyes fcae throat or limbs

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Osteomyletis

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Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow of the soft tissue that surrounds the bone

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Osteoporosis

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Loss of calcium and bone tissue causing the bones to become pourous and easily fractured, like nana

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Paget disease

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Bone inflamation resulting in thick soft bones

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Phantom limb

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Perceived sensation in amputated limb

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Rickets

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Lack of vitamin d resulting in bowed legs

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Kyphosis

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Hucnhback

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Lordosis

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Inward curvuture

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Spondylolisthesis

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Any slipping of a vertebra from its normal position in realationship to the one beneath it

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Spondylosis

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Degeneration of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and related tissues.

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Sprain

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Over stretching of ligaments

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Strain

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Over stretching of muscle or tendon

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Subluxation

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Dislocation of one or more vertabrae

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Talipes equinovarus

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The foot is pulled downward and laterally to the side, congenital defect