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Chapter 10 - Musculoskeletal System Flashcards

1
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Acromi/o

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Acromion (projection of scapula)

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Ankyl/o

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Stiffness; bent, crooked

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3
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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Branchi/o

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Arm

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5
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Calcane/o

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Calcaneum (heel bone)

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Carp/o

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Carpus (wrist bone)

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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10
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Clavicul/o

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Clavicle (collar bone)

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11
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Cost/o

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Ribs

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12
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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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13
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Dactyl/o

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Fingers; toes

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Fasci/o

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Band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)

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Femor/o

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Femur (thigh bone)

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Fibr/o

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Fiber, fibrous tissue

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17
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Fibul/o

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Fibula (smaller bone of the lower leg)

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18
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Humer/o

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Humerus (upper arm bone)

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19
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Ili/o

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Ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

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20
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Ischi/o

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Ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

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21
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Kyph/o

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Humpback

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22
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Lamin/o

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Lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

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23
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Leiomy/o

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Smooth (visceral) muscle

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24
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Lord/o

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Curve, sway back

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25
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Lumb/o

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Loins (lower back)

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26
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Metacarp/o

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Metacarpus (hand bone)

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27
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Metatars/o

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Metatarsus (foot bones)

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28
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Myel/o

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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29
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Orth/o

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Straight

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30
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Oste/o

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Bone

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31
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Patell/o

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Patella (kneecap)

32
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Ped/i

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Foot; child

33
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Ped/o

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Foot; child

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Pelv/i

35
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Phalang/o

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Phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)

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Pub/o

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Pubis (anterior part of pelvic bone)

37
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Radi/o

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Radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

38
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Rhabd/o

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Rod shaped (striated)

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Rhabdomy/o

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Rod-shaped (striated) muscle

40
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Scoli/o

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Crooked, bent

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae (back bone)

42
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Stern/o

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Sternum (breast bone)

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Synov/o

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Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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Ten/o

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Tendin/o

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Thorac/o

47
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Tibi/o

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Tibia (larger bone at the lower leg)

48
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-aesthenia

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Weakness, debility

49
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-blast

50
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-clasia

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To break; surgical fracture

51
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-desis

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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

52
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-clast

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To break; surgical fracture

53
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-malacia

54
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-physis

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Growth plate

55
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-porosis

56
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-sarcoma

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Malignant tumor of connective tissue

57
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-scopy

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Visual examination

58
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A-

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Without, not

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Dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Supra-

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Above; excessive; superior

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Syn-

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Union, together

63
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Extension

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Increases angle of joint

64
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Flexion

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Decreases angle of joint

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Abduction

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Moves away from the midline

66
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Adduction

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Moves closer to midline

67
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Supination

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Turns the palm upward

68
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Pronation

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Turns the palm downward

69
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Dorsiflexion

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Elevates foot

70
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Plantar flexion

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Lower foot (point toes)

71
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Eversion

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Move sole of the foot outward

72
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Inversion

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Move sole of the foot inward

73
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Rotation

A

Move a bone around its own axis

74
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-lepsy

75
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Encephal/o

ALHS 1090 (23 decks)

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