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Chapter 15 - Key Vocabs Part 2 Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Articular Cartilage

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Smooth, glistening white tissue that covers the surface of a joint

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Articulation

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Any type of joint

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Joint (!!!)

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(Articulation) coming together of two more bones

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Bursae

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Sac of fluid near a joint; promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another

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Ligament

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Connective tissue binding bones to other bones

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Meniscus

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Crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure found in the knee

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Suture joint

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Immovable joint

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Synovial cavity

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Space between bones at a synovial joint

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Synovial fluid

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Viscous fluid within the synovial cavity

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Synovial joint

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A freely movable joint

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Synovial membrane

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Tissue lining the synovial cavity; produces synovial fluid

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Tendon

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Connective tissue that binds muscles to bones

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Striated Muscle

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Under voluntary control. Skeletal muscle

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Smooth Muscle

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Control is involuntary. Visceral muscle

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Cardiac

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Involuntary and found exclusively in the heart

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Abduction (!!!)

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Movement away from the midline of body

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Adduction (!!!)

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Movement toward midline of body

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Dorsiflexion

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Backward (upward) bending of the foot. Pointing the foot up.

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Extension

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Straightening of a flexed limb

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Fascia

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Fibrous membrane separating and enveloping muscles

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Flexion

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Bending a limb; decreasing the angle between bones

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Insertion of a muscle

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Connection of the muscle to a bone that moves

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Origin of a muscle

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Connection of the muscle to a stationary bone

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Plantar Flexion

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Bending them sole of the foot downward, toward the ground. Pointing down

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Pronation (!!!)

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Turning the palm downward

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Rotation

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Circular movement around a central point

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Skeletal muscle

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Muscle connected to bones; voluntary or striated

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Supination

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Turning the palm upward

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Visceral muscle

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Muscle connected to internal organs; involuntary or smooth muscle

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