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chapter 3 Flashcards

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articul/o

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joint

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card/o
cardi/o

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heart

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duct/o

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to lead; to caryy

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electr/o

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electricity

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fasci/o

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fibrous band; fascia

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fibr/o

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fiber

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flex/o

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to bend

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kines/o
kinesi/o

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movement

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lei/o

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smooth

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o
myos/o

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muscle

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myocardi/o

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heart muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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orth/o

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straight; normal

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ped/o

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child; foot

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plant/o

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sole of the foot

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radi/o

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x-ray

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rhabd/o

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rod; shaped

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sarc/o

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flesh; connective tissue

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son/o

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sound

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tax/o

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coordination; order

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ten/o
tendin/o
tendon/o

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tendon

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tens/o

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stretched; strained

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ton/o

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tone; tension

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vers/o

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turn; turning

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a-
an-

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not; without

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ab-

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away; away from

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ad-

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toward

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bi-

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two; both

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brady-

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slow

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circum-

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around

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dorsi-

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back

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dys-

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painful; difficult

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e-
ex-

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out; away

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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above; above normal; excessive

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hypo-

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below; below normal; deficient

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in-

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in; into; not

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par-
para-

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near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

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quadri-

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four

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tachy-

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fast

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tri-

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three

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-ac
-al
-ar
-ic

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pertaining to

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-algia

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-asthenia

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-cele

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hernia; swelling; protusion

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-ceps

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head (attachment)

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-dynia

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-esthesia

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-gram

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record; image

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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-ion

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process; state; condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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-lysis

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breakdown; separation; loosening

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-malacia

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-oma

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tumor; mass

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-paresis

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-penia

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deficiency

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-plegia

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-plegic

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pertaining to paralysis

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-rrhexis

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-scopy

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visual examination using a scope

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CTS

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disorder marked by pain, burning and itching due to inflamed median nerve and tendons in the wrist; repetitive/overuse

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MD

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genetic disease bcs of muscular weakness

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spasm

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muscle counteracts (tense up)

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sprain

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ligament; overuse or injury (bone to bone)

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strain

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muscle; overuse or injury (muscle to bone)

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biopsy

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surgical removal of a place of skin/tissue

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CT

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computed tomography

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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ROM

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range of motion test-physical-flexibility

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sonography

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use ultrasound

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R.I.C.E

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Rest
Ice= freezing effect
Compression-wrap-support
Elevation-poop it up-pillow-blood flow

79
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how many body heat come from muscles?

80
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what is the strongest muscle?

81
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what muscle protect?

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internal organs (lungs, kidney, brain)

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how many muscles does human have?

83
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how many types of muscles?

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3 types of muscle
-skeletal (bone)
-cardiac (heart)
-smooth (intestines)

84
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how many types of movements?

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2 types of movements
-voluntary (skeletal) u can control it
-involuntary (cardiac & smooth) u cannot control it

85
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analgesic

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relieves pain

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anti-inflammatory

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counteracts inflammation

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antipyretic

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reduces fever

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narcotic

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relieves pain and induces sleep (control subtances)

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anti-spasmadic

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prevent& relieves spasm & convulsions

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nonsteroidal

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group of drugs with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic

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NSAID

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relieves all pain, counteract inflammation, fever

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hx

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DMD

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Duchenne muscular dystroph

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Dx

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Bx

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NMI

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nuclear medicine imaging

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c/o

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complain of

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amb

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ambulate (walk)

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hs

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half strength; bedtime

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PCP

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primary care physicians

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PT

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physical theraphy

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Tx

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WNL

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within normal limits

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hemiparesis

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weakness of one side (left/right)

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myoparesis

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weakness of a muscle

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hemiplegia

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paralysis of one side (stroke)

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quadplegia

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paralysis on all of four extremities (neck down) C1-C5

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paraplegia

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paralysis on both legs (wrist down) L1-L5

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