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HTHS 1101 Acquiring Medical Language > Chapter 4. The Musculoskeletal > Flashcards

Chapter 4. The Musculoskeletal Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Cervical

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Neck Section

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Thoracic

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Chest/upper back section

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lumbar

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lower back

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sacral

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lower back (lower than lumbar)

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brachi/o

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upper arm

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carpe

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wrist

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cranio

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head, skull

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spondyl/o

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Vertebra

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Lumb/o

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loin, lower back

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Flexion

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Bending of a joint

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Extension

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Straightening of a joint

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Abduction

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Mover parts away from the body

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Adduction

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Joint narrows to bring parts back toward the body.

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Tendons

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Hold muscle to bone

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Ligaments

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Hold bone to bone.

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Cost/o

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Rib

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costalgia

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rib pain

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metatarsalgia

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after/ankle/pain (pain in metatarsals)

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ostalgia

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bone pain

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ostealgia

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bone pain

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osteoalgia

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bone pain

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spondylodynia

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vertebra pain

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tibialgia

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tibia pain

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ankylosis

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stiff/condition (joint stiffness)

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arthralgia

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joint pain

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arthrodynia

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joint pain

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cervicodynia

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neck pain

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crepitation

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rattle or creaking (cracking sound heard in joints)

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genu valgum

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knee pointed in (knock-kneed)

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genu varum

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knee bowed out (bow-legged)

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bradykinesia

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slow movement

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dyskinesia

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bad/movement (inability to control movement)

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dystaxia

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bad coordination

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dystonia

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bad muscle tone

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hyperkinesia

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over/movement (increase in muscle movement or activity

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hypertonia

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over/muscle tone (increased muscle tone or tightness

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hypokinesia

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under/movement (decrease in muscle movement or activity)

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hypotonia

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under/muscle tone (decrease in muscle tone or tightness)

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myalgia

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muscle pain

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myasthenia

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muscle weakness

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myodynia

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muscle pain

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myospasm

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muscle/involuntary contraction (muscle spasm)

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tenalgia

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tendon pain

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arthrocentesis

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joint puncture

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arthrogram

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joint/record (visual record of a joint)

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arthrography

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procedure used to examine a joint

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arthroscope

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joint/instrument to look (instrument for looking into joint)

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arthroscopy

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procedure of looking into a joint

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CAT

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imaging procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis

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electromyogram

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a record of the electrical activity of a muscle

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electromyography

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procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle

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myography

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procedure for studying muscles

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osteometry

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procedure for measuring bone

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kyphosis

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bent/condition (humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine)

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lordosis

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bent backward/condition (sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine)

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scoliosis

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crooked/condition (crooked back; abnormal lateral curvature of the spine)

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carpitis

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wrist inflammation

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craniomalacia

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skull softening

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exostosis

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out/bone/condition (an abnormal growth of bone out of another bone)

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fracture

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latin for break (bone break)

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osteodystrophy

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bone/bad/nourishment (poor bone development)

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osteolysis

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bone loss

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osteonecrosis

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bone/death/condition (death of bone)

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osteosclerosis

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bone/hardening/condition (abnormal hardening of bone)

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polydactyly

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many/finger/condition (having more than the normal number of fingers (or toes))

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spondylitis

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vertebra inflammation

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