Chapter 4. The Musculoskeletal Flashcards
1
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Cervical
A
Neck Section
2
Q
Thoracic
A
Chest/upper back section
3
Q
lumbar
A
lower back
4
Q
sacral
A
lower back (lower than lumbar)
5
Q
brachi/o
A
upper arm
6
Q
carpe
A
wrist
7
Q
cranio
A
head, skull
8
Q
spondyl/o
A
Vertebra
9
Q
Lumb/o
A
loin, lower back
10
Q
Flexion
A
Bending of a joint
11
Q
Extension
A
Straightening of a joint
12
Q
Abduction
A
Mover parts away from the body
13
Q
Adduction
A
Joint narrows to bring parts back toward the body.
14
Q
Tendons
A
Hold muscle to bone
15
Q
Ligaments
A
Hold bone to bone.
16
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
17
Q
costalgia
A
rib pain
18
Q
metatarsalgia
A
after/ankle/pain (pain in metatarsals)
19
Q
ostalgia
A
bone pain
20
Q
ostealgia
A
bone pain
21
Q
osteoalgia
A
bone pain
22
Q
spondylodynia
A
vertebra pain
23
Q
tibialgia
A
tibia pain
24
Q
ankylosis
A
stiff/condition (joint stiffness)
25
arthralgia
joint pain
26
arthrodynia
joint pain
27
cervicodynia
neck pain
28
crepitation
rattle or creaking (cracking sound heard in joints)
29
genu valgum
knee pointed in (knock-kneed)
30
genu varum
knee bowed out (bow-legged)
31
bradykinesia
slow movement
32
dyskinesia
bad/movement (inability to control movement)
33
dystaxia
bad coordination
34
dystonia
bad muscle tone
35
hyperkinesia
over/movement (increase in muscle movement or activity
36
hypertonia
over/muscle tone (increased muscle tone or tightness
37
hypokinesia
under/movement (decrease in muscle movement or activity)
38
hypotonia
under/muscle tone (decrease in muscle tone or tightness)
39
myalgia
muscle pain
40
myasthenia
muscle weakness
41
myodynia
muscle pain
42
myospasm
muscle/involuntary contraction (muscle spasm)
43
tenalgia
tendon pain
44
arthrocentesis
joint puncture
45
arthrogram
joint/record (visual record of a joint)
46
arthrography
procedure used to examine a joint
47
arthroscope
joint/instrument to look (instrument for looking into joint)
48
arthroscopy
procedure of looking into a joint
49
CAT
imaging procedure using a computer to produce cross sections along an axis
50
electromyogram
a record of the electrical activity of a muscle
51
electromyography
procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
52
myography
procedure for studying muscles
53
osteometry
procedure for measuring bone
54
kyphosis
bent/condition (humped back; abnormal forward curvature of the upper spine)
55
lordosis
bent backward/condition (sway back; abnormal forward curvature of the lower spine)
56
scoliosis
crooked/condition (crooked back; abnormal lateral curvature of the spine)
57
carpitis
wrist inflammation
58
craniomalacia
skull softening
59
exostosis
out/bone/condition (an abnormal growth of bone out of another bone)
60
fracture
latin for break (bone break)
61
osteodystrophy
bone/bad/nourishment (poor bone development)
62
osteolysis
bone loss
63
osteonecrosis
bone/death/condition (death of bone)
64
osteosclerosis
bone/hardening/condition (abnormal hardening of bone)
65
polydactyly
many/finger/condition (having more than the normal number of fingers (or toes))
66
spondylitis
vertebra inflammation
