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Chapter 6- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards

1
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ankyl/o

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crooked or stiff

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arthr/o, articul/o

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joint

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brachi/o

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arm

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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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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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dactyl/o

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digit

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fasci/o

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fascia (band)

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femor/o

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femur

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fibr/o

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fiber

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kyph/o

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humpback

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lei/o

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smooth

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lord/o

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bent

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lumb/o

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loin (lower back)

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myel/o

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bone marrow or spinal cord

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my/o, myos/o, muscul/o

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muscle

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18
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oste/o

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bone

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patell/o

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knee cap

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pelv/i, pelv/o

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hipbone or pelvic cavity

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radi/o

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radius

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rhabd/o

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rod shaped or striated (skeletal)

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scoli/o

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twisted

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spondyl/o, vertebr/o

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vertebra

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stern/o

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sternum

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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tendon

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thorac/o

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chest

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ton/o

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tone or tension

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uln/o

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ulna

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31
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arthralgia

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joint pain

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32
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atrophy

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shrinking of tissue as much as possible

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33
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crepitation, crepitus

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grating sound made by movement of broken bones or some joints

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34
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exostosis

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projection of bone that arises from cartilage

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flaccid

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deficient muscle tone

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36
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hypertrophy

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increase in size of muscle

37
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hypotonia

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reduced muscle tone

38
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myalgia, myodynia

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muscle pain

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ostealgia, osteodynia

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bone pain

40
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rigor, rigidity

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stiffness, stiff muscle

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spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscle

42
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spastic

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uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscle, causes stiff and awkward movements

43
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tetany

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tension, prolonged contraction

44
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tremor

A

shaking muscular movement

45
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ankylosis

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stiff joint condition

46
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arthritis

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inflammation of joints, redness, swelling, warmth, and limitation of movement

47
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rheumatoid arthritis

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chronic inflammation affecting joints and synovial membranes, hands and feet, causing ankylosis

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gouty arthritis

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acute attacks of arthritis (usually in single joint), caused by hyperurecemia, excessive amount of uric acid in the blood

49
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bony necrosis, sequestrum

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dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply

50
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bunion

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swelling of joint at big toe caused by inflammation of bursa

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bursitis

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inflammation of bursa

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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from compression of median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist, pain, numbness, tingling, weak grip of wrist and fingers

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chondromalacia

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softening of cartilage

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epiphysitis

A

inflammation of epiphyseal regions of long bones

55
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closed fracture

A

no open wound

56
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open fracture

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open wound, compound fracture

57
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simple fracture

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nondisplaced, one fracture line, no need of extensive repair

58
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complex fracture

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displaced, requires repair

59
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fracture line

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line made by broken bone

60
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comminuted fracture

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broken in many little pieces

61
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greenstick fracture

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bending and incomplete break of bone

62
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herniated disk

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protrusion of degenerated or fragmented intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus protrudes, compression on nerve root

63
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myeloma

A

bone marrow tumor

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myositis

A

inflammation of muscle

65
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myoma

A

muscle tumor

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leiomyoma

A

smooth muscle tumor

67
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leiomyosarcoma

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malignant smooth muscle tumor

68
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rhabdomyoma

A

skeletal muscle tumor

69
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rhabdomyosarcoma

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malignant skeletal muscle tumor

70
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muscular dystrophy

A

genetically transmitted disease, progessive atrophy of skeletal muscle

71
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osteoma

A

bone tumor

72
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osteosarcoma

A

type of malignant bone tumor

73
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osteomalacia

A

disease of softening of bones (deficiency of calcium and vitaminD)

74
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rickets

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osteomalacia in children

75
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osteomyelitis

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infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation

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osteoporosis

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decreased bone density, increased porosity

77
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kyphosis

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humpack, abnormal posterior curve of thoracic spine

78
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lordosis

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abnormal anterior curvature of lumbar spine, sway back

79
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scoliosis

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s-shaped, abnormal lateral curvature

80
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spondylolisthesis

A

forward slipping of lumbar vertebra

81
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spondylosis

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immobile vertebrae from joint degeneration

82
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sprain

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ligament injury, joint trauma but no fracture or dislocation

83
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subluxation

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a partial dislocation

84
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tendinitis, tendonitis

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inflammation of tendon

85
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analgesic

A

a drug that relieves pain

86
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narcotic

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potent analgesic (relieve pain)

87
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antipyretic

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a drug that relieves fever

88
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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

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drug with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties (ibuprofen, aspirin)

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