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Chapter 6 self-test Flashcards

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Carpals

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wrist bones

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clavicle

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collarbone

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cranium

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skull

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femur

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thigh bone

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fibula

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bone of the lower leg

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humerus

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upper arm bone

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ilium, ischium and pubis

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pelvic bone

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patella

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Kneecap

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phalanges

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bones of the fingers and toes

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radius and ulna

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bone of the forearm

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scapula

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shoulder blade

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sternum

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breastbone

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tarsals

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anklebones

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vertebra

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spinal bone

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15
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C1-C7 vertebrae

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cervical

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T1-T12 vertebrae

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thoracic

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L1-L5 vertebrae

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lumbar

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vertebrae located directly after L5

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sacral

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vertebrae located after the sacral

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coccygeal

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Bone broken, and protrudes through opening in skin

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Compound Fracture

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Displacement of a bone from a joint

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Dislocation

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Bone broken, but does not protrude through skin

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Simple fracture

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muscle injury caused by excessive use of a body part.

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Strain

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the most rigid connective tissue

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bone

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fluid-filled sac that helps reduce friction

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provides protection and support for a joint

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place of union between two or more bones

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connects bones or cartilages

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fluid-secreting tissue lining the joint

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synovial membrane

30
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strong, fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bones

31
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In examining a male patient, Dr. Johnson asks him to straighten his leg. This joint motion is called?

32
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A 60 year-old man undergoes a procedure in which the physician examines his right knee with an arthroscope. The name of the procedure?

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arthroscopy

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70 year-old Esther has osteoporosis and has fractured a vertebra. Doctor injects a cement-like substance into the vertebra to stabilize and strengthen it, in a procedure know as?

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vertebroplasty

34
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14 year-old Mary has lateral curvature of the spine. this condition is called?

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The orthopedist diagnoses an adult women with carpal tunnel syndrome. This complex of symptoms results from pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the ______.

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rachialgia means?

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painful spine

37
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myocele means?

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fascial hernia

38
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Inflammation of the vertebrae

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spondylitis

39
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“between the ribs”

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intercostal

40
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“excision of a portion of the skull”

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craniectomy

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“A broken bone that is visible through an opening in the skin.”

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compound fracture

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“articulation”

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“rupture of an intervertebral disk”

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herniated disk

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osteoid means?

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resembling bone

45
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“bones located between the toes and the bones of the ankle”

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metatarsals

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osteoarthritis

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degenerative joint disease, degenerative changes in the joints

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rheumatoid arthritis

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chronic, systemic disease that often results in deformities of the joints

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degenerative joint disease: left knee

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osteoarthritis (noninflammatory, degenerative arthritis) of the left knee

49
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right total knee arthroplasty

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right knee replacement

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right lower extremity

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destruction of muscle

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inflammation of the bone and cartilage

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osteochondritis

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inhibition of the bone marrow

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myelosuppression

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medications used to reduce inflammation

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antiinflammatories

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medications used to treat osteoporosis

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anti-osteoporotics

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pertaining to the collarbone

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clavicular

57
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pertaining to the neck

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pertaining to the upper arm bone

59
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prolapse of the ankle

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tarsoptosis

60
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restoring a fracture to its normal position

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