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Lab Terms Flashcards

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Tuberosity

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Large, rounded, elevated process

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Facet

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Small, smooth surface process for articulation

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Protuberance

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Projecting part or prominance

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Notch

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Indentation into the border of the bone

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Meatus

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Tube like passageway, runs with the bone

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Groove

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Shallow linear channel

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Fossa

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Pit, fovea, hollow space

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Epicondyle

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Projection above the condyle

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Condyle

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Extended beyond the main body of the bone

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Coracoid and coranoid

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Beaklike or crownlike process

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Hamulus

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Hook shaped process

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Plantar

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Sole of the foot

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Depressions

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Hollow

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Sinus

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Recess, cavity, hollow space

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15
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Styloid

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Long pointed process

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Proximal

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Parts near the point of attachment

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Superficial

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Parts near the skin or surface

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18
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Palmer

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Palm of the hand

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Superior

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Near the head

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Dorsum

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Top or back side of the hand and top of the foot

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Parietal

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Wall or lining of the body cavity

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Visceral

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Covering of an organ

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Distal

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Parts furthest from the point of attachment

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Ipsilateral

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Parts on the same side of the body

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Deep

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Parts far from the surface

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Medial

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Parts towards the median plane

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Lateral

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Away from the median

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Contralateral

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Parts on the opposite side of the body

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Central

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Mid area, or the main part of an organ

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Inferior

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Nearer the foot

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Posterior or dorsal

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Back of the body

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Anterior or ventral

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Forward or front of the body

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33
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Foremen

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Hole in the bone for blood vessels and nerves

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Fissure

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Cleft or Deep groove

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Spine

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Sharpe process

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Fowler

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Supine with head higher than the feet

37
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Malleolus

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Club shaped process

38
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Horn or cornu

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Horn like process on a bone

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Line

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Less prominent ridge than a crest

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Crest

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Ridge like process

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Head

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Expanded end of a long bone

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Plantar flexion

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Flexion of the foot downwards towards the sole

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Deviation

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Turning away from the regular standard or course

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Dorsiflexion

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Flexion or bending of the foot towards the leg

45
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Tilt

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Tipping or slanting the body part slightly

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Circumduction

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Circular movement of limbs

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Supinate

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Rotation of the forearm/palm up

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Rotate

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Turning or rotating of the body or body part

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Pronate

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Rotation of the forearm/palm facing down

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Inversion

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Turning the foot inwards at an angle

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Hyperflexion

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Forced overflexion of a limb or joint

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Hyperextension

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Forced or excessive extension

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Eversion

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Turning of the foot outward at an angle

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Adduction

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Movement towards the central axis of the body

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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 or normal position

57
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Abduction

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Movement of a part away from the central axis

58
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Lateral recumbent

A

Patient is laying on their left or right side

59
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Prone

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Laying face down

60
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Lordotic

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Lean backwards while upright so shoulders are in contact with the IR

61
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Decubitus

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‘Only a position” Patient laying down with the central ray horizontal and parallel with the floor

62
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Oblique

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Entire body part is rotated

63
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Lateral position

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Always named according to the side of the patient closest to the IR

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Lithotomy

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Supine with the knees and hips flexed, thighs abducted and rotated externally

65
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Sims

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Recumbent with the patient lying on the left anterior with the left leg extended and the right knee bent

66
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Trendelenburg

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Supine with the head lower that the feet

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Supine

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Laying on backside

68
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Recumbent

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Laying down in any position

69
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Seated

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Upright position with the patient sitting down

70
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Upright

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Erect-vertical position

71
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True projection

A

Body part must be placed exactly in anatomic position

72
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Oblique position

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Enters from a side angle following an oblique plane

73
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Lateral position

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Enters lateral side of the body and travels along the coronal plane and exits the opposite side

74
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Tangential

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Directed towards the outer margin of a curved surface

75
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Axial

A

All projections with 10 degrees or more angle

76
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Projection

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Path of the central ray as it exits the x-ray tube and goes through the patient to the IR

77
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Impacted fracture

A

Bone is pushing on the other bone

78
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Tubercle

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Small, rounded, elevated process

79
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Trochanter

A

Either two large, rounded and elevated processes of the femur

80
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Peripheral

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Near surface, edge, outside another body part

81
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Cuadad-Caudal

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Parts away from the head of the body

82
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Cephalad-Cephalic

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Parts towards the head of the body

83
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Sulcus

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Furrow, trench, fissure like depression

84
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Occlusal plane

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Formed by the biting surfaces of the upper and lower teeth with the jaws closed

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