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Lesson 10 Flashcards

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Bursa

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Burs

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Joint

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Arthr

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Carpus (wrist)

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Carp

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Cartilage

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Chondr

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Rib

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Cost

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Cranium (skull)

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Crani

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Femur (upper leg bone)

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Femor

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Ilium

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Ili

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Ischium

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Ischi

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Movement, motion

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Kinesi

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Hump (spine)

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Kyph

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Bent forward (spine)

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Lord

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Death

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Necr

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Bone

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Oste

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Phalanx

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Phalang

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Pubis

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Pub

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Vertebra, spine, vertebral column

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Rachi, spondyl

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Crooked, curved (spine)

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Scoli

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Sternum (breast bone)

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Stern

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Tendon

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Ten, tendin

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Development

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Troph

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Vertebra, spine

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Vertebr

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Between

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Inter-

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Weakness

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-asthenia

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Surgical fusion (to immobilize)

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-desis

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Softening

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-malacia

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Split, fissure

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-schisis

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The common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve

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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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CTS

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Carpal Tunnel syndrome

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Broken bone

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Fracture

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Disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood caused sodium levels to be deposited in the joints

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Gout

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Rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage allowing the contents to protrude and put pressure on the spinal nerve roots

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Herniated disk

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Diagnostic imaging test producing scans that give information about the body’s anatomy by placing the patient in a strong magnetic field

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Group of hereditary disease characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness.

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Muscular dystrophy

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Fx

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Fracture

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MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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MD

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Muscular dystrophy

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Diagnostic imaging test producing scans that give information about the body’s anatomy by using radioactive material

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Nuclear medicine

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The study and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system

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Orthopedist

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Disease caused by abnormal loss of bone density occurring predominatly in postmenopausal women, which can lead to increase in fractures or the ribs, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, hips, and wrists

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Osteoporosis

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A chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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NM

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Nuclear medicine

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Ortho

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Orthopedics

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RA

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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OA

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Osteoarthritis

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Cervical vertebrae

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C1-C7

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Lumbar vertebrae

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L1-L5

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Thoracic vertebrae

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T1-T12

Medical Terms (13 decks)

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