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Musculoskeletal Flashcards

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Arthralgia

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pain in a joint

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Arthritis

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Inflammation of the joints

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Atrophic

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Showing signs of tissue degradation or breakdown

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Avulsion fracture

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Fragment of bone chipped away from the main bone

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Bony tenderness

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Tenderness of the bone indicative of a fracture

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Boxer’s fracture

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5th metacarpal fracture

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Comminuted fracture

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Splintered and crushed bone broken into multiple fragments

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Compartment Syndrome

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Compression of the nerves and blood vessel

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Compound fracture

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Open fracture; a fracture that penetrates the skin

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Costochondritis

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Inflammation of the rib cartilage

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Deformity

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Visual abnormality of a bone or anatomical structure

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Dislocation

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Disconnected joint; completed misalignment of the joint

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Fascia

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fibrous membrane of connective tissue supporting and separating muscles and body organs

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Fracture

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Broken bone

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Gout

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Type of arthritis; diagnosed by ordering a uric acid level

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Greenstick fracture

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Bone partially breaks and bends

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Impacted fracture

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Broken bone smashed into another bone

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Intratrochanteric fracture

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Fracture at the proximal end of the femur

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Joint

A

Articulation or junction between two or more bones or cartilage

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Ligament

A

fibrous tissue binding bones together

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Maleollous

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Boney prominence on each side of the ankle

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Multiple sclerosis

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Autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord

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Myalgia

A

Muscular pain

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Olecranon

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Large boney projection of the ulna forming the point of the elbow

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Osteomylitis

A

Bone infection

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Paraspinal tenderness

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Tenderness of the muscles beside the spine; not indicative of a fracture

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Radiculopathy

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Compressed nerve in the spine

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Sciatica

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Compression of sciatic nerve causing back pain with radiation to posterior leg

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Shaft

A

Long, slender segment of a long bone

30
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Straight leg raises

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SLR; maneuver testing for sciatica

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Snuff box

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Triangular indentation of the radial dorsal aspect of the hand

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Spiral fracture

A

Bone is broken in a twisting manner

33
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Step-offs

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Misalignment of the spine indicative of a spinal fracture

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Subluxation

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Partial dislocation

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Tenosynovitis

A

Inflammation of the tendon sheath

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Transverse fracture

A

Perpendicular break across the bone

37
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Vertebral point-tenderness

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Tenderness directly over the spine (vertebrae), increased likelihood of fracture

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