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Musculoskeletal System 2 Flashcards

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appendage

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any body part attached o a main structure

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articulation

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place of union between two or more bones, also called joints

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cancellous

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latticelike arrangement of bony plates occurring at the ends of long bones

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cruciate ligaments

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ligaments that cross each other, forming an X within the notch b/n the femoral condyles

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hematopoiesis

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production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow

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adduction

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moves closer to the midline

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abduction

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moves away from the midline

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flexion

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decreases the angle of the joint

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extension

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increases the angle of a joint

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rotation

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moves a bone around it own axis

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pronation

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turns the palm down

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supination

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turns the palm up

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inversion

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moves the sole fo the foot inward

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eversion

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moves the sole of the foot outwards

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dorsiflexion

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elevates the foot

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plantar flexion

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lowers the foot (points the toes)

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ankyl/o

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stiffness, bent, crooked

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arthr/o

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joint

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kyph/o

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humpback

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lamin/o

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lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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lord/o

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curve, swayback

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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orth/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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ped/o

ped/i

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foot; child

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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thorac/o

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chest

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acromi/o

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acromion (projection of the scpapula)

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brachi/o

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arm

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calcane/o

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calcaneum (heel bone)

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carp/o

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carpus (wrist bone)

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cephal/o

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

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clavicul/o

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clavicle (collar bone)

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cost//o

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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dactyl/o

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finger; toes

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femor/o

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femur ( thigh bone)

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fibul/o

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humer/o

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humerus (upper arm bone)

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ili/o

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ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

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ischi/o

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ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

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lumb/o

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loins (lower bank)

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metacarp/o

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metacarpus (hand bones)

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metatars/o

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metatarsus (foot bone)

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patell/o

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pelv/i

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phalang/o

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phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes)

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pod/o

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pub/o

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pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

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radi/o

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radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)

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spondyl/o

vertebr/o

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vertebrae (backbone)

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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tibi/o

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tibia (larger bone of te lower leg)

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leiomy/o

A

smooth muscle (visceral)

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muscul/o

my/o

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped (striated)

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rhabdomy/o

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rod-shaped (striated) muscle

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chondr/o

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fasci/o

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band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and seperating muscle)

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fibr/o

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fiber, fibrous tissue

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synov/o

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synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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ten/o

tend/o

tendin/o

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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-blast

66
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-clasia

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to break, surgical fracture

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-clast

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to break, surgical fracture

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-physis

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ankylosis

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stiffening and immobility of a joint as a result of disease, trauma, surgery or abnormal bone fusion

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claudication

A

lameness, limping

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hemarthrosis

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effusion of blood into a joint cavity

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hypotonia

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loss of musular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching

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sequestrum

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fragment of necrosed bone that has become seperated from surrounding tissue

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spondylolisthesis

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any slipping (subluxation) of a vertebra from its normal position in relationship to the one beneath it

75
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spondylosis

A

degeneration of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar, vertebrae and related tissues

76
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subluxation

A

partial or incomplete dislocation

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