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Spring 23' Med Term Quiz 6 Flashcards

1
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Synovial

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Freely moveable

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Nonsynovial

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Not a lot of movement

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Flexion

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Bending a limb at a joint

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Extension

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Straightening a limb at a joint

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5
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Abduction

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moving a limb away from the midline of the body

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Adduction

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Moving a limb towards the midline of the body

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Pronation

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Turning the forearm so the palm is down

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Supination

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Turning the forearm so the palm is up

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Circumduction

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Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder

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Inversion

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Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

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Eversion

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Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

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Rotation

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Moving the head around a central axis

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Protraction

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Moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground

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14
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Retraction

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Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

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Elevation

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Raising a body part

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Depression

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Lowering a body part

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Medial

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Towards the midline of the body

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Lateral

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Away from the midline of the body

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Anterior

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Towards the front

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Posterior

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Towards the back

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Superior

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Up

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Crepitation

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An audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement

23
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Osteoporosis

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A disease involving the loss if mineralized bone mass and leading to porous bone and thus increasing the risk of fractures

24
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Myalgia

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Usually felt as cramping or aching

25
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Dislocation

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Complete loss of contact between the two bones in a joint

26
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Subluxation

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Two bones in a joint stay in contact but their alinement is off

27
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Contracture

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Shortening of a muscle leading to limited ROM of joint

28
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Ankylosis

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Stiffness or fixation of a joint

29
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Dermatome

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Is circumscribed skin area that is supplied mainly from one spinal cord segment through a particular spinal nerve

30
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Syncope

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is a sudden loss of strength, a temporary loss of consciousness (fainting), caused by lack of cerebral blood flow (ie low BP)

31
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Seizure

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Occur with epilepsy, a paroxysmal disease characterized by altered or loss of consciousness, involuntary movements, and sensory disturbances

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Atrophy

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Abnormally small muscles with a wasted appearance, occurs with disease, injury, LMN disease such as polio and diabetic neuropathy

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Analgesia

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absent pain sensation

34
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Anesthesia

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absent touch sensation

35
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Kinesthesia

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a persons ability to perceive passive movements of the extremities

36
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Asterognosis

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Inability to identify objects correctly

37
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Hyperreflexia

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Is the exaggerated reflex seen when the monosynaptic reflex arc is released from the usually inhibiting influence of higher cortical levels

38
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Hyporeflexia

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Which is the absence of a reflex, a lower motor neuron problem

39
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Clonus

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Muscle spasm

40
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H2O

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Water

41
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ac

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before meals

42
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pc

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after meals

43
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ABC

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airway, breathing, circulation

44
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NPO

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nothing by mouth

45
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PO

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by mouth

46
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A&O

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alert and oriented

47
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LOC

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level of consciousness

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