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Medical Terms Chapter 6 > Symptomatic and Diagnostic Terms > Flashcards

Symptomatic and Diagnostic Terms Flashcards

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arthralgia

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joint pain

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atrophy

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tissue and muscle shrinking

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crepitation/ crepitus

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grating sound made by movement of some joints or broken bones

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exostosis

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a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage

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flaccid

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flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone

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hypertrophy

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increase in the size of tissue such as muscle

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hypotonia

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reduced muscle tone or tension

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myalgia

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muscle pain

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myodynia

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muscle pain

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ostealgia

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bone pain

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osteodynia

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bone pain

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rigor or rigidity

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stiffness; stiff muscle

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spasm

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drawing in; involuntary contraction of muscle

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spastic

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uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles causing stiff and awkward movements

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tetany

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tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contraction

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tremor

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shaking; rhythmic muscular movement

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ankylosis

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stiff joint condition

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arthritis

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inflammation of the joints characterized by pain, swelling, redness, warmth, and limitation of motion– there are more than 100 different types of arthritis

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osteoarthritis (OA), degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease (DJD)

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rheumatoid arthritis most common form of arthritis that especially affects weight-bearing joints (knee or hip); characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage

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rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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most crippling form of arthritis characterized by a chronic, systemic inflammation most often affecting joints and synovial membranes (especially of hands and feet) causing ankylosis (stiff joints) and deformity

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gouty arthritis

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acute attacks of arthritis usually in a single joint (especially the great toe) caused by hyperuricemia (excessive uric acid in blood)

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bony necrosis, sequestrum

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dead bone tissue from loss of blood supply such as can occur after a fracture

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bunion

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swelling of the joint at the base of the great toe caused by inflammation of the bursa

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bursitis

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inflammation of a bursa

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carpal tunnel syndrome

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condition that results from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist, characterized by pain, numbness, and tingling in the wrist and fingers and weak grip; commonly seen as a result of cumulative trauma of surrounding tendons

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chondromalacia

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softening of cartilage

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epiphysitis

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inflammation of epiphyseal regions of the long bone

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fracture (Fx)

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a broken or cracked bone

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closed fracture

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broken bone with no open wound

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open fracture

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compound fracture; a broken bone with an open wound

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simple fracture

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a nondisplaced fracture involving one fracture like that does not require extensive treatment to repair (hairline, stress, or crack)

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complex fracture

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a displaced fracture that requires manipulation or surgery to repair

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comminuted fracture

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broken in many little pieces

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greenstick fracture

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bending and incomplete break of a bone– most often seen in children

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herniated disk

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protrusion of a degenerated or fragmented intervertebral disk so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes, causing compression on the nerve root

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myeloma

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bone marrow tumor

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myositis

A

inflammation of muscle

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myoma

A

muscle tumor

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leiomyoma

A

smooth muscle tumor

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leiomyosarcoma

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malignant smooth muscle tumor

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rhabdomyoma

A

skeletal muscle tumor

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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malignant skeletal muscle tumor

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muscular dystrophy

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a category of genetically transmitted diseases characterized by progressive atrophy of skeletal muscles (Duchenne’s is most common)

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osteoma

A

bone tumor

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osteosarcoma

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malignant bone tumor

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osteomalacia

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disease marked by softening of the bone from calcium and vitamin D deficiency

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rickets

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osteomalacia in children causing bone deformity

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osteomyelitis

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infection of bone and bone marrow causing inflammation

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osteoporosis

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condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity, causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture (porosis = passage)

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kyphosis

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abnormal posterior curvature of the thoracic spine (humpback condition)

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lordosis

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abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition)

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scoliosis

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abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped curve)

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spondylolisthesis

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forward slipping of a lumbar vertebra

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spondylosis

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stiff, immobile condition of vertebrae due to joint degeneration

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sprain

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injury to a ligament caused by joint trauma but without joint dislocation or fracture

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subluxation

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a partial dislocation

57
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tendinitis, tendonitis

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inflammation of a tendon

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