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Unit 10: Musculoskeletal System Flashcards

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What does AIDS stand for?

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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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What does AE stand for?

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Above the elbow

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What does AK stand for?

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Above the knee

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What does AP stand for?

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Anteroposterior

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what does BE stand for?

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Below the elbow

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What does BK stand for

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Below the knee

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what does CTS stand for?

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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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What does Fx mean?

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Fracture

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What does HD stand for?

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Hemodialysis

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What does HNP stand for?

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Herniated nucleus pulposus

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What does IM mean?

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Intramuscular

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What does MG stand for?

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myasthenia gravis

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What does ORTH or Ortho mean?

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Orthopedics

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What does RA stand for?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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What does THR stand for?

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Total hip replacement

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What does TKR mean?

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Total knee replacement

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What is muscular dystrophy?

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Hereditary diseases characterized by gradual atrophy and weakness of muscle tissue

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What is myasthenia gravis?

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autoimmune neuromuscular disorder; severe muscular weakness, progressive fatigue

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What is a closes fracture?

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bone is broken with no open wound

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What is an open fracture?

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Broken end of bone pierces the skin

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What is a green stick fracture?

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Usually in children, bone bends rather than actually breaking

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What is a comminuted fracture?

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Bone is broken into pieces

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What is an impacted fracture?

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Broken ends of bone are forced into one another

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What is a complicated fracture?

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Extensive soft tissue damage, like when a rib pierces a lung

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What is a colles fracture?

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Break at lower end of radius

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What is an incomplete fracture?

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Line if fracture does not include the whole bone

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What are rotator cuff injuries?

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Injures to the capsule of the shoulder joint

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What is a sprain?

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Trauma to a joint causes injury to surrounding ligament

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What is a strain?

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Trauma to a muscle from overuse

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What is talipes equinovarus?

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congenital deformity of the foot

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What is tendinitis?

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Inflammation of a tendon usually from injury or overuse

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What is torticollis?

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Spastic contraction of the neck muscles

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What is carpal tunnel syndrome?

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Pain resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel

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What is a contracture?

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Fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, muscle, or joint that prevents normal mobility

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What is crepitation?

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sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together

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What is Ewing sarcoma?

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Malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow

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What is gout?

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Hereditary disease, acute form of arthritis, excessive Uris acid in blood and around joint

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What is a herniated disk?

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Herniation or rupture of the nucleus pulposus between 2 vertebrae

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What is osteoporosis?

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Bones become porous and brittle

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What is pager disease?

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Skeletal disease effecting elderly people, chronic inflammation of bones

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What is rheumatoid arthritis?

A

Chronic, inflammatory disease affecting synovial membranes of joints, results in crippling deformities

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What is subluxation?

A

partial or complete dislocation

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What is sequestrum?

A

Fragment of necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding tissue

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What is anklylosing spondylitis?

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Chronic inflammatory disease, first affects the spine, loss of mobility in two or more vertebrae

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What is kyphosis?

A

hunchback

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What is lordosis?

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Swayback posture

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What is scoliosis?

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Sideways curvature of the spine left or right

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What is spondylisthesis?

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Partial forward dislocation of one vertebrae over the one below it

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What is arthrocentesis?

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Puncture of a joint to remove fluid

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What is rheumatoid factor?

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Blood test to detect a substance present in people with RA

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What is arthroplasty?

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Surgical replacement of a painful joint to restore mobility

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What is sequestrectomy?

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Excision of sequestrum

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What are bone reabsorbtion inhibitors?

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a gene that reduce the reabsorbtion of bone in the treatment of weak bones

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What are gold salts?

A

Agents that treat RA; inhibit activity in the immune system

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What’s are NSAIDs?

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Drugs that reduce mild to moderate pain and reduce inflammation

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What does roentgen/o mean?

A

X rays

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