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Vocab 2 Flashcards

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affect

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Observable changes in tone, face, body, languge

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analgesia

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Absence of pain, without LOC

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ataxia

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failure of muscular coordination, irregularity of contraction

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atrophy

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wasting away, decreased size (muscle)

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bradykinesia

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abnormal slowness of movement

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Broca’s aphasia

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aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired

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chorea

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brief rapid jerky irregular and unpredictable movements. Occur at rest or interrupts normal movements. Seldom repeat themselves. Causes include Sydenham’s chorea (w/RF) and Huntingtons

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clonus

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involuntary muscle contraction

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cogwheel rigidity

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Seen in parkinson. Rigidity in which the muscles respond with cogwheel like jerks to the use of force in bending the limbs

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delirium

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state of mental confusion that develops quickly and usually fluctuates in intensity

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delusion

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idiosyncratic false belief that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible and obvious proof of evidence in the contrary

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dementia

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loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere w/normal activities of daily living, lasting more than 6 months

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dystonia

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dyskinetic movements due to disordered tonicity of muscle

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echolalia

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repeating words someone said

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fasciculation

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muscle twitch

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flaccid

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soft and hanging loosely or limply

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flight of ideas

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excessive speech at rapid rate that involves fragmented thinking

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hallucination

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non-real sensory perceptions

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hemiparesis

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one side of the body has mared weakness

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hemiplegia

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total or partial paralysis of one side of the body

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lethargy

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lack or energy and enthusiasm, abnormal drowsiness

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neologism

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newly coined word or expression

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obtundation

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less than full mental capacity in a medical patient. Responsiveness requires stimulation

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orientation

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person, place, time

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paralysis

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loss of muscle function in part of your body

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paraplegia

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impairment in motor or sensory fx of the lower extremities

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paresthesias

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sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, pricking, or burning

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perseveration

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when you fixate on something or someone

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pleocytosis

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increased cell count

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postictal

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altered state of consciousness a person enters after experiencing a seizure

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psychosomatic

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physical illness caused by or aggravated by a mental factor such as internal conflict or stress

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quadriplegia

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paralysis of body from neck down

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seizure

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abnormal electrical activity in the brain with symptoms being not noticeable or present

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Somatoform disorder

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mental disorder characterized by symptoms that suggest physical illness or injury. Pain can not be traced to identifiable cause

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spasticity

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feelings of stiffness and a wide range of involuntary muscle spasms

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syncope

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faintingn or passing out

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Table in appendices of conditions

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physical condition aggravated by a mental facotr such as internal conflict or stress

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tremor

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involuntary, somewhat rhythmic muscle contraction and relaxation

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Wernicke’s aphashia

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aka receptive aphasia poor auditory processing, fluent speech, and poor repeititoin

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xanthochromia

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yellowish appearnace of cerebrospinal fluid, important in dx of subarachnoid hemorrhage

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myoclonic seizure

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Sudden, brief, rapid jerks, involving the trunk or limbs

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absence seizure

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sudden brief lapse of consciousness with momentary blinking, staring, or movements of lips and hands but no falling. Typical last less than 10 seconds and atypical last longer than 10 seconds

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Tonic-clonic seizure

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“grand mal” person loses consciousness suddenly and body stiffens into tonic extensor rigidity. Breathing stops and person become cyantoitc. Rhythmic muscle contraction. Breathing resumes and is often noisy. Injury may occur.

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Resting (static) tremors

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most prominent at rest and may decrease or disappear with voluntary movement.

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Postural tremors

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Appear when affected part is actively maintaing a posture. Ex- hyperthyroidism, tremors of anxiety and fatigue, and benign essential (and sometimes familial) tremor

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Intention tremors

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absent at rest and appear with movement and often get worse as the target gets closer. Causes include disorders of cerebellar pathways, as in MS, or disease of cerebellum

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illusion

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mis-interpretation of real stimuli

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loose associations

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thought does not logically relate to the next

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blocking

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to repress a traumatic even from conscious memory

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confabulation

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to fill in gaps in one’s memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts

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clanging

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mode of speech characterized by association of words based upon sounds rather than concepts

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obsessions

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inability of person to stop thinking about a particular topic or feeling

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phobias

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irrational and excessive fear of an object of situation

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depersonalization

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normal sense of personal identity and reality is lost

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Delusions- persercution

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delusion that others are out to get you, frustrate or embarrass you

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Delusions- grandeur

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delusion that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are

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Oral-facial dyskinesias

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rhythmic, repetitive, bizarre movements that chiefly involve face. May be late complication of psychotropic drugs (tardive dyskinesias) or may occur in longstanding psychoses

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Proverbs

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Way to test abstract thinking “ A dog is a mans best friend”

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Tics

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brief repetve, stereotyped, coordinated movements occuring at regular intervals. Causes include Tourette’s syndrome and drugs

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Athetosis movements

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slower and more twisting and writhing, large amplitude. Commonly involve the face and distal extremities. Often associated with spasticity. Causes include cerebral palsy

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annular

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ring-shaped

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Beau’s lines

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deep grooved lines that run from side to sid eon the fingernail

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comedone

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pimple/ open = black head closed= white head

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cyanosis

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blue or purple coloration of skin or mucuous membrane due to low oxygen state

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eccrine

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major sweat glands on human body

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hyperkeratosis

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thickening of stratum corneum, vit A def of chronic exposure to arsenic

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jaundice

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yellowing of the skin

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lentigines

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freckles, sun spots, liver spots

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melanin

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primary determinant of skin color

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nits

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lice

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petechiae

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broken capillary blood vessel

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purpura

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purple-colored spots and patches, small blood vessels leak under skin

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splinter hemorrhage

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tiny blood clots that run vertically under nails. Not specific. Endocarditis, scleroderma, trichinosis, SLE, RA?.

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turgor

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tension of skin. Related to degree of fluid loss/hydration

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vellus

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hair is short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable

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apocrine glands

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sweat gland composed of coiled secretory portion located at junction of dermis and subq fat. Found in axillae, areola, ear canal, eyelids, wings of nostrils, some parts of external genitalia

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cherry angionma

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bright red, small, smooth, develop commonly on truck. Benign

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confluent

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flowing together or merging

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ecchymosis

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Bruise. Purpura >1cm

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hirsuitism

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excessive hairiness in women in parts of body where hair does not naturally occur

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intertriginous

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where two skin areas rub or touch

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keratosis

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growth of keratin on skin of mucuous membranes

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lunula

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crescent shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail

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nevus

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birthmark

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paronychia

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infection of skin around a fingernail or toenail

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pruritus

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itching

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serpiginous

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having a wavy margin

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subcutaneous

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beneath the skin

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urticaria

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hives

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abduct

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move away from midline/away from body

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adduct

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move towards midline/into body

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arthritis

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inflammation disorder of joints leading to pain

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anterior drawer sign

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detects rupture of cruciate ligaments. Pt supine, hips flexed to 45 degress, knees flexed 90, feet flat on table. Physician pulls tibia forward. If the tibia pulls forward more than normal its considered (+) Excessive displacement anteriorly suggests ACL likely torn

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Bouchard’s nodes

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hard bony outgrowths/cysts on proximal interphalangeal joints. Sign of OA or RA

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bursitis

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inflammation of one or more bursae

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Bulge sign

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Evaulation of effusion in knee joint detectable at 10-15cc fluid. Examiner uses ball of hand on medial knee to milk fluid from suprapatellar pouch and then presses behind patella lateral margin looking for swelling.

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cartilage

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Flexible connective tissue

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cartilaginous joints

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connected entirely by cartilage (manubrium and the sternum)

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condylar joints

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Ovoid articular surface, examples include the wrist joint

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Dupuytren’s contracture

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fixed flexion contracture of hand where fingers bend toward palm and cannot be fully straightened. “Viking disease”

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fibrous joints

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“fixed” joints connected by dense connective tissue (skull)

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ganglion

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mass of nerve cell bodies

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hallux valgus

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bunion, mc from ill fitting footwear

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hammer toe

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contracted toe, deformity of proximal interphalangeal joint

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Heberden’s nodes

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hard bony swelling that can develop on DIP joints and are signs of OA

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hinge joints

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motion in one plane only. Elbows, knees, etc

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Lachman test

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Examines ACL. Applicatoin of anterior tibial translation force w/significant translation of the tibia on the femur is (+)

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ligament

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fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone

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lordosis

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inward curvature of lumbar and cervical spine

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McMurray test

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Evaluates tears of meniscus of knee. Valgus stress is applied to joint and exg is externally rotated. Pain or a “click” is a (+) test

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meniscus

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crescent shaped fibrocargilagionus structure that cushions the knee

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metatarsalgia

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Common overuse injury. Pain and inflammation of metatarsal region. Most frequenty second metatarsal. Aka “stone bruise”

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posterior drawer sign

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detects rupture of cruciate ligaments. Pt supine, hips flexed to 45 degress, knees flexed 90, feet flat on table. Physician pulls tibia backward If the tibia pulls forward more than normal its considered (+) Excessive displacement anteriorly suggests PCL likely torn

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rotator cuff

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group of muscles that stabilize the shoulder including supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis

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scoliosis

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spine is curved from side to side

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spheroidal joints

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ball and socket joints aka hip and shoulder

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synovial fluid

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clear viscious fluid secreted by synovial membrane that ines joints

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synovial joints

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aka diarthrosis includes joints like gliding, hinge, pivot, condyloid (TMJ), saddle joints, ball and socket, and compound joints (knee)

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tendonitis

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inflammationof tendon

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tenosynovitis

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inflammatino of the fluid-filled sheath (synovium) that surronds a tendon

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trigger finger

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Stenosing tenosynovitis. Tendons become too thick and constricting or nodules develop in lining.

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valgus

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outard angulation of distal segment of bone/joint

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varus

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inward angulation of distal segment of bone/joint

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valgus stress test

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examines MCL

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varus stress test

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examines LCL

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