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Week 8 - Musculoskeletal Flashcards

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Flexion

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bending a limb at the joint

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Extension

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straightening the limb at the joint

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Abduction

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moving a limb away from the midline of the body (sink of abducting - like being taken away)

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Adduction

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moving a limb toward the midline of the body (think of as “adding”)

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Pronation

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turning the forearm so that the palm is down

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Supination

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turning the forearm so that the palm is facing 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 the 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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Retraction

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moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

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13
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Elevation

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raising a body part

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14
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Depression

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Lowering of a body part

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15
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An audible and palpable snap or click occurs as the mouth opens: abnormal or normal

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normal

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16
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Nucleus pulposus

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located in the centre of each vertebral disc. Made of soft semifluid, mucoid material that has the consistency of toothpaste

17
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Rotator cuff

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muscles and tendons that stabilize the shoulder

18
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Glenohumeral joint

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articulation of the humerous with the glenoid fossa of the scapula

19
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audible and palpable crunching that accompanies movement

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crepitation

20
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Herberden’s and Bouchard’s nodes occur with?

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osteoarthritis

21
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cruiciate ligaments

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crisscross within the knee and provide anterior and posterior stability and help control rotation

22
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collateral ligaments

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connect the join at both sides; they provide medial and lateral stability and prevent dislocation

23
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Hallux valgus

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the distal part of the great toe is directed away from the midline

24
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is RA inflammatory or noninflammatory?

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inflammatory

25
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Pain is often worse in the morning with?

A

RA

26
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Swan neck deformity

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occurs with chronic RA and is characterized by ulnar drift of the fingers

27
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Is RA local or systemic?

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systemic

28
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is osteoarthritis inflammatory or noninflammatory?

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noninflammatory

29
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is osteoarthritis localized or systemic?

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localized

30
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Osteoporosis

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decrease in skeletal bone mass occurring when the rate of bone reabsorption is greater than that of bone formation

31
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Epicondylitis

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Also known as tennis elbow. Chronic disabling pain at the lateral epicondyle.

32
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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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interference with motor function as a result of compression of the median nerve

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