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| malignant skeletal muscle tumor |
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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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| acute attacks of arthritis, usually in a single joint (especially the great toe), caused by hyperuricemia (an excessive level of uric acid in the blood) |
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| most common form of arthritis, especially affecting the weight-bearing joints (i.e. knee or hip), characterized by the erosion of articular cartilage |
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis (RH) |
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| most crippling form of arthritis; characterized by chronic, systemic inflammation, most often affecting joints and synovial membranes (especially in the hands and feet) and causing ankylosis and deformity |
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| puncture for aspiration of a joint |
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| binding or fusion of joint surfaces |
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| procedure using an arthroscope to examine, diagnose, and repair a joint from within |
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| repair or reconstruction of a joint |
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| grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or broken bones |
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| flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone |
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| bending at the joint so that the angle between the bones is decreased |
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| broken bone with no open wound |
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| compound fracture; broken bone with an open wound |
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| non-displaced fractures with one fracture line that does not require extensive treatment to repair (i.e. hairline fracture, stress fracture) |
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| displaced fracture that requires manipulation or surgery to repair |
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| the line of the break in a broken bone (i.e. oblique, spiral, or transverse) |
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| broken in many small pieces |
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| bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen in children |
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| reduced muscle tone or tension |
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| extreme muscle tone or tension |
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| abnormal posterior curvature of the thorasic spine (humped-back condition) |
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| abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition) |
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| bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower extremities |
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| bones of the skull, vertebral column, chest, and hyoid bone (U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue) |
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| specialized connective tissue composed of osteocytes (bone cells); forms the skeleton |
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| tightly solid bone tissue that forms the exterior of bones |
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Spongy bone
Cancellous bone |
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| mesh-like bone tissue found in the interior of bones, and surrounding the medullary cavity |
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| bones of the arms and legs |
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| bones of the wrist and ankles |
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| bones of the ribs, shoulder blades, pelvis, and skull |
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| bones of the vertebrae and face |
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round bones found near joints
e.g., the patella |
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| wide ends of a long bone (physis=growth) |
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| growth zone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis during development of a long bone |
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| membrane lining the medullary cavity of a bone |
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| cavity within the shaft of the long bones; filled with bone marrow |
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| soft connective tissue within the medullary cavity of bones |
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| functions to form RBC, some WBC, and PLT; found in the cavities of most bones in infants and in the flat bones in adults |
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| gradually replaces red bone marrow in adult bones; functions as storage for fat tissue and is inactive in the formation of blood cells |
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| a fibrous, vascular membrane that covers the bone |
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| a gristle-like substance on bones where they articulate |
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| a joint; the point where two bones come together |
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| a fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones that is lined with a synovial membrane that secretes synovial fluid |
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| a flat, plate-like structure composed of fibrocartilaginous tissue between the vertebrae that reduces friction |
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| the soft, fibrocartilaginous, central portion of intervertebral disk |
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| a flexible band of fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone |
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| membrane lining the capsule of a joint |
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| joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial membrane |
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| tissue composed of fibers that can contract, causing movement of an organ or part of the body |
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Striated muscle
Skeletal muscle |
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| voluntary muscle attached to the skeleton |
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| involuntary muscle found in internal organs |
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| muscle end attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle contracts |
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| muscle end attached to the bone that moves when the muscle contracts |
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| a band of fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone |
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| a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle |
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| disease marked by softening of the bone caused by calcium and Vitamin D deficiency |
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| abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (S-shaped curve) |
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| drawing in; involuntary contraction of muscle |
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| uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles, causing stiff and awkward movements (resembles spasm) |
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| stiff, immobile condition of vertebrae caused by joint |
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| tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contraction |
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| shaking; rhythmic muscular movement |
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| Anatomic or Anatomical position |
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| term of reference when noting body planes, positions, or directions: person is assumed to be standing upright, facing forward, feet pointed forward and slightly apart, with arms at the sides and palms facing forward |
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| reference planes for indicating the location or direction of body parts |
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Frontal plane |
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| vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) portions |
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| vertical division of the body into right and left portions |
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| horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions |
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| from front to back, as in reference to the direction of an x-ray beam |
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| from back to front, as in reference to the direction of an x-ray beam |
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| situated above another structure, toward the head |
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| situated below another structure, away from the head |
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toward the beginning or origin of a structure
ex. proximal aspect of the femur (thigh bone) is the area closest to where it attaches to the hip |
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away from the beginning or origin of a structure
ex. distal aspect of the femur (thigh bone) is the area at the end of the bone near the knee |
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| toward the middle (midline) |
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| the imaginary line that runs through the center of the body or a body part |
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| lying down, especially in a bed; lateral decubitus is lying on the side (decumbo=to lie down) |
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| horizontal recumbent; lying flat on the back ("on the spine") |
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| bending at the joint so that the angle between the bones is decreased |
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| straightening at the joint so that the angle between the bones is increased |
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| movement away from the body |
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| circular movement around an axis |
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turning outward
i.e., of a foot |
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turning inward
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| turning of the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) upward or forward |
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| turning of the palmar surface (palm of the hand) or plantar surface (sole of the foot) downward or backward |
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| bending of the foot or the toes upward |
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| bending of the sole of the foot by curling the toes toward the ground |
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| total motion possible in a joint, described by the terms related to body movements (i.e., ability to flex, extend, abduct, or adduct); measured in degrees |
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| instrument used to measure joint angles (gonio=angle) |
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| computed axial tomography |
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| degenerative joint disease |
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| magnetic resonance imaging |
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| nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug |
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| open reduction, internal fixation |
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