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Chapter 22
Musculoskeletal
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Undergraduate 2
05/15/2012

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abduction
Definition
moving a body part away from the an axis or the emdian line
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adduction
Definition
moving a body part toward the center or toward the emdian line
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Ankylosis
Definition
immobility, consolidation, and fixation of a joint because of disease, injury, or surgery, most often due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis
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ataxia
Definition
inability to perform coordianted movements
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bursa
Definition
enclosed sac filled with viscious fluid located in joint areas of potential friction
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circumduction
Definition
moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder
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creciptation
Definition
dry crackling sound or sensation due to grating of the ends of damaged bone
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dorsal
Definition
irected toward or located on the surface
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dupuyten contracture
Definition
flexion contracture of the fingers due to chronic hyperplasia of the plantar fascia
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Eversion
Definition
moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
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extension
Definition
straightening a limb at a joint
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Flexion
Definition
bending a limb at a joint
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Ganglion
Definition
round, cystic nontender nodule overlying a tendon sheath or joint capsule usually on dorsum of wrist
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hallux
Definition
valgus lateral or outward deviation of the great toe
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inversion
Definition
moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle
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Kyphosis
Definition
outward or convex curvature of the thoracic spine, hunchback
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ligament
Definition
fibrous band running directly from one bone to another bone that strengthens the joint
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Lordorsis
Definition
inward or concave curvature of the lumbar spine
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nucleus pulposus
Definition
center of the intvertebral disk
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olecrannon process
Definition
bony projection of the ulna at the elbow
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patella

 

Definition
kneecap
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plantar
Definition
surface of the sole of the feet
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pronation
Definition
turning the forearm so that the palm is down
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protraction
Definition
moving a body part forwardand parallel to the ground
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ROM
Definition
extent of movement of joint
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Retraction
Definition
moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Definition

chronic systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue

 

Term
Sciatica
Definition
nerve pain along the course of the sciatic nerve that travels down feom the back or thigh through the leg and into the foot
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scoliosis
Definition
s shaped curvature of thoracic spine
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supination
Definition
turning the forearm si that the palm is up
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talipes equinovarsus
Definition
(clunfoot) congenital deformity of the foot in which it is plantar flexed and inverted
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tendon
Definition
strong fibrous cord that attached a skeletal muscle to a bone
Term
Torticollis
Definition
(wryneck) contraction of the cervical neck muscles producing torsion of the neck
Term
joint pain and loss of function
Definition
the most common muskuloskeletal concern
Term
rheumatid arthrirtis
Definition
involves symmetric joint and is wrose in the morning when arising
Term
osteoarthritis
Definition
worse later in the day
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tendinitis

 

Definition
worse in the morning but gets better during day
Term
decreases
Definition

in RA movement increases _________pain

 

Term
contracture
Definition
shortening of the muscle limited ROM of joint
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abnormal
Definition
palpable fluid
Term
subcutaneous nodules
Definition
raised, firm and nontender that moves freely in skin on olcreanon bursa and along extensor surface of the ulna
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