4.3 Observation and Discovery Flashcards
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The exam of the muscles and bones focuses mainly on typical signs of inflammation:
redness, swelling, heat, and pain
polydactyly
New born with extra finger
syndactyly
fused finger
X-ray
reveal fractures, bone destruction ( osteolysis), extra bone growth (exstosis)
joint laxity
joint moving a way that it is not suppose to
effussion
fluid around the joint
Pryarthosis
While the fluid is usually the result of inflammation, it may be pus from an infection
Hemaarthrosis
blood from injury
arthrocentesis
puncture in the joint
myography
procedure that studies muscles
arthrogram
recording of a joint
CAT
Computer Axial Tomoraphy
Kyphosis
Humped back
Lordosis
Sway back
Scoliosis
crooked back
carpitis
wrist inflammation
exostosis
an abnormal growth of bone out of another
dactyle
finger
spondyl
vertabrea
torso
ankle
bursolith
bursa - Lith(sone)
Stone in a bursa
atrophy
underdevelopment muscle tissue
myocele
muscle hernia
myotasis
stretching muscle