CH8&9 Flashcards
(76 cards)
1
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kinesi/o
A
movement
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oste/o
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bone
3
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scoliosis
A
curved crooked back
4
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phalang/o
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phalanx (fingers or toe)
5
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muscul/o
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muscle
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-physis
A
state of growing
7
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acr/o
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extremity, highest point
8
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pseud/o
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false
9
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-tome
A
instrument used to cut, area with distinct edges
10
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radi/o
A
radius, (forearm bone)
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carp/o
A
wrist
12
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ped/i
A
child
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pod/o
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foot
14
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subluxation
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dislocation, full or partial
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cost/o
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rib
16
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condyl/o
A
knuckle, knob
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spasm
A
sudden, sever involuntary contraction of muscle
18
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kyphosis
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hump back, hunch back, excessive, abnormal poster curvature
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fibr/o
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fiber
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rachi/o
A
spinal column; vertebrae
21
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spin/o
A
spine, backbone
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crani/o
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cranium
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dislocation
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displacement of end of bone from it’s normal position
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fasci/o, fasc/i
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face
25
tax/o
coordination
26
sprain
overstretching or tear of ligament around a joint
27
ADL
activities of daily living
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rheumat/o
watery flow
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brachia/o
arm
30
Lyme disease
arthritis caused by bacteria of deer tick bites
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vertebr/o
vertebra
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rhabd/o
rod shaped
33
open or compound fracture
bone breaks through overlying skin
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synov/o
membrane
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plantar fascitis
tendon on bottom of foot is inflamed
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necr/o
dead cells
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord, myelin
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rheumatoid factor
blood test, positive usually - rheumatoid arthritis ANTI-CCP
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spindyl/o
vertebra
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lordosis
sway back condition
41
gangli-, gangli/o
ganglion, collection of nerve cell bodies
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syn-
together
43
thorac/o
thorax
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myasthenia gravis
autoimmune disorder abnormal or rapid fatigue of muscles particularly in face
45
contracture
fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, facial muscle, or joint
46
EMG
electromyography
47
my/o
muscle
48
myelography
spinal cord picture
49
plant/o
sole of the foot
50
ankylosis
fused together
51
goniometer
instrument to measure angle
52
burs/o
bursa - a thin sac of synovial membrane filled with synovial fluid to cushion and reduce friction where a tenon runs against a bone
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-desis
procedure to fuse to together
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gout
metabolic disorder, high level of uric acid creating crystal in soft tissures
55
carpal tunnel syndrome
is a hand and arm condition that causes numbness, tingling and other symptoms
56
-porosis
formation of the callus in repair of a fractured bone
57
uric act test
test for gout-The uric acid blood test is used to detect high levels of this compound in the blood in order to help diagnose gout. The test is also used to monitor uric acid levels in people undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer.
58
closed fracture
bone does not break through overlying skin
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dactyl/o
fingers; toes
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avulsion
a tearing away forcibly of a part or structure
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-trophy
process of development
62
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
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bone scan density
measures bone mineral density BMD
64
goniometry
process of measuring angle
65
cervic/o
neck, cervix
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ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate
67
strain
overstretching or tear of ligament around a joint
68
electromyography
the recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
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ROM
range of motion
70
dia-
complete, completing through
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ankyl/o
fused together, stiff
72
chondr/o
cartilage
73
lei/o
smooth
74
laimin/o
lamina-a thin, flat plate or stratum of a composite structure; called also layer
75
goni/o
angle
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RICE
rest, ice, compression, elevation
