Chapter 4: Terminology for Muscles, Bones, and Joints Flashcards
(34 cards)
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Abduction
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Movement of away
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Adduction
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Movement of towards
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Arthritis
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Joint inflammation
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Arthrocentesis
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Puncture of a joint
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Atrophy
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Without development of
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Cardiac
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The Heart
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Carpus
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“Wrist”
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Caudal
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Toward the tail
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Cervical
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Pertaining to the neck
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Coccygeal
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Pertaining to the Tail
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Costal
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Pertaining to the Ribs
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Coxofemoral
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Pertaining to the hip and femur
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Cranial
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Pertaining to the cranium
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Dysplasia
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A Bad formation
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Flexion
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Act of Bending
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Hypertrophy
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Excess Development
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Iliac
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Pertaining to the ilium
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Intercostal
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Between the Ribs
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Intervertebral
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Between the Vertebrae
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Intramuscular
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In the muscle
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Intraosseous
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In the bone
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Lumbar
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Pertaining to the loin
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Mandibular
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Pertaining to the Mandible
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Maxillary
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Pertaining to the upper jaw
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Metacarpal
After the carpus
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Metatarsal
After the tarsus
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Myopathy
A muscular disease
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Orthopedic
Straightening a child
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Osseous
Pertaining to the bone
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Osteoarthritis
Inflammation of bone and joints
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Osteopathy
A bone disease
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Osteosarcoma
A tumor of bone and flesh
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Sternal
Pertaining to the sternum
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Thoracic
Pertaining to the chest
