Chapter 8 Flashcards

(51 cards)

1
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-ics

A

knowledge or practice

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2
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crani/o-

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cranium

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3
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front/o-

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front

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4
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pariet/o-

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wall of a cavity

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5
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occipital bone

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part of the skull that firms the back of the head

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6
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tempero/o-

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temple

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7
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foraman

A

opening

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8
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sternum

A

breast bone

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9
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cost/o-

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rib

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10
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cartilage

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a smooth, firm, but flexible connective tissue

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11
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chondr/o-

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cartilage

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12
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coccyx

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tailbone

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13
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coccyg/o-

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tailbone

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14
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scapula

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shoulder blade

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15
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humerus

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the long bone in the upper arm

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16
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Humeral

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descroptive word for the bone of the upper arm

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17
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ilium

A

superior bone of the hip bone of the pelvis

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18
Q

ileum

A

3rd part of the small intestine

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19
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ileus

A

abnormal absence of contraction in small intestine

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20
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Arthralgia

A

pain in the joint

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arthr/o-

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alg/o-

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intra-articular

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within the joint

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articul/o-

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cartilage
type of dense connective tissue
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chondro/-o
cartilage
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periosteum
a thick, fibrous membrane
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peri-
around
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osse/o-
bone
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Epiphysis
cancellous bone
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oste/o-
bone
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-oma
tumor, mass
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osteosarcoma
malignant cancer of the bone
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comminut/o-
break into minute pieces
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-ed
pertaining to
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compress/o-
press together
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depress/o-
press down
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obligue fracture
slanting
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Osteomyelitis
infection of bone or bone marrow
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Lordosis
swayback
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kyphosis
humpbacked
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scoliosis
curving sidways
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arthro-
joint
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alg/o-
pain
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crepitus
grinding noise heard as bone ends rub together (arthritis)
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Closed Frecture
any type of frature in which the bone does not break through the overlying skin
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open
any type of fracture in which he bone breaks through the overlying skin
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displaced
broken bone ends are pulled out of their normal anantomical alignment
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Comminuted
bone is crushed into several pieces
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compression
vertebrae are compressed together after falling onto the buttocks or a vertebra colapses in on itself because of disease
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depressed
cranium is fractured inward towards the brain