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Radiology Chapt 15
Upper EXT and Shoulder Girdle
Question | Answer |
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Acromion Process | A large rounded projection that can be felt on the superior suface of the scapula |
Axilla | the arm pit |
Bursitis | Inflammation of the bursa |
Digits | Fingers and Thumbs |
Carpus, Carpal | 8 short bones of the wrist; pertaining to these bones |
Clavicle | The collar bone |
Coracoid Process | |
Fat Pad Sign | Radiographic evidence of displacement of the fat pad in the joint region of the elbow that indicates a fracture involving the elbow joint. |
Glenoid Process | The lateral portion of the scapula that forms the socket of the sholder joint |
Humerous | the long bone of the upper arm |
Joint Effusion | Increase fluid in the joint capsule |
Metacarpal | A bone of the hand |
Olecranon Process | A posterior projection at the proximal end of the ulna; the FUNNY BONE or CRAZY BONE |
Osteoarthritis | A Dengenrative joint disease |
Osteoblastic | Referring to the osteoblasts or a disease that results in increased bone formation |
Osteolytic | Referring to a disease that causes bone destruction |
Osteophyte | Enlarged, deformed portions of the bone, aging, that results in bones becoming porous, brittle, and mor radiolucent |
Osteomyelitis | Inflammation of the bone caused by pathogenic organism |
Phalanx (PL Phalanges) | A long bone of the finger or toe |
Radial Deviation | Movement of the hand toward the radial side of the wrist |
Radius | The thick, shorter long bone located laterally in the forearm |
Scapula | The shoulder blade |
Sesamoid Bone | A small, flat, oval bone within a tendon that is not counted amoung the bones of the body. |
Tendinitis | Inflammation of the tendon |
Ulna | The thin, longer long bone located medially in the forearm |
Ulnar Deviation | Movement of the hand toward the ulnar side of the wrist. |