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musculoskeletal

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# bones in human body   206  
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# muscles in body   650  
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circumduction   circular movement (shoulder)  
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rotation   looking left, looking right  
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protraction   pushing chin out  
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retraction   pulling chin in  
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elevation   lift shoulder up  
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depression   push shoulder down  
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pronation   face down (hand- palm down)  
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supination   face up (hand-palm up)  
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abduction   moving extremity away from midline (arm up, out, over head)  
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adduction   moving extremity toward midline (arm down, in, across chest)  
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eversion   ankle curved out  
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inversion   ankle curved in  
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flexion   shortening of muscles/angle ("flex" biceps)  
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extension   lengthen muscles/angle (straight arm)  
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dorsiflexion   ankle flexed up to ceiling  
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plantar flexion   ankle flexed down to floor  
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muscle strength test (scale)   0-5 of 5  
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lateral bend   ears to shoulders  
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internal rotation (shoulder)   fastening a bra  
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external rotation (shoulder)   hands clasped behind head  
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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)   swollen joints, painful, hot, red  
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osteoarthritis   stiffening of joints, no softness or swelling, no redness or heat, no tenderness to palpation  
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extra digit   polydactyly  
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digits fused together   syndactyly  
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internal rotation (hip)   turn knee inward  
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external rotation (hip)   turn knee out  
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# cervical vertebrae   c1- c7  
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# thoracic vertebrae   t1- t12  
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# lumbar vertebrae   L1- L4  
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lordosis   exaggeration of lumbar curve, loss of thoracic curve (pregnant ppl)  
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kyphosis   increased thoracic curve, loss of lumbar curve (hump back)  
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scoliosis   lateral curvature of spine  
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functional scoliosis   apparent when standing, disappears with forward bending; compensation for deformity  
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structural scoliosis   fixed; curvature shows standing and bending over  
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