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Terminology
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PROTRACTION | To protrude (move anteriorly) |
| MEATUS | A tube like passage |
| DEPRESSION | Move downward |
| TUBEROSITY | A large, rounded process |
| CONDYLE | A rounded knuckle-like prominence |
| PLANTAR FLEXION | To bend the bottom of the foot (breaking the speed limit) |
| ROTATION | To move from one side to the other in a continuous movement with out stopping |
| SINUS OR ANTRUM | A cavity within a bone |
| PRONATION | Palm down (spilling bowl of soup) |
| CREST | A ridge |
| CIRCUMDUCTION | A combination of abduction, adduction, extension, and flexion |
| HEAD | A rounded articulating process at the end of a bone |
| TUBERCLE | A small, rounded process |
| RETRACTION | To retreat, move posteriorly |
| OPPOSITION | Occurs when the thumb crosses the palm and touches the pinky |
| FORAMEN | A hole |
| SPINE | A sharp, slender projection (thorn) |
| LINE | A less prominence ridge of a bone at a crest |
| SUPINATION | To turn palm up (carrying a bowl of “soup”) |
| DORSIFLEXION | To bend the foot upward (here comes the cops) |
| FOSSA | A depression or hollow |
| TROCHANTER | A large process for muscle attachment |
| PROCESS | A bone prominence or projection |
| ELEVATION | To move upward |
| DEVIATION | To wander from the usual course |