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med term exam 3

med term exam 3 chapter 10 and 15

TermDefinition
PERONEAL smaller bone leg
HUMERUS upper arm bone
COMMINUTED FRACTURE splintered or crushed bone
MYOCARDIUM pertaining to the heart muscle
SCAPULA shoulder bone
ANKYLOSIS stiffened or immobile joint
OSTEOMALACIA vitamin D deficiency causes soft bones
ABDUCTION movement away from the midline
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS slipping of subluxation or vertebrae
CEREBELLUM part of brain that coordinate muscles
NEUROTRANMITTERS (NM) -type of dopamine -Acetylcholine is NM
CAUSALGIA burning type of pain
PLEXUS interlacing nerve fibers in PNS
ACROMION outward extension of shoulder bone -GREEK "HIGHEST"
ANESTHESIA condition of no nervous sensation
SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSONS DISEASE shaking, slow movement, impair balance, speech change and writing change
SPINA BIFIDA lateral curvature of the spinal column -meningomyelocele
PARESTHESIA abnormal sensation of tingling
MYELOGRAM Xray imagine of spinal cord
CAUSA EQUINA collection of nerve below end of spinal LATIN-HORSE TAIL
MEDULLA part of brain that control breathing and heart beat. -part of brain stem
OSTEOYSIS poor formation of bone -OSTEODYSTROPHY
DIAPHYSIS part of long bone
BONES OF CRANIUM (5) 1) Occipital 2) Sphenoid 3) Frontal 4) Temporal 5)Ethmoid
FACIAL BONES (4) 1)Mandible 2)Vomer 3)Maxilla 4)Zygomatic
MASTOID PROCESS projection of temporal bone -located at the base
FORAMEN opening or passage in bone for blood vessels
GLIAL CELLS also called ASTROCYTE or NEUROGIAL cell
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