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Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
| adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| duct/o | to lead |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| articulation | any type of joint |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| bursa | Sac of fluid near a joint; promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another. |
| crepitus | is the crackling sound produced when ends of bones rub each other or rub against roughened cartilage |
| dorsi- | back |
| flex/o | bend |
| -ion | process |
| -physis | to grow |
| extension | Increasing the angle between two bones; straightening out a limb. |
| flexion | Decreasing the angle between two bones; bending a limb |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| sis | state of; condition |
| osteoarthritis | Progressive, degenerative joint disease with loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophy of bone (formation of osteophytes, or bone spurs) at articular surfaces. |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| myasthenia gravis | Muscles lose strength because of a failure in transmission of the nervous impulse from the nerve to the muscle cell. |
| myos/o | muscle |
| ossification | process of bone formation |
| -malacia | softening |
| osteomalacia | A condition in which vitamin D deficiency leads to decalcification of bones; known as rickets in children |
| ten/o | tendon |
| oste/o | bone |
| poly- | many; much; increased |
| -algia | pain |
| pronation | As applied to the hand and forearm, where the elbow is bent, the act of turning the palm down. As applied to the foot, it is inward roll of the foot/ankle during normal motion |
| reduction | restoration of the bone to its normal position |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rheumatoid arthritis | Chronic joint condition with inflammation and pain; caused by an autoimmune reaction against joint tissue, particularly the synovial membrane. |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| supination | As applied to the hand and forearm, where the elbow is bent, the act of turning the palm up. As applied to the foot, it is outward roll of the foot/ankle during normal motion. |
| sutures | facial bones joints |
| synovial joints | freely movable joints |
| fracture | Traumatic breaking of a bone |
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