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Ch 4 Flashcards
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nostalgia | Rib pain |
| Metatarsalgia | Pain in the bones of the foot |
| Ostalgla | Bone pain |
| Osteodynia | Bone pain |
| Spondylodynia | Vertebra pain |
| Tiblalgla | Tibia pain |
| Ankylosis | Joint pain |
| Arthrodynia | Joint pain |
| Cervicodynia | Neck pain |
| Crepitation | Cracking sounds heard in joints |
| Genu valgum | Knock knees |
| Genu varum | Bowlegged |
| Bradyklnesia | Slow movement |
| Dysklnesia | Inability to control movement |
| Dystaxia | Poor coordination |
| Dystonia | Poor muscle tone |
| Grqphospasm | Writer’s cramp |
| Hyperklnesia | Increase in muscle movement or activity |
| Hypertonia | Increase muscle tone or tightness |
| Myalgla | Muscle pain |
| Myospasm | Muscle spasm |
| Tenalgla | Tendon pain |
| Kyphosis | Humped back |
| Lordosis | Sway back |
| Scollosis | Crooked back |
| Costectomy | Removal of a rib |
| Tendectomy | Removal of tendon |
| Tenodesis | Binding of a tendon |
| Tenolysis | Freeing/ loosening a tendon |
| Tenorrhaphy | Suture of a tendon |
| Tenotomy | Incision into a tendon |