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FLASHCARDS02
MUSCULOSKELETAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABDUCTION | MOVEMENT OF LIMBS FROM TRUNK |
| ADDUCTION | MOVEMENT OF LIMBS TOWARD TRUNK |
| ANKYLOSIS | IMMOBILITY OF A JOINT |
| ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A JOINT |
| BURSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A BURSA (SAC) NEAR A JOINT |
| CIRCUMDUCTION | CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF A LIMB |
| DIGIT | FINGER OR TOE |
| DORSIFLEXION | BENDING PART BACKWARD AT A JOINT |
| EPICONDYLITIS (LATERAL) | TENNIS ELBOW |
| EVERSION | TURNING OUTWARD |
| EXTENSION | MOVING TOWARD A STRAIGHT CONDITION |
| EXTERNAL ROTATION | ROTATING A LIMB AWAY FROM THE TORSO |
| FLEXION | BENDING A JOINT |
| INTERNAL ROTATION | ROTATING A LIMB TOWARD THE TORSO |
| INVERSION | TURNING INWARD |
| KYPHOSIS | UPPER THORACIC SPINAL CURVATURE HUMPBACK |
| LORDOSIS | LOWER THORACIC SPINAL CONVEXITY |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | DISEASE RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF BONE DENSITY |
| PATELLA | KNEECAP |
| PLANTAR FLEXION | EXTENSION OF FOOT |
| PRONATION | ACT OF LYING FACE DOWN, TURNING HAND SO PALM FACES DOWN |
| PRONE | LYING HORIZONTAL WITH FACE DOWNWARD |
| SUPINATION | TURNING OF HAND SO PALM FACES UPWARD |
| SUPINE | LYING ON BACK WITH FACE UPWARD |
| ULNAR DEVIATION | MOVEMENT TOWARD THE ELBOW |
| VALGUS | BENT OUTWARD, BOWLEGGED |
| VARUS | TURNED INWARD |