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Radiology Chapt 15
Upper EXT and Shoulder Girdle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acromion Process | A large rounded projection that can be felt on the superior suface of the scapula |
| Axilla | the arm pit |
| Bursitis | Inflammation of the bursa |
| Digits | Fingers and Thumbs |
| Carpus, Carpal | 8 short bones of the wrist; pertaining to these bones |
| Clavicle | The collar bone |
| Coracoid Process | |
| Fat Pad Sign | Radiographic evidence of displacement of the fat pad in the joint region of the elbow that indicates a fracture involving the elbow joint. |
| Glenoid Process | The lateral portion of the scapula that forms the socket of the sholder joint |
| Humerous | the long bone of the upper arm |
| Joint Effusion | Increase fluid in the joint capsule |
| Metacarpal | A bone of the hand |
| Olecranon Process | A posterior projection at the proximal end of the ulna; the FUNNY BONE or CRAZY BONE |
| Osteoarthritis | A Dengenrative joint disease |
| Osteoblastic | Referring to the osteoblasts or a disease that results in increased bone formation |
| Osteolytic | Referring to a disease that causes bone destruction |
| Osteophyte | Enlarged, deformed portions of the bone, aging, that results in bones becoming porous, brittle, and mor radiolucent |
| Osteomyelitis | Inflammation of the bone caused by pathogenic organism |
| Phalanx (PL Phalanges) | A long bone of the finger or toe |
| Radial Deviation | Movement of the hand toward the radial side of the wrist |
| Radius | The thick, shorter long bone located laterally in the forearm |
| Scapula | The shoulder blade |
| Sesamoid Bone | A small, flat, oval bone within a tendon that is not counted amoung the bones of the body. |
| Tendinitis | Inflammation of the tendon |
| Ulna | The thin, longer long bone located medially in the forearm |
| Ulnar Deviation | Movement of the hand toward the ulnar side of the wrist. |