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muscle and joint voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abduction | MAVEMENT OF A BONE AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE LINE OF THE BODY |
| ADDUCTION | MOVEMENT OF A BONE TOWOR THE MIDDLINE |
| arthralgia | join pain |
| arthritis | inflamation of joint |
| arthrocentesis | surgical puncture of a joint with a needle for the purpose of with drawing fluid for analysis |
| arthroplasty | is the surgical repair of a joint |
| articular cartilage | thin layer of cartilage protecting and covering the connecting surfaces of bone |
| atrophy | wasting away; literally without development |
| Ball and socket joint | a joint that allows movement in many directions around a central point |
| bunion | an abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe |
| Bunionectomy | surgical removal of a bunion: removing the bony overgrowth and the bursa |
| Bursa | small sac contains synovial fluid; for lubricating the area around the joint where friction is most likely to ocour. |
| Circumduction | is the movement of an extremity around in a circular motion. |
| closed reduction | the manual forcing of a joint back into its original position wihout making an incision; also called losed reduction |
| Contracture | an abnormal, usually permanent ending of a joint into a fixed position; |
| crepitation | clicking or cracking sounds heard upon joint movement. |
| Dorsiflexion | Dorsiflexion of the foot is bending the foot backward, or upward at the ankle. |
| Electromyography | process of recording the strength of the contraction of a muscle when it is stimulted by an electric current |
| Extension | a Straightening motion |
| Fascia | thin sheets of Fibrous connective issue that penetrate and cover the entire muscle, holding the fibers together. |
| Flexion | bending motion. |
| Ganglion | a crystic tumor developing on a tendon; sometimes occurs on the back of wrist |
| Gout | acute arthritis that is characterized by inflamation of the first metatorsol joint |
| Hinge joint | Allows movement in one direction- a back and forth motioin |
| Insertion | the point of attachment of the muscle to the bone that moves is called insertion. |
| Involuntary muscles. | muscle that act w/out conscious control, they are controlled by the autonomic nervous system thormoes |
| joint cavity | the space between 2 connecting bones |
| Kyphosis | hump back |
| lyme disease | is a acute recurrent inflamatory inflection, transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick. |
| malaise | a vague feeling of tweakness |
| Muscle strain | result from repetitious muscle over use |
| Muscle dystrophy | group of genetically transmitted disorders characterized by progressive weakness and muscle fiber degenration without evidence of nerve involvement or degeneration of nerve tissue. |
| origin | the point of atachment of a muscle to a bone that isless movable |
| Oteoarthritis | most common form of arthritis an resulth from wearing tear on the joint, especially weight- bearing joints such as the jips an knees |
| Pelvic girdle weakness | weakness of the muscle of the pelvis girdle the muscle that extend the hip and the knee |
| Photosensitivity | increases reaction of the skin to exposure to the sunlight. |
| Plantar flexion | plantar flexion of the foot is bending the foot downword, at the ankle, as in toe dancing |
| pronation | the act of turning the palm down or backord |
| heumatoid arthritis | is chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease that affects mutiple joint of the body- mainly the smalll periphenral joint, such as in those of the hands and feet |
| rotation | turning of a bone on its own axis |
| Sciatica | Inflammation of the sciatic nerve marked by pain and Tenderness alone the path of the nerve through the thigh and leg |
| Subluxation | An incomplete dislocation |
| Supination | the ac of turning the palm up or forword |
| Sature | an immovable joint |
| Synovial fluid | a thick, lubricating fluid located in synovial joints. |
| Torso | the main part of the body, to which the head and extremities are attached. |
| Viscous | sticky: gelatinous |
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