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musculoskeletal system- anatomy and terminology

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ARTHROCENTESIS   INJECTION AND/ OR ASPIRATION OF JOINT  
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ARTHRODESIS   SURGICAL IMMOBILIZATION OF A JOINT  
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ARTHROGRAPHY   RADIOGRAPHY OF JOINT  
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ARTHROPLASTY   RESHAPING OR RECONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT  
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ARTHROSCOPY   USE OF SCOPE TO VIEW INSIDE JOINT  
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ARTHROTOMY   INCISION INTO A JOINT  
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ARTICULAR   PERTAINS TO A JOINT  
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ASPIRTATION   USE OF A NEEDLE AND A SYRINGE TO WITHDRAW FLUID  
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ATROPHY   WASTING AWAY  
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BUNION   HALLUX VALGUS, ABNORMAL INCREASE IN SIZE OF METATARSAL HEAD THAT RESULTS IN DISPLACEMENT OF THE GREAT TOE.  
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BIRSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF BURSA (JOINT SAC)  
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CHONDRAL   REFERRING TO THE CARTILAGE  
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CLOSED FRACTURE REPAIR   NOT SURGICALLY OPENED WITH/WITHOUT MANIPULATION AND WITH/WITHOUT TRACTION  
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CLOSED TREATMENT   FRACTURE SITE THAT IS NOT SURGICALLY OPENED AND VISUALIZED.  
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COLLES'FRACTURE   FRACTURE AT LOWER END OF RADIUS THAT DISPLACES THE BONE POSTERIORLY.  
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DISLOCATION   PLACEMENT IN A LOCATIO OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION  
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ENDOSCOPY   INSPECTION OF BODY ORGANS OR CAVITIES USING A LIGHTED SCOPE THAT MAY BE INSERTED THROUGH AN EXISTING OPENING OR THROUGH A SMALL INCISION  
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FASCIECTOMY   REMOVAL OF THE BAND OF FIBRIOUS TISSUE  
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FISSURE   GROOVE  
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FRACTURE   BREAK IN A BONE  
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GANGLION   KNOT  
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INTERNAL/EXTERNAL FIXATION   APPLICATION OF PINS, WIRES, SCREWS, PLACED EXTERNALLY OR INTRNALLY TO IMMOBILIZE A BODY PART  
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KYPHOSIS   HUMPBACK  
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LAMINA   FLAT PLATE  
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LIGAMENT   FIBROUS BAND OF TISSUE THAT CONNECTS CARTILAGE OR BONE  
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LORDOSIS   ANTERIOR CURVE SPINE  
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LUMBODYNIA   PAIN IN THE LUMBAR AREA  
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LYSIS   RELEASING  
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MANIPULATION OR REDUCTION   ALIGNMENT OF A FRACTURE OR JOINT DISLOCATION TO NORMAL POSITION  
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OPEN FRACTURE REPAIR   SURGICAL OPENING (INCISION) OVER OR REMOTE OPENING AS ACESS TO A FRACTURE SITE  
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OSTEOARTHRITIS   DEGENERATIVE CONDITION OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE  
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OSTEOCLAST   ABSORBS OR REMOVES BONE  
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OSTEOTOMY CUTTING INTO BONE   CUTTING INTO BONE  
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PERCUTANEOUS FRACTURE REPAIR   REPAIR OF A FRACTURE BY MEANS OF PINS AND WIRES INSERTED THROUGH THE FRACTURE SITE  
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PRECUTANEOUS SKELETAL FIXATION   CONSIDERED NEITHER OPEN NOR CLOSED; THE FRACTURE IS NOT VISUALIZED BUT FIXATION IS PLACED ACROSS THE FRACTURE SITE UNDER X-RAY IMAGING  
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REDUCTION   REPLACEMENT TO NORMAL POSITION  
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SCOLIOSIS   LATERAL CURVE OF THE SPINE  
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SKELETAL TRACTION   APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE BY MEANS OF PINS AND/OR WIRES INSERTED INTO THE BONE  
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SKIN TRACTION   APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO BONE MEANS OF TAPE APPLIED TO THE SKIN  
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SYONDYLITIS   INFLAMMATION OF VERTEBRAE  
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SUBLUXATION   PARTIAL DISLOCATION  
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SUPINATION   SUPINE POSITION  
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SYNCHONDROSIS   UNION BETWEEN TWO BONES (CONNECTED BY CARTILAGE)  
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TENDON   ATTACHES A MUSCLE TO A BONE  
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TENODESIS   SUTURING OF A TENDON TO A BONE  
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TENORRHAPHY   SUTURE REPAIR OF TENDON  
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TRACTION   APPLICATION OF PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN NORMAL ALIGNMENT  
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TROCAR NEEDLE   NEEDLE WITH A TUBE ON THE END; USED TO PUNCTURE ANS WITHDRAW FLUID FROM A CAVITY  
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TUBULAR IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THESE BONES   LONG BONE  
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THESE BONES ARE FOUND NEAR JOINTS   SESAMOID  
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THE ZYGOMA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF BONE   IRREGULAR  
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THE DIAPHYSIS IS THIS PART OF THE BONE   SHAFT  
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WHICH IS NOT A PART OF THE CRANIUM   CONDYLE  
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THIS IS NOT AN EAR BONE   STYLOID  
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THIS TERM DESCRIBES THE GROWTH PLATE   EPIPHYSEAL  
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THIS IS A DEPRESSION ON THE LATERAL HIP SURFACE INTO WHICH THE HEAD OF FEMUR FITS   ACETABULUM  
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THE TIP OF THE ELBOW IS THE   OLECRANON  
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THIS TERM DESCRIBESAN IMMOVABLE JOINT   SYNARTHROSIS  
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A COMPOUND FRACTURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS A   OPEN, BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN  
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THIS IS A COMMON BONE DISORDER IN POSTMENTOPAUSAL WOMEN RESULTING FROM LOWER LEVELS OF CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM   OSTEOPOROSIS  
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THIS INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE AND LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN   ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS  
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THIS TYPE OF TUMOR ARISES FROM THE BONE CELL   OSTEOGENIC  
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THIS TYPE OF TUMOR IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MALIGNANT BONE TUMOR THAT OCCURS IN THOSE OVER 40 YEARS OF AGE   MULTIPLE MYELOMA  
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A GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION WITH AN ACCOMPANYING SKIN RASH IS   DERMATOMYOSITIS  
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A CARTILAGE TUMOR THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN MIDDLE-AGE AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS   CHONDROSARCOMA  
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THE RETURNING OF THE BONE TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT IS   IMMOBILIZATION  
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THE RESULT OF OVERUSE OR OVEREXTIONSION OF A LIGAMENT IS   SPRAIN  
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PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS   IDIOPATHIC (UNKNOW ORGIN)  
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OPEN (COMPOUND)FRACTURE   BROKEN BONE PENETRATES SKIN  
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CLOSED (SIMPLE) FRACTURE   BROKEN BONE DOES NOT PENETRATE SKIN  
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COMPLETE FRACTURE   BONE IS BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH  
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INCOMPLETE FRACTURE   BONE IS NOT BROKEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH  
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CLOSED REDUCTION   REALIGNMENT OF BONE FRAGMENTS BY MANIPULATION  
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IMMOBILIZATION   RETURNS TO NORMAL ALIGNMENT AND HOLDS IN PLACE  
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TRACTION   APPLICATION OF PULLING FORCE TO HOLD BONE IN ALIGNMENT  
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SKELETAL TRACTION   USES INTERNAL DEVICES SUCH AS PINS, SCREWS, AND WIRES  
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SKIN TRACTION   STRAPPING, ELASTIC WRAP, OR TAPE ATTACHED TO SKIN TO WHICH WEIGHTS ARE ATTACHED.  
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NONUNION   FAILURE OF BONE ENDS TO GROW TOGETHER  
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MALUNION   INCORRECT ALIGNMENT OF BONE ENDS  
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DELAYED UNION   DELAY OF BONE UNION 8 TO 9 MONTHS  
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BONE AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA IS CALLED   DISLOCATION  
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SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE USUALLY CAUSED BY TRAUMA TO TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS IS CALLED   SPRAINS OR A STRAIN  
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OSTEOMYELITIS   BONE INFECTION. USUALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA  
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OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS   SOFTENED ADULT BONES, WHILE RICKETS IS SOFTENED GROWING BONES IN CHILDREN. CAUSED BY VITAMIN D AND PHOSPHATE DEFICIENCY.  
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OSTEITIS DEFORMANS (PAGETS DISEASE)   ABNORMAL BONE REMODELING AND RESORPTION RESULTING IN ENLARGED, SOFT BONES. UNKNOWN CAUSE BUT STRONG GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS.  
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LORDOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS SWAYBACK   INWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE  
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KYPHOSIS ALSO KNOWN AS HUMPBACK   OUTWARD CURVATURE OF THE SPINE  
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SCOLIOSIS   LATERAL CURVATURE THE SPINE  
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SPINA BIFIDA   CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN WHICH VERTEBRAE DO NOT CLOSE CORRECTLY AROUND THE SPINAL CORD  
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BURSITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE BURSA (JOINT SAC)  
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ARTHRITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINTS  
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OSTEOARTHRITIS   DEGENERATIVE OR WEAR/TEAR.  
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DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (DJD)   CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS  
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RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS (RA)   INFLAMMATORY CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN JOINTS DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.  
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INFECTIOUS AND OR SEPTIC ARTHRITIS   INFECTIOUS PROCESS. USUALLY AFFECTS SINGLE JOINTS. LIME DISEASE  
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GOUT (GOUTY ARTHRITIS)   INFLAMMATORY,OFTEN AFFECTS THE JOINT OF THE GREAT TOE.  
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ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS)   INFLAMMATORY DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE. AFFECTS VERTEBRAL JOINTS AND INSERTION POINTS OF LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, AND JOINT CAPSULES. LEADS TO RIGID SPINAL COLUMN AND SACROILIAC JOINTS.  
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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY-FAMILIAL DISORDER   PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE MUSCLE DISORDER. MOST OFTEN AFFECTS BOYS  
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PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME   GENERALIZED ACHING AND PAIN, TENDER POINTS, FATIGUE, DEPRESSION. MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN  
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POLYMYOSITIS   GENERAL MUSCLE INFLAMMATION CAUSING WEAKNESS  
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DERMATOMYOSITIS   POLYMYOSITIS WITH RASH  
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OSTEOGENIC   BONE CELLS  
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CHONDROGENIC   CARTILAGE CELL  
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COLLAGENIC   FIBROUS TISSUE CELL  
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MYELOGENIC   MARROW CELL  
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OSTEOMA   BENIGN. ABNORMAL OUTGROWTH OF BONE  
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CHONDROBLASTOMA   RARE, USUALLY BENIGN  
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OSTEOSARCOMA   MALIGNANT TUMOR OF LONG BONES, USUALLY IN YOUNG ADULTS, TYPICALLY CAUSES BONE PAIN  
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MULTIPLE MYELOMA   MALIGNANT PLASMA CELLS IN SKELETAL SYSTEM AND SOFT TISSUE, PROGRESSIVE AND GENERALLY FATAL, USUALLY IN THOSE OVER 40  
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CHONDROSARCOMEA   MALIGNANT CARTILAGE TUMOR, USUALLY IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER PERSONS. LATE STAGES, SYMPOTOMS INCLUDE LOCAL W\SWELLING AND PAIN.  
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MUSCLE TUMORS   RARE..RHABDOMYOSARCOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE, INVASIVE CARCINOMA WITH WITH WIDESPREAD METASTASIS.  
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