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Chapter 4 Musculoskeletal

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flexion   When a joint bends  
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extension   when a joint straightens  
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Abduction   the widening of the joint to move parts away from the body  
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Adduction   the joint narrows to bring parts back to the body.  
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tendon (ten/o, tend/o)   Connective tissue that connects muscle to bone  
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Ligaments   Hold bone to bone  
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Cartilage (chondr/o)   Surrounds the bone at the joints and allows smooth movement among them.  
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Bursa (burs/o)   sacs of fluid that lie under tendons  
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Cranio   head, skull  
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phalanges   the bones of the fingers and toes  
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radius and ulna   the two bones of the forearm  
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4 sections of the spine   the neck (cervical); chest/upper back (thoracic); lower back (lumbar and sacral )  
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Vertebrae   small bones that line the spine and protect your spinal cord  
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Osteocytes   bone cells  
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epiphysis   the end of the bone  
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epiphyseal plate   aka Growth Plate: Lies in the metaphysis (the area between the end of the bone and the long shaft of the bone).  
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Diaphysis   the long shaft portion of a bone  
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-physis   Growth  
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oste/o   bone  
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osteopathy   bone disease  
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brachi/o   arm  
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dactyl/o   finger or toe  
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cervic/o   neck  
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spondyl   vertebra  
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cost/o   rib  
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lumbar   of, relating to, or constituting the loins or the vertebrae between the thoracic vertebrae and sacrum  
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tibi/o   tibia (shinbone)  
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tars/o   ankle  
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(arthr/o)   joint  
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fascia   fibrous connective tissue binding muscles together  
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(muscul/o, my/o, myos/o)   muscle  
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myopathy   a disorder (disease) of the muscle tissue or muscles  
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paresis   slight or partial paralysis  
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plegia   complete paralysis  
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tone, tension (ton/o)   the built -in strength of your muscles  
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(kinesi/o)   movement, motion  
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kinesiology   the study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement  
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hyperkinesia   abnormally increased and sometimes uncontrollable activity or muscular movements  
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tax/o   arrangement, order, coordination  
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ataxia   an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is symptomatic of some central nervous system disorders and injuries and not due to muscle weakness  
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