musculoskeletal medical terminology
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| appendage | any body part attached to the main structure
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| articulation | place of union between two or more bones, also called a joint
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| cancellous | spongy or pourous structure, as found on the end of long bones
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| cruciate ligaments | ligaments that cross each other forming an X within the notch between the femoral condyles
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| hematopoiesis | production and development on blood cells, normally in the bone marrow
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| adduction | moves closer to the midline
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| abduction | moves away from the midline
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| flexion | decreases the angle of a joint
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| extension | increases the angle of a joint
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| rotation | moves a bone around its own axis
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| pronation | turns the palm down
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| suplination | turns the palm up
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| inversion | moves the sole of the foot inward
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| eversion | moves the sole of the food outward
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| dorsiflexion | elevates the foot
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| plantar flexion | lowers the foot (points the toe)
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| ankyl- | stiffness; bent, crooked
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| arthr- | joint
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| kyph- | humpback
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| lamin- | lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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| lord- | curve, swayback
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| myel- | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| orth- | straight
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| oste- | bone
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| ped- | foot; child
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| scoli- | crooked, bent
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| thorac- | chest
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| acromi- | acromion (projection of the scapula)
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| brachi- | arm
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| calcane- | calcaneum (heel bone)
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