Building a medical vocabulary
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| Diaphysis | The long shaft of the bone
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| Epiphysis | Either end of a long bone
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| Anomaly | Is a deviation from what is regarded as normal, especially Asa result of congenital defects
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| Another name for joint | Articular
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| Atrophy | Means a decreased in size of an organ ,or tissue
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| Axial | The skull, spinal column, sternum, and rib
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| Appendicular | free appendages and their attachments
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| Periosteum | a tough fibrous membrane that surrounds a bone
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| Voluntary Muscle | it is voluntary has a conscious control over movement
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| Involuntary Muscle | Means it is not voluntary, or not under our conscious control
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| Orthopedics | is the branch of medicine that specializes in the prevention and correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
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| Pertaining to the Vertebrae | Vertebral
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| Pertaining to the lower back | Lumbar vertebrae
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| Referring to the sacrum | sacral vertebrae
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| Flexion | the act of bending; being bent
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| Extension | the movement by which the ends of a jointed part are pulled away from each other; a movement that brings the members of a limb into or tward a straight condition
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| Adduction | the act of drawing toward the median plane
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| Abduction | the act of drawing away from the median plane
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| Flexors | any muscle that flexes a joint
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| Extensors | any muscle that extends a joint
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| Sondylitis | inflammation of the vertebrae
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| Scoliosis | is lateral curvature of the spine,
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| Ossification | is the formation of bone or a bony substance
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| Calciuria | calcium in the urine
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| Bones of the ankle | Tarsals
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| Bones of the wrist | carpals
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| Bones that connect wrist bones to the phalanges | Metacarpals
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| A condition in which the joints are stiff | Ankylosis
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| Ankylosis | Immobility of a joint
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| Muscle weakness | Myasthenia
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| Why are some ribs called floating ribs | there are the last two pair of false ribs, called floating ribs, are attached only on the posterior aspect
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| closed fractures | incomplete, simple complete, simple
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| Open fractures | Compound
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| Myasthenia | muscle weekness
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| Tail Bone | Coccyx
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