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| Anterior. Pertaining to the front. |
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| Anteroposterior. From front to back |
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| Inferior. Pertaining to downward. |
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| Lateral. Pertaining to the side. |
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| Posteroanterior. From back to front. |
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| Positron Emission Tomography |
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| Posterior. Pertaining to back |
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| Superior. Pertaining to upward. |
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| Action. Function of a muscle |
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| Closed Reduction. non-invasive alignment and immobilization of broken bones. |
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| Closed Reduction External Fixation. |
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| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. compression of medial nerve at the wrist. |
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| Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. measures bone density at hip and spine. |
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| Distal Interphalangeal Joint |
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Degenerative Joint Disease.
Aka. osteoarthritis |
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| Electromyography. Recording of electrical muscle activity. |
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| Insertion. Bone that does move at the end of muscle attachment farthest from the trunk. |
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| Muscular Dystrophy. Group of disorders. Inherited progressive atrophy of muscle w/o neural involvement |
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| Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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| Non-Steroidal antiinflammatory drugs |
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| Origin. Bone at the end of muscle attachment nearest to trunk and doesn't move. |
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| Osteoarthritis. Articular cartilage degeneration and wearing down of bone edges at a joint |
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| Open Reduction. requires incision to realign/immobilize a broken bone. |
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| Open Reduction Internal Fixation |
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| Proximal interphalangeal joint |
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| rheumatoid Arthritis. Inflammatory joint disease |
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