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| kinesi/o, -kinesia (root/suffix) |
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| bones of the fingers and toes |
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| spondyl/o, vertebr/o (root) |
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| movement away from the midline of the body |
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| movement toward the midline of the body |
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| movement in a circular direction from a central point |
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| backward bending as of the hand or foot |
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| movement that brings the limb into a straight position |
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| bending the sole of the foot or pointing the toes downward |
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| to turn downward or backward as with the hand or foot |
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| moving around a central axis |
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| turning the palm or foot upward |
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| simple fracture with no open wound |
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| break in the distal end of the radius (wrist) |
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| comminuted fracture (term) |
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| break in which the bone is crushed or splintered |
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| compression fracture (term) |
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| fracture or break caused by a squeezing or opposing force; loss of height in a vertebra due to disease or trauma |
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| greenstick fracture (term) |
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| incomplete break; one side of the bone is broken and the other is bent |
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| break where one bone fragment is pushed or driven into another |
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| break is at an angle to the bone |
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| skin is broken through the fracture; bone protrudes through the skin |
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| fracture of the distal end of the fibula |
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| break is S-shaped, usually caused by twisting injury |
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| transverse fracture (term) |
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| break is straight across the bone at a right angle to the long axis of the bone |
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| joint with little movement |
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| having to do with something attached |
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| straight line through a physical body |
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| saclike connective structure found in some joints; protects moving parts from friction |
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| dense flexible connective tissue |
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| adjective describing the vertebrae in the neck region; also used in connection with the uterus |
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| the tailbone, made up of the four fused vertebrae at the base of the spinal column |
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| collectively, the frontal bone, the parietal bones, the temporal bones, and the occipital bone |
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| synonym for synovial joint |
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| inner membrane layer of the bone |
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| one of the six main cranial bones |
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| the long bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
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| one of the three bones fused together to form the hip bone |
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| one of the three bones fused together to form the hip bone |
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| adjective describing the vertebrae (L1-L5) in the lower spinal column |
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| bony protrusion on either side of the ankle (medial and lateral) |
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| the bone above the upper teeth |
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| one of the five bones extending from the wrist to the first knuckle in each hand |
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| the bones between the tarsals and the phalanges of the foot |
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| membrane that surrounds the outside of the bone |
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| one of the three bones fused together to form the hip bone |
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| one of the two bones extending from the elbow to the wrist |
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| bone formed from five vertebrae fused together near the base of the spinal column |
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| in the skeletal system, a fibrous membrane joining bones, especially the cranial bones |
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| the bone in the ankle that articulates with the tibia and fibula |
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| the bones of the sole of the foot |
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| instep or sole of the foot; collectively, the seven bones making up the bottom of the foot |
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| one of the two bones extending from the elbow to the wrist |
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| one of the 33 segments making up the spinal column |
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| bony, daggerlike structure at the lower end of the sternum |
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| inflammation of cartilage in a joint |
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| disintegration of a joint |
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| carpal tunnel syndrome (term) |
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| condition characterized by wrist pain, often occurring during sleep |
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| malignant tumor arising from the cartilage |
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| protrusion of a fragmented intervertebral disc in the intervertebral foramen with potential compression of a nerve |
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| humpback; anteriorly concave curvature of the thoracic and sacral region of the spin |
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| swayback; abnormal anteriorly convex curvature of the lumbar part of the spine |
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| abnormally low bone density |
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| highly malignant tumor of the bone |
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| disease due to vitamin D deficiency characterized by deficient calcification and soft bones associated with skeletal deformities |
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| lateral curvature of the spine |
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| the medical specialty concerned with the development, preservation, restoration, and function of the musculoskeletal system |
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| field of specialty that deals with joints and connective tissue disorders |
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| removing fluid from a joint |
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| examination of the interior of a joint |
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| X-ray of the spinal column using contrast medium |
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| correcting a fracture by realigning the bone pieces |
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| using elastics or pulley and weights to maintain alignment; a pulling or dragging force exerted on a limb in a distal direction |
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| surgical incision into a joint |
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| suturing together the parts of a broken bone |
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| excision of part of the wrist |
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