Muscoskeletal

Cards (33)

  • Abduction
    Moving away from midline of the body
  • Adduction
    Moving toward midline of the body
  • Circumduction
    Circular motion
  • Inversion
    Moving inward
  • Eversion
    Moving outward
  • Extension
    Straightening the extremity at the joint and increasing the angle of the joint
  • Hyperextension
    Joint bends greater than 180 degrees
  • Flexion
    Bending the extremity at the joint and decreasing the angle of the joint
  • Dorsiflexion
    Toes draw upward to ankle
  • Plantar flexion
    Toes point away from ankle
  • Pronation
    Turning or facing downward
  • Supination
    Turning or facing upward
  • Protraction
    Moving forward
  • Retraction
    Moving backward
  • Rotation
    Turning of a bone on its own long axis
  • Internal rotation
    Turning of a bone toward the center of the body
  • External rotation
    Turning of a bone away from the center of the body
  • Scoliosis
    Lateral curvature of the spine
  • Lordosis
    Anterior curvature of the spine
  • Kyphosis
    Posterior curvature of the spine
  • Protade
    Push out
  • Retract
    Pull in
  • Anatomic Snuff Box
    Hollow area on the back of the wrists
  • Genu valgum
    Knees turn in "knock knee"
  • Genu varum
    Knees turn out "bowed leg"
  • Pes planus
    Flat feet and has no arch
  • Pes varus
    Toes point in
  • Pes valgus
    Toes point out
  • Hallux valgus
    Lateral deviation of the great toe
  • Hammer toe
    Overlapping of the second toe due to hyperextension of metatarso-phalangeal joints
  • Plantar warts or Verruca vulgaris
    Seen under callus appearing as tiny dark spot
  • Corn
    Painful thickenings of the skin over the prominence
  • Callus
    Non-painful thickening of the skin over the pressure points