Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• PED 477
• Spring 2009

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Glossary of Terms

• Directional
• Anterior/Posterior
• Lateral/Medial
• Proximal/Distal
• Dorsal/Ventral
• Superior/Inferior
• Cranial/Caudal
• Ipsilateral/Contralateral
• Bilateral
• Deep/Superficial

• Planar
• Saggital
• Coronal
• Frontal
• Transverse
• rotation about which axes?

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Planes
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Movement Terms

• General
• Flexion/Extension
• Abduction/Adduction
• Circumduction
• Internal/External
• Rotation
• Medial / Lateral

• Joint Specific
• Dorsiflexion / Plantarflexion
• Inversion / Eversion
• Ulnar / Radial Deviation
• Pronation / Supination
• Lateral flexion

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Roots

• Arthro
• Osteo
• Tendin
• Myo
• Neuro
• Hemo
• Iso

• oma
• itis
• trophy
• pathy
• metric
• tonic
• kinetic

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General Terms

• acute
• chronic
• active
• passive

• Lesion
• laceration
• contusion
• hematoma
• sprain
• strain
• fracture
• syndrome

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Injury Evaluation Terms

• Etiology study of cause of disease
• Mechanism describes the cause of injury
• Pathology cause, development, functional
  changes
• Prognosis probable course or progress
• Sequela condition resulting from injury
• Syndrome accumulation of S/Sx

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Introduction to Evaluation

• History
• Observation
• Palpation
• Special Tests

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Introduction to Evaluation

• S O A P note
• Subjective
• History
• Objective
• Inspection
• Observation
• Palpation
• Special Tests
• Assessment
• Plan

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History Taking

• Goals
• Determine mechanism of injury
• Localize pain
• Chief complaint

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History Questions

• Why
• Where
• How
• Sounds
• Sensations
• Location

• Most/least Comfortable
• Type of pain
• Rate pain
• What hurts
• What feels better
• Pre-existing conditions