7/26/2019 Terms to Know for Clinical Medicine

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Terms to know for PCM2 MT

Fibrillation:An irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poorblood flow.

Creptation: a crackling sound made in breathing by a person with an inflamedlung, detected using a stethoscope.

Joint play: The term joint play refers to the small amount of movement in asynovialjointthat is independent of voluntary muscle movement, whereasjointcentration describes the optimal alignment ofjoints. Loss ofjointplayand/orjointcentration is often initially epressed by periodic twinges of painor discomfort.AdaptationOsteosclerosis:is a type of osteopetrosis that involves abnormal hardening of

bone and an elevation in bone density.

Eburnation: tickened sclerotic and polised i!ory like bone "boneproliferation#describes a degenerative process of bone commonly found in patients withosteoarthritis or non!union of fractures. "t is an ivory!like reaction of bone

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