Chapter 14: Disease and Disorder Terms (No Word Parts)

Question 1

muscular dystrophy

Answer 1

group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscles and weakness

Question 2

exostosis

Answer 2

abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone

Question 3

ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 3

form of arthritis that first affects the spine and adjacent structures and cause a forward bend of the spine

Question 4

myasthenia gravis

Answer 4

chronic disease characterized by muscle weakness and thought to be caused by a defect in the transmission of impulses from nerve to muscle cell

Question 5

herniated disk

Answer 5

rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage

Question 6

rheumatiod arthritis

Answer 6

chronic systemic disease characterized by autoimmune inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body

Question 7

carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 7

common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve

Question 8

spondlyolithesis

Answer 8

forward slipping of one vertebra over the other

Question 9

gout

Answer 9

disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints

Question 10

osteoporosis

Answer 10

abnormal loss of bone density

Question 11

fracture

Answer 11

broken bone

Question 12

Lyme disease

Answer 12

infection caused by a bite from an infected deer tick

Question 13

bunion

Answer 13

abnormal prominence of the joint at the base of the great toe, the metatarsal-phalangeal joint

Question 14

spinal stenosis

Answer 14

narrowing of the spinal canal with compression of nerve roots

Question 15

plantar fasciitis

Answer 15

inflammation of the connective tissue of the sole of the foot

Question 16

Colles fracture

Answer 16

type of wrist fracture, occurs at the distal end of the radius, the distal fragment being displaced backward