Crossword

Question 1

Membrane covering of the bone

Answer 1

periosteum

Question 2

what EMG stands for

Answer 2

Electromyography

Question 3

fluid-filled cyst arising from a tendon or joint capsule in the wrist

Answer 3

ganglion

Question 4

posterior curvature in the thoracic spine

Answer 4

kyphosis

Question 5

anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Answer 5

lordosis

Question 6

surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint space

Answer 6

arthrocentesis

Question 7

cord-like tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone, allowing the muscle to pull on the bone

Answer 7

tendon

Question 8

knock knee is genu what?

Answer 8

valgum

Question 9

long, fibrous strap that fastens a bone to another bone

Answer 9

ligament

Question 10

combing form for the lilum

Answer 10

ilio

Question 11

a muscle that moves a limb sideways away from the body

Answer 11

abductor

Question 12

stiff neck, with head drawn to one side due to a muscular contraction

Answer 12

torticollis

Question 13

nodes at the distal phalangeal joints of fingers

Answer 13

heberdens

Question 14

bone pain

Answer 14

osteodynia

Question 15

surgical repair of a muscle

Answer 15

myoplasty

Question 16

displacement of a bone from its joint

Answer 16

dislocation

Question 17

abnormal swelling of a metatarsophalangeal joint due to ill-fitting shoes

Answer 17

bunion

Question 18

fracture at the lower end of the radious near the wrist joint with deplacement of the distal fragment dorsally

Answer 18

colles

Question 19

section of necrotic bone that has separates from healthy bone

Answer 19

sequestrum

Question 20

cell which makes a new bone & repairs bone damage

Answer 20

osteoblast

Question 21

combing form for a striated muscle

Answer 21

rhabdomyo

Question 22

type of joint that allows movement in one direction

Answer 22

hinge