MT11 Muscular System

Question 1

herni

Answer 1

Rupture or hernia or protrusion

Question 2

phas

Answer 2

Speech

Question 3

phag

Answer 3

Ingestion or eating or swallowing

Question 4

my. myos. Muscul

Answer 4

Muscle

Question 5

paresis

Answer 5

Partial paralysis or weakness

Question 6

plegia

Answer 6

Paralysis

Question 7

plasty

Answer 7

Reconstruction of reshaping or repair

Question 8

rrhaphy

Answer 8

Repair by stitch or suture

Question 9

tetra

Answer 9

Four

Question 10

quadr

Answer 10

Four

Question 11

dys

Answer 11

Difficult or painful or abnormal

Question 12

Myalgia

Answer 12

Muscular pain

Question 13

Inflammation of muscles

Answer 13

Myositis

Question 14

Hernioplasty

Answer 14

Reconstruction of a prolapse of an organ

Question 15

Muscle disease

Answer 15

Myopathy

Question 16

-trophy

Answer 16

Growth or development or nourishment

Question 17

Atrophy

Answer 17

Wastage of an organ

Question 18

Dystrophy

Answer 18

Degeneration of organs or abnormal development of organs

Question 19

Example of an organ which may suffer from atrophy

Answer 19

Heart cardiac atrophy

Question 20

Example of an organ which may suffer from dystrophy

Answer 20

Muscles muscular dystrophy

Question 21

Example of an organ which may suffer from hypertrophy

Answer 21

Liver – hepatic hypertrophy

Question 22

Monoplegia

Answer 22

Paralysis of one limb

Question 23

Monoparesis

Answer 23

Weakness or partial paralysis in one limb

Question 24

-paresis

Answer 24

Weakness or partial paralysis

Question 25

Paraplegia

Answer 25

Paralysis of the lower limbs

Question 26

Paraparesis

Answer 26

Weakness or partial paralysis of the lower limbs

Question 27

Hemiplegia

Answer 27

Paralysis in one side of the body

Question 28

Hemiparesis

Answer 28

Weakness or partial paralysis in one side of the body

Question 29

Quadriplegia

Answer 29

Paralysis of all four limbs

Question 30

Tetraparesis

Answer 30

Weakness or partial paralysis in all four limbs

Question 31

Thrombosis

Answer 31

Formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel

Question 32

Embolism

Answer 32

A travelling particle of fat, air or a blood clot in a blood vessel

Question 33

Haemorrhage

Answer 33

Bleeding

Question 34

Atherosclerosis

Answer 34

Hardening of an artery

Question 35

Hypertension

Answer 35

High blood pressure

Question 36

Dysrhythmias

Answer 36

Abnormal heart rhythm

Question 37

Hypotension

Answer 37

Low blood pressure

Question 38

Hypertrophy

Answer 38

Enlargement of an organ with its own tissue

Question 39

Contraceptives

Answer 39

Devices or drugs to prevent pregnancy

Question 40

Cerebral

Answer 40

Pertaining to the brain

Question 41

Aphasia

Answer 41

Inability to speak or absence of speech

Question 42

Dysphasia

Answer 42

Difficulty in speaking

Question 43

Dysphagia

Answer 43

Difficulty in swallowing

Question 44

Ischaemic

Answer 44

Pertaining to or relating to a deficient blood supply to part of the body

Question 45

Tumour

Answer 45

Abnormal growth of tissue

Question 46

Hydrocephalus

Answer 46

Fluid on the brain

Question 47

Oedema

Answer 47

Excessive accumulation of fluid in the body tissues

Question 48

Microvascular

Answer 48

Relating to or pertaining to the smallest blood vessels