Musculoskeletal

Question 1

Arthralgia

Answer 1

Pain in a joint

Question 2

Arthritis

Answer 2

Inflammation of the joints

Question 3

Atrophic

Answer 3

Showing signs of tissue degradation or breakdown

Question 4

Avulsion fracture

Answer 4

Fragment of bone chipped away from the main bone

Question 5

Bony tenderness

Answer 5

Tenderness of the bone indicative of a fracture

Question 6

Boxer’s fracture

Answer 6

5th metacarpal fracture

Question 7

Comminuted fracture

Answer 7

Splintered and crushed bone broken into multiple fragments

Question 8

Compartment syndrome

Answer 8

Compression of the nerves and blood vessels

Question 9

Compound fracture

Answer 9

Open fracture; a fracture that penetrates the skin

Question 10

Costochondritis

Answer 10

Inflammation of the rib cartilage

Question 11

Deformity

Answer 11

Visual abnormality of a bone or anatomical structure

Question 12

Dislocation

Answer 12

Disconnected joint; completed misalignment of the joint

Question 13

Fascia

Answer 13

Fibrous membrane of connective tissue supporting and separating muscles and body organs

Question 14

Fracture

Answer 14

Broken bone

Question 15

Gout

Answer 15

Type of arthritis, diagnosed by ordering a uric acid level

Question 16

Greenstick fracture

Answer 16

Bone partially breaks and bends

Question 17

Impacted fracture

Answer 17

Broken bone smashed into another bone

Question 18

Intertrochanteric fracture

Answer 18

Fracture at the proximal end of the femur

Question 19

Joint

Answer 19

Articulation or junction between two or more bones or cartilage

Question 20

Ligament

Answer 20

Fibrous tissue binding bones together

Question 21

Malleolus

Answer 21

Boney prominence on each side of the ankle

Question 22

Multiple sclerosis

Answer 22

Autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord

Question 23

Myalgia

Answer 23

Muscular pain

Question 24

Olecranon

Answer 24

Large boney project of the ulna forming the point of the elbow

Question 25

Osteomyelitis

Answer 25

Bone infection

Question 26

Paraspinal tenderness

Answer 26

Tenderness of the muscle besides the spine, not indicative of a fracture

Question 27

Radiculopathy

Answer 27

Compressed nerve in the spine

Question 28

Sciatic

Answer 28

Compression of the sciatic nerve causing back pain with radiation to posterior leg

Question 29

Shaft

Answer 29

Long slender segment o long bone

Question 30

Straight leg raises

Answer 30

SLR; maneuver testing for sciatica

Question 31

Snuff box

Answer 31

Triangular indentation of the radial dorsal aspect of the hand

Question 32

Spiral fracture

Answer 32

Bone is broken in a twisting manner

Question 33

Step-offs

Answer 33

Misalignment of the spine indicative of a spinal fracture

Question 34

Subluxation

Answer 34

Partial dislocation

Question 35

Tenosynovitis

Answer 35

Inflammation of the tendon sheath

Question 36

Transverse fracture

Answer 36

Perpendicular break across the bone

Question 37

Vertebral point-tenderness

Answer 37

Tenderness directly over the spine (vertebrae), increased likelihood of fracture