Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Movement of limbs toward the lateral plane or away from the axial line of a limb

Question 2

Adduction

Answer 2

Movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or toward the axial line of the limb

Question 3

Ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 3

Hereditary chronic inflammatory disease, initially affecting the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints

Question 4

Arthritis

Answer 4

Inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain and frequently changes in structure

Question 5

Arthropathy

Answer 5

Any disease affecting a joint

Question 6

Arthrosis

Answer 6

Joint affection caused by trophic degeneration

Question 7

Bursitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of a bursa, especially those located between bony prominences and muscle or tendon

Question 8

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Answer 8

Pressure on the median nerve at the point at which it goes through the carpel tunnel of the wrist

Question 9

Crepitus

Answer 9

Crinkly cracking, grating feeling or sound in the joints, skin, or lungs; quality of sound is simulated by Rice Krispies in milk; quality of touch is somewhat simulated by rubbing hair between fingers

Question 10

Dupuytren’s contracture

Answer 10

Contracture of palmar fascia causing the ring and little fingers to bend into the palm so that they cannot be extended

Question 11

Eversion

Answer 11

Turning outward

Question 12

Fibromyalgia

Answer 12

Painful, nonarticular condition that leads to diffuse musculoskeletal discomfort

Question 13

Gibbus

Answer 13

Sharp, angular deformity associated with a collapsed vertebra due to osteoporosis

Question 14

Goniometer

Answer 14

Apparatus to measure joint movements and angles

Question 15

Inversion

Answer 15

Turning inward

Question 16

Kyphosis

Answer 16

Increased convex curvature of the thoracic spine

Question 17

Lordosis

Answer 17

Increased concave curvature of the lumbar spine

Question 18

Osteoarthritis

Answer 18

Deterioration of the articular cartilage covering bone ends in the synovial joints

Question 19

Osteomyelitis

Answer 19

Infection of the bone

Question 20

Osteoporosis

Answer 20

Decrease of bone mass that occurs due to bone resorption that is more rapid than bone deposition

Question 21

Polydactyly

Answer 21

Condition of either the hand or foot which results in more than five digits

Question 22

Pronation

Answer 22

Act of turning the hand so the palm faces downward or backward

Question 23

Radial head subluxation (nursemaid’s elbow)

Answer 23

Dislocation injury of the elbow

Question 24

Scoliosis

Answer 24

Lateral curvature of the spine; depending on the etiology, there may be one curve, or primary and secondary compensatory curves; scoliosis may be “fixed” as a result of muscle and/or bone deformity or “mobile” as a result of unequal muscle contraction

Question 25

Simian

Answer 25

A single crease extending across the palm which is associated with Down syndrome

Question 26

Supination

Answer 26

Act of turning the hand so the palm faces upward

Question 27

Syndactyly

Answer 27

Congenital condition that results in the fusion of digits of the hand or foot

Question 28

Tendonitis

Answer 28

Inflammation of a tendon

Question 29

Tenosynovitis

Answer 29

Inflammation of a sheath of a tendon or the tendon