Musculoskeletal System - Subjective terms

Question 1

ostalgia, ostealgia, osteodynia

Answer 1

pain in the bone

Question 2

arthralgia, arthrodynia

Answer 2

pain in a joint

Question 3

tenalgia

Answer 3

pain in the tendon

Question 4

myalgia, myodynia

Answer 4

pain in the muscle

Question 5

atrophy

Answer 5

the process of muscle wasting away

Question 6

hypertrophy

Answer 6

over development of muscle

Question 7

ankylosis

Answer 7

stiff or bent joint

Question 8

crepitus

Answer 8

crackling sound when the joint is bent

Question 9

hypotonia

Answer 9

decrease in normal muscle tone or tension

Question 10

hypertonia

Answer 10

increase in muscle tone and cases movement to be stiff or overly forceful

Question 11

dystaxia, ataxia

Answer 11

poor cordination

Question 12

bradykinesia

Answer 12

slow movement

Question 13

genu valgum

Answer 13

knock-kneed, the condition when the knees are too close together under the hips

Question 14

genu varum

Answer 14

bow-legged, the condition when the knees are aligned too far apart under the hips

Question 15

myasthenia

Answer 15

muscle weakness

Question 16

graphospasm

Answer 16

writer’s cramp

Question 17

myasthenia gravis

Answer 17

muscle weakness particularly in the muscles of the eyes and speech