Musculoskeltal/ Upper Limb and Hip (Lab 22)

Question 1

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

Answer 1

abduction

Question 2

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

Answer 2

adduction

Question 3

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

Answer 3

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 4

inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain and frequenty, changes in structure

Answer 4

arthritis

Question 5

any disease affecting a joint

Answer 5

arthropathy

Question 6

joint affection caused by trophic degeneration

Answer 6

arthrosis

Question 7

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

Answer 7

bursitis

Question 8

pressure on the median nerve at the point at which it goes through the carpal tunnel of the wrist

Answer 8

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 9

a crinkly crackling, grating feeling or sound in the joints, skin, or lungs; the quality of sound is simulated by Rice Crispies in milk; the quality of touch is somewhat simulated by rubbing hair between fingers

Answer 9

crepitus

Question 10

contracture of palmar fascia causing the ring and little fingers to bend into the palm so that they can not be extended

Answer 10

dupuytren’s contracture

Question 11

turning outward

Answer 11

eversion

Question 12

a painful nonarticular condition that leads to diffuse musculoskeletal discomfort

Answer 12

fibromyalgia

Question 13

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

Answer 13

gibbus

Question 14

apparatus to measure joint movements and angles

Answer 14

goniometer

Question 15

turning inward

Answer 15

inversion

Question 16

an increased convex curvature of the thoracic spine

Answer 16

kyphosis

Question 17

an increased concave curvature of the lumbar spine

Answer 17

lordosis

Question 18

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

Answer 18

osteoarthritis

Question 19

an infection of the bone

Answer 19

osteomyelitis

Question 20

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

Answer 20

osteoporosis

Question 21

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

Answer 21

polydactyly

Question 22

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

Answer 22

pronation

Question 23

dislocation injury of the elbow

Answer 23

radial head subluxation (nursemaid’s elbow)

Question 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

Answer 24

soliosis

Question 25

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

Answer 25

simian

Question 26

the act of turning of the hand so the palm faces upward

Answer 26

supination

Question 27

a congenital condition that results in the fusion of digits of the hand and foot

Answer 27

syndactyly

Question 28

inflammation of a tendon

Answer 28

tendonitis

Question 29

inflammation of a sheath of a tendon or the tendon

Answer 29

tenosynovitis