Spring 23' Med Term Quiz 6

Question 1

Synovial

Answer 1

Freely moveable

Question 2

Nonsynovial

Answer 2

Not a lot of movement

Question 3

Flexion

Answer 3

Bending a limb at a joint

Question 4

Extension

Answer 4

Straightening a limb at a joint

Question 5

Abduction

Answer 5

moving a limb away from the midline of the body

Question 6

Adduction

Answer 6

Moving a limb towards the midline of the body

Question 7

Pronation

Answer 7

Turning the forearm so the palm is down

Question 8

Supination

Answer 8

Turning the forearm so the palm is up

Question 9

Circumduction

Answer 9

Moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder

Question 10

Inversion

Answer 10

Moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

Question 11

Eversion

Answer 11

Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

Question 12

Rotation

Answer 12

Moving the head around a central axis

Question 13

Protraction

Answer 13

Moving a body part forward and parallel to the ground

Question 14

Retraction

Answer 14

Moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground

Question 15

Elevation

Answer 15

Raising a body part

Question 16

Depression

Answer 16

Lowering a body part

Question 17

Medial

Answer 17

Towards the midline of the body

Question 18

Lateral

Answer 18

Away from the midline of the body

Question 19

Anterior

Answer 19

Towards the front

Question 20

Posterior

Answer 20

Towards the back

Question 21

Superior

Answer 21

Up

Question 22

Crepitation

Answer 22

An audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement

Question 23

Osteoporosis

Answer 23

A disease involving the loss if mineralized bone mass and leading to porous bone and thus increasing the risk of fractures

Question 24

Myalgia

Answer 24

Usually felt as cramping or aching

Question 25

Dislocation

Answer 25

Complete loss of contact between the two bones in a joint

Question 26

Subluxation

Answer 26

Two bones in a joint stay in contact but their alinement is off

Question 27

Contracture

Answer 27

Shortening of a muscle leading to limited ROM of joint

Question 28

Ankylosis

Answer 28

Stiffness or fixation of a joint

Question 29

Dermatome

Answer 29

Is circumscribed skin area that is supplied mainly from one spinal cord segment through a particular spinal nerve

Question 30

Syncope

Answer 30

is a sudden loss of strength, a temporary loss of consciousness (fainting), caused by lack of cerebral blood flow (ie low BP)

Question 31

Seizure

Answer 31

Occur with epilepsy, a paroxysmal disease characterized by altered or loss of consciousness, involuntary movements, and sensory disturbances

Question 32

Atrophy

Answer 32

Abnormally small muscles with a wasted appearance, occurs with disease, injury, LMN disease such as polio and diabetic neuropathy

Question 33

Analgesia

Answer 33

absent pain sensation

Question 34

Anesthesia

Answer 34

absent touch sensation

Question 35

Kinesthesia

Answer 35

a persons ability to perceive passive movements of the extremities

Question 36

Asterognosis

Answer 36

Inability to identify objects correctly

Question 37

Hyperreflexia

Answer 37

Is the exaggerated reflex seen when the monosynaptic reflex arc is released from the usually inhibiting influence of higher cortical levels

Question 38

Hyporeflexia

Answer 38

Which is the absence of a reflex, a lower motor neuron problem

Question 39

Clonus

Answer 39

Muscle spasm

Question 40

H2O

Answer 40

Water

Question 41

ac

Answer 41

before meals

Question 42

pc

Answer 42

after meals

Question 43

ABC

Answer 43

airway, breathing, circulation

Question 44

NPO

Answer 44

nothing by mouth

Question 45

PO

Answer 45

by mouth

Question 46

A&O

Answer 46

alert and oriented

Question 47

LOC

Answer 47

level of consciousness