Tissue Healing Vocab

Question 1

Acute

Answer 1

Sudden onset and short duration

Question 2

Atrophy

Answer 2

wasting away of tissue or of an organ; decrease in the size of a body part or muscle

Question 3

Bending

Answer 3

force on a horizontal beam or bone that places stresses within the structure, causing it to bend or strain

Question 4

Bursae

Answer 4

pieces of synovial membrane that contain a small amount of fluid

Question 5

Buritis

Answer 5

inflammation of bursae at sites of bony prominences between muscle and tendon such as those of the shoulder and knee

Question 6

Chronic

Answer 6

long onset and long duration

Question 7

clonic

Answer 7

alternating involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation in quick succession

Question 8

closed fracture

Answer 8

little or no movement or displacement of the broken bones

Question 9

compression

Answer 9

force that crushes tissue

Question 10

contracture

Answer 10

abnormal shortening of muscle tissue in which there is a great deal of resistance to passive stretch

Question 11

contusion

Answer 11

compression of sort tissue that results in bleeding into surrounding tissues.

Question 12

crepitus

Answer 12

a crackling feel or sound

Question 13

deformation

Answer 13

change in shape of a tissue

Question 14

delayed onset muscle soreness

Answer 14

syndrome of delayed muscle pain leading to increased muscle tension, swelling, and stiffness and to resistance to stretching

Question 15

diastasis

Answer 15

seperation of articulating bones

Question 16

dislocation

Answer 16

a bone is forced out of alignment and stays out until surgically or manually replaced or reduced

Question 17

ecchymosis

Answer 17

black-and-blue skin discoloration caused by hemorrhage

Question 18

edema

Answer 18

swelling as a result of the collection of fluid in connective tissue

Question 19

elasticity

Answer 19

property that allows a tissue to return to normal following deformation

Question 20

hematoma

Answer 20

blood tumor

Question 21

load

Answer 21

outside force or forces acting on tissue

Question 22

mechanical failure

Answer 22

elastic limits of tissue are exceeded, causing tissue to break

Question 23

mechanical injury

Answer 23

force or mechanical energy is that which changes the state of rest or uniform motion of matter

Question 24

muscle cramps

Answer 24

involuntary muscle contractions

Question 25

muscle guarding

Answer 25

muscle contraction in response to pain

Question 26

myoitis ossifications

Answer 26

myositis marked by ossification of muscles

Question 27

neuritis

Answer 27

inflammation of a nerve

Question 28

neuropraxia

Answer 28

interruption in conduction of an impulse down the nerve

Question 29

open fracture

Answer 29

overlaying skin is lacerated by protruding bone fragments

Question 30

oesteoarthritis

Answer 30

chronic disease involving joints in which there is destruction of articular or hyaline cartilage and bony overgrowth

Question 31

osteoclasts

Answer 31

cells that resorb bone

Question 32

osteoblasts

Answer 32

bone-producing cells

Question 33

shearing

Answer 33

force that moves across the parallel organization of the tissue

Question 34

sprain

Answer 34

the movement of a joint beyond its normal limits or planes of movement caused by stress

Question 35

stiffness

Answer 35

ability of a tissue to resist a load

Question 36

strain

Answer 36

extent of deformation of tissue under loading

Question 37

stress

Answer 37

the internal reaction of resistance to an external load

Question 38

subluxation

Answer 38

partial or incomplete dislocation of an articulation

Question 39

tendinitis

Answer 39

inflammation of a tendon

Question 40

tendinosis

Answer 40

breakdown of a tendon without inflammation

Question 41

tendon

Answer 41

touch band of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Question 42

tenosynovitis

Answer 42

inflammation of a tendon synovial sheath

Question 43

tension

Answer 43

force that pulls or stretches tissue

Question 44

tonic

Answer 44

type of msucle contraction characterized by constant contraction that lasts for a period of time

Question 45

torsion

Answer 45

act or state of being twisted

Question 46

trauma

Answer 46

a physical injury or wound sustained in sport and produced by an external or internal force

Question 47

viscoelastic

Answer 47

any material whose mechanical properties vary depending on rate of load

Question 48

yield point

Answer 48

elastic limit of tissue