Unit 10 Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Foot Drop

Answer 1

Inability to dorsiflex and evert foot because of perineal nerve damage

Question 2

Gout

Answer 2

Is metabolic disorder in which excess uric acid accumulates in the blood.

Question 3

Sprain

Answer 3

Partial or complete tearing of the ligaments that holds various bones together to form a joint.
Occurs during trauma when a joint is forced or twisted past it normal range of motion.

Question 4

Fracture

Answer 4

Is a break or interruption in the continuity of a bone.

Question 5

Contracture

Answer 5

A permanent shortening (as of muscle, tendon, or scar tissue) producing deformity or distortion.

Question 6

Atrophy

Answer 6

Decrease in size or wasting away of a body part of tissue or muscle

Question 7

Pathological Fracture

Answer 7

A bone that is broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease.

Question 8

Hypertrophy

Answer 8

Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the cells.

Question 9

Strain

Answer 9

An injury to a tendon or muscle (stretch or tear) resulting from overuse or trauma.