Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein.
What is Blood Pressure (BP)
Surgical repair of a muscle through plastic surgery.
What is Myoplasty
A drug that reduces inflammation.
What is Anti-Inflammatory
anterior cruciate ligament
What is ACL
Wasting away or shrinkage of muscle size.
What is Atrophy
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent (dye) and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins.
What is angiogram
Treatment to rehabilitate a patient who has experienced an illness or injury.
What is Physical Therapy.
A group of drugs with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.
What is Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID)
medial collateral ligament
What is MCL
A sudden, abnormal, involuntary contraction (or series of contractions) of the muscles.
What is Convulsion
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
What is auscultation
Most common first-aid treatment for muscular injuries.
What is Rest Ice Compression Elevation (RICE)
A drug prescribed to suppress smooth-muscle contractions of the bladder, stomach, or intestine.
What is Antispasmodic/Anticholinergic
magnetic resonance imaging
What is MRI
Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle activity; characterized by shaky, unsteady movements.
What is Ataxia
Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel, usually through the femoral artery in the leg; used to diagnose heart diseases or abnormalities
What is Cardiac Catheterization
Exercises performed to improve or maintain joint mobility and flexibility.
What is Range-of-Motion (ROM) Therapy
A drug that relieves pain; includes nonprescription pain relievers, such as aspirin, and prescription pain relievers, such as hydrocodone.
What is Analgestic
intramuscular
What is IM
Disorder marked by pain, burning, and itching or tingling due to an inflamed median nerve and tendons in the wrist; commonly associated with repetitive activity and/or overuse injury.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Separation of blood into its component parts using a special machine.
What is Apheresis
Incision to the tendon, usually to repair a deformity caused by a shortened muscle.
What is Tenotomy
A drug that, in moderate doses, slows down the central nervous system, relieves pain, and induces sleep.
What is Narcotic
penicillin
What is PCN
Permanent tightening of skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia (a band or sheet of fibrous tissue that encloses muscle tissue); most commonly due to lack of use or immobilization.
What is Contracture