Joints
Pathology of Joints
Muscles
Muscle Movement
Muscle Pathology and Laboratory Test/Procedures
100
A coming together of two or more bones; another name for a joint.
What is an articulation?
100
Inflammation of joints
What is arthritis?
100
Makes up the skeletal muscles.
What is striated muscle?
100
Decreasing the angle between two bones; bending a limb.
What is flexion?
100
Measurement of uric acid in serum.
What is uric acid test?
200
Immovable joints
What are suture joints?
200
Inflammation and painful swelling of joints caused by excessive uric acid in the body.
What is gout or gouty arthritis?
200
Makes up the involuntary muscle.
What is smooth muscle?
200
Increasing the angle between two bones; straightening out a limb.
What is extension?
200
Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the joint space.
What is arthrocentesis?
300
Freely movable joints.
What are synovial joints?
300
Chronic joint condition with inflammation and pain; caused by an autoimmune reaction against joint tissue, particulaly the synovial membrane.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
300
This type of muscle moves all bones and controls facial expessions and eye movements.
What is voluntary or skeletal muscle?
300
Movement away from the midline of the body.
What is abduction?
300
Surgical repair or replacement of a joint.
What is arthroplasty?
400
Closed sacs of synovial fluid lined with a synovial membrane and are located near but not within a joint.
What are bursae?
400
Disorder marked by arthritis, myalgia, and malaise; caused by a tick and treated by antibiotics.
What is lyme disease?
400
Muscles that move internal organs and are controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
What are involuntary or visceral muscles?
400
Movement toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
400
Low-energy x-ray absorption in bones of the spinal column, pelvis, and wrist is used to measure bone mass.
What is a bone density test?
500
_____ connect muscle to bone and ______ connect bone to bone.
What are tendons and ligaments?
500
Compression of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and tendons of the wrist.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
500
Muscle that is striated in appearance but is like smooth muscle in its action.
What is cardiac muscle?
500
Motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground as when pointing the toes or stepping on a gas pedal.
What is plantar flexion?
500
Group of inherited diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of muscle fibers without involvement of the nervous system.
What is muscular dystrophy?
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