Diagnostics
Diagnostic imaging technique that uses electromagnetic waves to create images of the inside of the body.
What is a radiography?
Treatment to rehabilitate a patient who has experienced an illness or injury.
What is physical therapy?
A drug that reduces inflammation.
What is an anti-inflammatory?
anteroposterior
What is AP?
fibr/o
What is fiber?
Evaluation of involuntary muscular responses with a reflex hammer.
What are deep tendon reflexes?
Surgical repair of a muscle through plastic surgery.
What is a myoplasty?
A drug that, in moderate doses, slows down the central nervous system, relieves pain, and induces sleep. Taken in excess, narcotics produce unconsciousness, stupor, coma, and possibly death.
What is a narcotic?
intramuscular
What is IM?
Raising of a body part.
What is elevation?
Process in which radiographic images of a specific section of the body are taken from multiple angles. A computer analyzes the images to identify muscular injury or disease.
What is a computerized tomography?
Incision to the tendon, usually to repair a deformity caused by a shortened muscle.
What is a tenotomy?
A drug that relieves pain; includes nonprescription pain relievers, such as aspirin, and prescription pain relievers, such as hydrocodone.
What is an analgesic?
physical therapy
What is PT?
-lysis
What is breakdown; separation; loosening?
A graphic recording of the contraction of a muscle as a result of electrical stimulation.
What is a electromyogram?
Exercises performed to improve or maintain joint mobility and flexibility.
What is range-of-motion (ROM) therapy?
A drug prescribed to suppress smooth-muscle contractions of the bladder, stomach, or intestine.
What is an antispasmodic?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What is DMD?
A type of involuntary muscle, meaning it is not controlled by conscious thought processes.
What is smooth muscle?
Diagnostic imaging technique in which a radioactive substance and a special camera visualize structures and functions in the body. The radioactive substance is injected into or swallowed by the patient.
What is a nuclear medicine imaging (NMI)?
Most common first-aid treatment for muscular injuries; often referred to as “RICE.”
What is Rest Ice Compression Elevation (RICE)?
A group of drugs with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic (AN-tee-pigh-RET-ik) (fever-reducing) properties. Aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen are common over-the-counter (OTC) NSAIDs.
What is a non-steroidal?
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What is CPR?
The ability to resume resting length when a stretching force is removed; for example, when a spring is stretched and then released, it returns to its original position.
What is elasticity?