Drugs/ Abbreviations
Abbreviation range of motion
What is ROM?
muscle tumor
What is myoma?
Abnormal, lateral curvature of the spine
What is scoliosis?
Fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones
What is a ligament?
Medical term for a condition of difficult coordination
What is dystaxia?
abbreviation biopsy
What is Bx?
Visual exam of a joint
What is arthroscopy?
Breakdown or loss of the cartilage of one or more joints
What is osteoarthritis or DJD?
Fibrous tissue that connects muscles to bone?
What is a tendon?
Medical term to waste away
What is atrophy?
Abbreviation primary care physician
What is PCP?
-esthesia
What is sensation?
Inflammation of the tendons
What is tendonitis?
Parts of the axial skeleton
What are skull, rib cage, vertebral column?
4 functions of the skeletal system
What are 1. protection, 2. support, 3. mineral storage, 4. blood cell formation
Most common OTC analgesic
What is tylenol?
kines/o
What is movement?
Group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive muscle weakness and degeneration of muscle
What is muscular dystrophy?
The 4 types of bones
What are long, short, flat, irregular?
Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
What is abduction?
A category of drugs that relieve pain
What is an analgesic?
Softening of the bone
What is osteomalacia?
Chronic autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction and produces serious weakness of voluntary muscles
What is myasthenia gravis?
2 bones in the forearm
What are radius and ulna?
Acronym and meaning of measures to take for a muscular injury
What is RICE?
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation