Range of Motion
Which term means movement toward the midline?
Adduction
Which term means a disease characterized by the simultaneous inflammation of voluntary muscles in many parts of the body?
Polymyositis
Which term means the release of a tendon from adhesions?
Tenolysis
Which term means the paralysis of all four extremities?
Quadriplegia
What is the medical term for hiccups?
Singultus
This motion is rotation at the end of a limb.
Circumduction
A calcium deposit in the plantar fascia near its attachment to the heel.
Heel spur
Weakness or wearing away of body tissues and structures.
Atrophy
Inflammation of a fascia.
Fasciitis
What is the medical term for vomit?
Emesis
The movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle.
Dorsiflexion
An abnormally increased muscle function or activity.
Hyperkinesia
A band of fibrous tissue that holds structures together abnormally.
Adhesion
Total paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
Hemiplegia
What is the medical term for bloody nose?
Epistaxis
The act of rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward.
The protrusion of a part or structure through the tissues normally containing it.
Hernia
Swelling that creates pressure on the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel.
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Surgical suturing of a muscle.
Myorrhaphy
What is the medical term for bunion?
Hallax valgus
Raising or lifting a body part.
Elevation
A group of more than 30 genetic diseases that are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles without affecting the nervous system.
Muscular dystrophy
Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the elbow.
Epicondylitis
Paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body.
Paraplegia
What is the medical term for heel?
Calcaneus