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  • The grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together is known

CREPITUS

100
  • This term refers to surgical suturing or wiring together of bones.

OSTEORRHAPHY

100
  • This term is the act of rotating the leg so that the sole of the foot is turned upward or forward.

SUPINATION

100

The release of tendon from adhesions

TENOLYSIS

100
  • Occurs when tissue, such as part of an internal organ, protrudes through a week area in the muscle normally containing it.

HERNIA

200
  • The wear and tear arthritis of a joint is known as this condition.

OSTEOARTHRITIS

200
  • This term means the bone located just below the urinary bladder

PUBIS

200
  • This term means the movement that bends the foot downward at the ankle.

PLANTAR FLEXION

200
  • A lack of normal muscle tone or strength.

ATONIC

200
  • Extreme slowness in movement

BRADYKENSIA

300
  • This term describes the abnormal softening of a bone in adults.

OSTEOMALACIA

300
  • This physician specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis and other disorders, such as fibromyalgia, that are characterized by inflammation in the joints and connective tissue.

RHEUMATOLOGIST

300
  • The term means where the muscle begins and from which muscles get their name.

ORIGIN

300
  • Condition in which there is diminished tone of the skeletal muscles

HYPOTONIA

300

A quick, involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles

MYOCLONUS

400
  • This term describes the total displacement of a bone from it’s joint

DISLOCATION

400
  • This physician specializes in the manipulative treatment of disorders originating from misalignment of the spine. The doctors hold a degree in this specialty.
  • Chiropractor
400

Name the three types of muscles

SMOOTH, SKELETAL, MYOCARDIAL

400
  • The loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that come with aging.

SARCOPENIA

400

A chronic autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction and produces weakness and rapid fatigue of voluntary muscle

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

500
  • This term describes a substitute for a missing or diseased body part

PROTHESIS

500
  • This term means bending the foot upward at the ankle

DOSIFLEXION

500
  • A surgical incision through the fascia to relieve tension or pressure.

FASCIOTOMY

500
  • A serious syndrome that can result from a direct or indirect muscle injury. The death of muscle fibers releases their contents into the bloodstream lead to complication a renal failure.

RHABDOMYOLYSIS

500
  • Slight weakness affecting one side of the body.

HEMIPARESIS