Medical Terminology Simplified

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ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TERMS REVIEW


Match the medical terms below with the definitions in the numbered list.


ankylosis crepitation kyphosis RA sprain
arthroplasty CTS lordosis rheumatoid factor strain
arthroscopy Ewing sarcoma muscular dystrophy scoliosis talipes
bunion gout myasthenia gravis sequestrectomy tendinitis
contracture herniated disk Paget disease sequestrum torticollis



  1. is a deformity characterized by lateral deviation of the great toe.

  2. is an inflammation of a tendon.
    3. refers to trauma to a joint, causing injury to the surrounding ligament.
    4. refers to trauma to a muscle that results from overuse or excessive, forcible stretch.
    5. refers to a hunchback or humpback.
    6. is a malignant tumor that develops from bone marrow, usually in long bones or
    the pelvis, and occurs most commonly in adolescent boys.

  3. is characterized by spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles and is also called
    wryneck.
    8. is a disease characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joints.

  4. is a disease characterized by inflammatory changes in joints and related structures
    that result in crippling deformities.

  5. is a skeletal disease of the elderly with chronic inflammation of bones, resulting in
    thickening and softening of bones and bowing of long bones, and is also called os-
    teitis deformans.

  6. is a fragment of necrosed bone that has become separated from surrounding
    tissue.

  7. is the replacement of a joint.

  8. is a grating sound made by the ends of bone rubbing together.

  9. is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by muscular weakness and progressive
    fatigue.

  10. refers to a forward curvature of the lumbar spine, also called swayback.

  11. refers to a group of hereditary diseases characterized by gradual atrophy and weak-
    ness of muscle, with the most common form called Duchenne.

  12. is connective tissue fibrosis that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or
    joint.

  13. is an immobility of a joint.

  14. refers to rupture of the nucleus pulposus between two vertebrae.

  15. is pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median nerve within the
    carpal tunnel.

  16. is excision of a necrosed piece of bone.

  17. is a blood test to detect a substance present in the blood of patients with rheuma-
    toid arthritis.


494 CHAPTER 10• Musculoskeletal System

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