Musculoskeletal vocab

Question 1

binds muscle to bone

Answer 1

tendons

Question 2

binds bone to bone

Answer 2

ligaments

Question 3

rounded depression in pelvis that joins the femur to and hip

Answer 3

acetabulum

Question 4

flexible connective tissue

Answer 4

cartilage

Question 5

shaft or middle portion of long bone

Answer 5

diaphysis

Question 6

end of long bone

Answer 6

epiphysis

Question 7

line of cartilage

Answer 7

epiphyseal line or plate

Question 8

flared portion of a long bone between the diaphysis and epiphyseal plate

Answer 8

metapyhsis

Question 9

softening of the bone

Answer 9

osteomalcia

Question 10

inflammation secondary to infection

Answer 10

osteomyelitis

Question 11

inflammation due to excessive uric acid

Answer 11

gouty arthritis

Question 12

loss of articular cartilage and formation of bone spurs

Answer 12

osteoarthritis (OA)

Question 13

autoimmune reaction again joint tissue - synovial membrane

Answer 13

rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Question 14

chronic progressive stiffening of the joints (mostly spine)

Answer 14

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 15

muscle that is controlled voluntilary

Answer 15

striated

Question 16

muscle which control is involuntary (stomach, blood vessels)

Answer 16

smooth

Question 17

movement away from the midline of the body

Answer 17

abduction

Question 18

movement toward the midline of the body

Answer 18

adduction

Question 19

upper movement of the foot

Answer 19

dorsiflexion

Question 20

straightening of a flexed limb

Answer 20

extension

Question 21

downward movement of the foot

Answer 21

flexion

Question 22

turning the palm downward

Answer 22

pronation

Question 23

turning the palm upward

Answer 23

supination

Question 24

circular movement around a central point

Answer 24

rotation

Question 25

skeletal muscle

Answer 25

striated muscle

Question 26

visceral muscle

Answer 26

smooth muscle

Question 27

muscle connected to internal organs

Answer 27

visceral muscle

Question 28

inherited diseases with progressive muscle weakness and degeneration without the nervous system

Answer 28

muscular dystrophy