Chapter 5: Drugs, Abbreviations, Conditions

Question 1

below knee

Answer 1

BK

Question 2

below elbow

Answer 2

BE

Question 3

deep tendon reflexes

Answer 3

DTRs

Question 4

electromyography

Answer 4

EMG

Question 5

intramuscular

Answer 5

IM

Question 6

muscular dystrophy

Answer 6

MD

Question 7

musculoskeletal

Answer 7

MS

Question 8

physical therapy

Answer 8

PT

Question 9

range of motion

Answer 9

ROM

Question 10

shoulder

Answer 10

sh

Question 11

triceps jerk

Answer 11

TJ

Question 12

weight

Answer 12

wt

Question 13

________ drugs prevent or relieve rheumatism

Answer 13

antirheumatic

Question 14

______ agents relieve the swelling, tenderness, redness, and pain of inflammation

Answer 14

anti-inflammatory

Question 15

_______ relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness

Answer 15

analgesics

Question 16

_______ used to treat painful muscle spasms that may result from strains, sprains, and musculoskeletal trauma or disease

Answer 16

relaxants

Question 17

RICE

Answer 17

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

Question 18

a TWISTING of a JOINT that causes pain or disability

Answer 18

sprain

Question 19

the excessive, forcible STRETCHING of a MUSCLE or musculotendinous

Answer 19

strain

Question 20

_______ ________ is a term used to describe the muscles immediately surrounding the shoulder joint. They stabilize the shoulder joint while the entire arm is moved.

Answer 20

rotator cuff

Question 21

the _________ is a partition that separates the chest and abdominal cavities.

Answer 21

diaphragm

Question 22

active exercise

Answer 22

the patient contracts and relaxes muscles

Question 23

assistive exercise

Answer 23

the patient contracts and relaxes muscles with the assistance of a therapist

Question 24

isometric exercise

Answer 24

active muscular contraction preformed against stable resistance, thereby not shortening the muscle length

Question 25

passive exercise

Answer 25

exercise is preformed by another individual without the assistance of the patient

Question 26

range of motion exercise

Answer 26

movement of each joint through its full range of motion. Used to prevent loss of motility or to regain usage after an injury or fracture

Question 27

relief of tension exercise

Answer 27

technique used to promote relaxation of the muscles and provide relief from tension

Question 28

the medical term for lack of muscle tone

Answer 28

flaccid

Question 29

a wide, thin, sheet like tendon that serves to attach muscle to bone or to other tissues

Answer 29

aponeurosis

Question 30

is a protein found in muscle cells

Answer 30

dystrophin

Question 31

smooth muscle is also called

Answer 31

visceral or unstriated

Question 32

a band of fibrous connective tissue serving for the attachment of muscles to bones

Answer 32

tendon