Physiotherapy

Question 1

The cranium / the skull

Answer 1

Le crâne

Question 2

The zygomatic bone / the cheek bone

Answer 2

L’os zygomatique / la pommette

Question 3

The scapula / the shoulder blade

Answer 3

L’omoplate

Question 4

A rib

Answer 4

Une côte

Question 5

The thoracic cage / the rib cage

Answer 5

La cage thoracique

Question 6

The sternum / the breast bone

Answer 6

Le sternum

Question 7

The pelvis

Answer 7

Le bassin

Question 8

The humerus / the funny bone

Answer 8

L’humérus

Question 9

The ulna

Answer 9

L’ulna / le cubitus

Question 10

The radius

Answer 10

Le radius

Question 11

The femur / the thigh bone

Answer 11

Le fémur

Question 12

The tibia / the shin bone

Answer 12

Le tibia

Question 13

The fibula / the calf bone

Answer 13

La fibula / le péroné

Question 14

The calcaneus / the heel bone

Answer 14

Le calcanéum

Question 15

A sprained knee

Answer 15

Une entorse / foulure du genou

Question 16

A pulled muscle

Answer 16

Une élongation musculaire

Question 17

A torn muscle / ligament

Answer 17

Une déchirure musculaire / ligamentaire

Question 18

An X-ray (plate)

Answer 18

Une radio ( un cliché radiographique)

Question 19

Massage

Answer 19

Massage / masser

Question 20

Chiropratic

Answer 20

Chiropratique

Question 21

Osteopathy

Answer 21

Ostéopathie

Question 22

Occupational therapy

Answer 22

Ergothérapie

Question 23

acute (adj)

Answer 23

(of a disease or its symptoms) severe but of short duration

Question 24

dislocated shoulder (n)

Answer 24

when the head of the humerus is out of the shoulder joint

Question 25

drip (c.n)

Answer 25

a piece of medical equipment by which a liquid is slowly passed through a tube into a patient's blood

Question 26

fall (n)

Answer 26

an act of falling or collapsing

Question 27

numbness (n)

Answer 27

the state of being numb, of lacking sensation

Question 28

occupational therapy (u.n)

Answer 28

a method of helping people who have been ill or injured to develop skills or get skills back by giving them certain activities to do

Question 29

overstretch (v)

Answer 29

make excessive demands on

Question 30

physiotherapist (n)

Answer 30

a person qualified to treat disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise

Question 31

pins and needles (p.n)

Answer 31

treated as singular A tingling sensation in a limb recovering from numbness

Question 32

plaster (c.n)

Answer 32

a plaster is a trip of sticky material used for covering small cus or sores on your body

Question 33

pull a muscle (v)

Answer 33

if you pull a muscle, you injure it by straining it

Question 34

range (n)

Answer 34

a set of different things of the same type

Question 35

rehabilitate

Answer 35

restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness

Question 36

rehabilitation (n)

Answer 36

the act or process of rehabilitating / the treatment of physical disabilities by massage, electrotherapy, or exercises

Question 37

scarf (c.n)

Answer 37

a scarf is a piece of cloth that you wear round you neck or head, usually to keep yourself warn

Question 38

sling (n)

Answer 38

a bandage or soft strap looped round the neck to support an injured arm

Question 39

socket (n)

Answer 39

a hollow curved area that sth fits into

Question 40

subluxation (n)

Answer 40

partial dislocation

Question 41

tackle (n)

Answer 41

to try to take the ball from a player in the other team or to do this by taking hold of the player and making them fall

Question 42

to sprain (v)

Answer 42

if you sprain a joint such as your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it or bending it violently

Question 43

to lift (v)

Answer 43

to raise to a higher position

Question 44

underlying (n)

Answer 44

real but not immediately obvious

Question 45

unstable

Answer 45

1. likely to give; not stable | 2. likely to change or fail; not firmly established

Question 46

X-rzy

Answer 46

a photographic or digital image of the internal composition of something, especially a part of the body.