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Musculoskeletal system - Q – Symptomatic terms & A – Meaning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthralgia | joint pain |
| atrophy | shrinking of muscle size |
| crepitation | grating sound sometimes made by the movement of a joint or broken bones |
| exostosis | a projection arising from a bone that develops from cartilage |
| flaccid | flabby, relaxed, or having defective or absent muscle tone |
| hypertrophy | increase in the size of tissue, such as muscle |
| hypotonia | reduced muscle tone or tension |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| ostealgia | bone pain |
| rigor | stiffness; stiff muscle |
| spasm | drawing in; involuntary contraction of muscle |
| spastic | uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles, causing stiff and awkward movements (resembles spasm) |
| tetany | tension; prolonged, continuous muscle contraction |
| tremor | shaking; rhythmic muscular movement |