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HHS Musculoskeletal
Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arthritis | Inflammation of a joint Pain, swelling, changes in structure |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | Systemic disease, inflammatory changes in joints and their related structures Crippling deformities Autoimmune reaction |
| Muscular Dystrophy | Genetic disease characterized by gradual atrophy and weakening of muscle tissue Progression affects the |
| Myasthenia Gravis (MG) | Neuromuscular disorder causes fluctuating weakness of certain skeletal muscle groups |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) | Painful condition resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel |
| Contracture | Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joint |
| Hypotonia | Loss of muscular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching |
| Sprain | Tearing of ligament tissue that may be slight, moderate, or complete |
| Strain | To exert physical force in a manner that may result in injury, usually muscular |
| Exacerbation | Increase in Severity of a disease or any of its symptoms |
| Closed Fracture | Bone is broke with no external wound |
| Open Fracture | Bone is broken with an open external wound |
| Complicated Fracture | Broken bone has injured an internal organ |
| Comminuted Fracture | Broken bone is splintered into pieces |
| Impacted Fracture | Bone is broken and one end is wedged into the interior of another bone |
| Colles Fracture | Break at the lower end of the radius, occurring just above the wrist |
| Incomplete Fracture | Line of fracture does not completely transverse the entire bone |
| Greenstick Fracture | Break of bone does not extend through the entire thickness of the bone, leaving the unbroken side bent |
| Osteporosis | Common metabolic Bone disorder, characterized by decreased bone density |
| Scoliosis | C-shaped curvature either to the right or left |
| Kyphosis | humback or hunchback, abnormal curvature of the upper portion of the spine |
| Lordosis | abnormal inward curvature of a portion of the lower part of the spine |
| Crepitation | Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction |
| Phantom Limb | Perceived sensation, following amputation of a limb, that the limb still exists |
| Prosthesis | Replacement of a missing part by an artificial substitute, such as an artificial extremity |
| Rickets | Form of osteomalacia in children caused by vitamin D deficiency |
| Talipes Equinovarus | Congenital deformity of one or both feet in which the foot is pulled downward and laterally to the side, also called clubfoot |
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