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PHM1810 Chp 10 MSkel
Pharmacology I: Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal, De More
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| articular | related to the joints of the body |
| contusion | an injury to body part or tissue without a break in the skin |
| exfoliative dermatitis | skin disorder characterized by reddining and scaling of 100% of the skin |
| gout | a disease caused by congenital disorder of uric acid metabolism |
| hematoma | blood that has seeped from a blood vessel and collects in tissue, organs or space |
| laceration | a cut or break in the skin |
| periosteum | thick, fibrous membrane covering the entire surface of a bone except it's articular cartilage where it attaches to tendons/ligaments |
| osteoarthritis | arthritis characterized by erosion of articular cartilage that mainly affects weight-bearing joints in older adults |
| rhuematoid arthritis | chronic and progressive type of arthritis that affects more women than men and focusing mainly on joints of hands and feet that leads to deformity and disability |
| spasticity | increase in muscle tone at rest, characterized by increased resistance of the muscles to stretching |
| sprain | injury to supporting ligaments of a joint |
| strain | injury resulting from overstretching a muscle , results in tear of muscle or muscle and tendon |
| synapse | a specialized junction at which a nerve cell communicates with a target cell |