Musculoskeletal Vocabulary Quiz
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kinesiology: the study of ______.
A. movement
B. cooking
C. painting
D. singing
tendonitis: inflammation of a ______.
A. tendon
B. muscle
C. bone
D. ligament
fasciodesis: binding fascia to a skeletal ________.
A. attachment
B. muscle
C. joint
D. ligament
hernia: protrusion of a part through ______.
A. tissues
B. muscles
C. bones
D. skin
at____: a condition without coordination.
A. ataxia
B. atonic
C. atopic
D. atrophy
viscera: internal ______.
A. organs
B. muscles
C. bones
D. tissues
sprain: injury to a joint that involves a ______.
A. ligament
B. muscle
C. bone
D. tendon
hyperkinesia: a condition of increased ______.
A. movement
B. sleep
C. appetite
D. temperature
atrophy: weakness, wasting ______.
A. away
B. around
C. aside
D. along
myalgia: muscle ______.
A. pain
B. growth
C. relaxation
D. contraction
quadriceps: four headed ______.
A. muscle
B. bone
C. nerve
D. artery
myasthenia: weakness of the ______.
A. muscle
B. bone
C. nerve
D. skin
hemiparesis: partial paralysis on one side of the ______.
A. brain
B. body
C. arm
D. leg
striated: striped ______.
A. appearance
B. color
C. pattern
D. texture
adhesion: a band of fibrous tissues that holds structures together ______.
A. abnormally
B. normally
C. loosely
D. temporarily
fibromyalgia: pain in the muscles and ______ tissue.
A. connective
B. nervous
C. epithelial
D. adipose
strain: injury to the body of a muscle and its attachment to the ______.
A. bone
B. ligament
C. cartilage
D. tendon
sphincter: ringlike muscle that tightly constricts an opening or ______.
A. passageway
B. artery
C. vein
D. nerve
tendon: band of non-elastic, fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to ______.
A. bone
B. skin
C. cartilage
D. nerve
spasm: sudden, involuntary muscle ______.
A. contraction
B. relaxation
C. expansion
D. tension
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