Musculoskeletal Vocabulary Quiz
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hernia: protrusion of a part through ______.
A. tissues
B. muscles
C. bones
D. skin
myasthenia: weakness of the ______.
A. muscle
B. bone
C. nerve
D. skin
strain: injury to the body of a muscle and its attachment to the ______.
A. bone
B. ligament
C. cartilage
D. tendon
viscera: internal ______.
A. organs
B. muscles
C. bones
D. tissues
atrophy: weakness, wasting ______.
A. away
B. around
C. aside
D. along
striated: striped ______.
A. appearance
B. color
C. pattern
D. texture
tendon: band of non-elastic, fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to ______.
A. bone
B. skin
C. cartilage
D. nerve
hemiparesis: partial paralysis on one side of the ______.
A. brain
B. body
C. arm
D. leg
kinesiology: the study of ______.
A. movement
B. cooking
C. painting
D. singing
hyperkinesia: a condition of increased ______.
A. movement
B. sleep
C. appetite
D. temperature
sphincter: ringlike muscle that tightly constricts an opening or ______.
A. passageway
B. artery
C. vein
D. nerve
adhesion: a band of fibrous tissues that holds structures together ______.
A. abnormally
B. normally
C. loosely
D. temporarily
tendonitis: inflammation of a ______.
A. tendon
B. muscle
C. bone
D. ligament
spasm: sudden, involuntary muscle ______.
A. contraction
B. relaxation
C. expansion
D. tension
fibromyalgia: pain in the muscles and ______ tissue.
A. connective
B. nervous
C. epithelial
D. adipose