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movement of the limbs towards the lateral plane or away from the axial line of a limb - Answerabduction movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or the axial line of a limb - Answeradduction fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other - Answer-angulated fracture where two bones meet - Answer-articulation wasting or decreases in size or physiological activity of a part of the body because of diseases or other influences - Answer-atrophy fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones beneath them - Answer-bursa inflammation of the connective tissue structure surrounding a joint - Answer-bursitis Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain body parts such as the ear - Answer-cartilage an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin - Answer-closed extremity injury an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin - Answer-closed extremity injury a fracture in which the bone is broken in several places - Answer-comminuted fracture injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast - Answer-compartment syndromefelt when two irregular bony surfaces rub together as a joint moves, when two rough edges of a broken bone rub together - Answer-crepitus the disrupting or "coming apart" of a body part (joint) from its normal position - Answer-dislocation the abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissue - Answer-edema the escape of fluid, such as from blood vessels as a result of rupture or seepage - Answer-effusion redness or inflammation of the skin or mucous membrane - Answer-erythema any break in the bone or tooth - Answer-fracture an incomplete fracture - Answer-greenstick fracture a manner of walking or moving on foot - Answer-gait a form of arthritis, is a disorder or purine metabolism that results from an elevated serum uric acid level - Answer-gout is what causes the injury - Answer-mechanism of injury branch of medicine concerned with the prevention or correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system - Answer-orthopedics loss of muscle function through injury, disease, or damage, to its nerve supply. Most paralysis is due to stroke or spinal cord injury - Answer-paralysis