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HCB 102 Musculoskeletal Exam | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+ Graded |100% Verified
What does the musculoskeletal system provide for the body? - Stability and mobility and serves as the
bodys mainline defense against external forces
Abduction - Movement away from the midline of the body
Adduction - Movement toward the midline of the body
Angulated fracture - Fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other
Articulation - Where two bones meet
Atrophy - Decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
Bursa - A small serous sac between a tendon and a bone
Bursitis - Inflammation of the connective tissue structure surrounding a joint
Cartilage - Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain body parts such as
the ear
Closed extremity injury - An injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin
Comminuted fracture - A fracture in which the bone is broken in several places
Compartment syndrome - Injury caused when tissue such as blood vessels and nerved are constricted
within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast
, Crepitus - A grating or crackling sound or sensation ( as that is produced by the fractured ends of a bone
moving against each other)
Dislocation - The disruption or "coming apart" of a body part (joint) from its normal position
Edema - The abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of the tissue (also known as swelling)
Effusion - The escape of fluid, such as from blood vessels as a result of rupture or seepage
Erythema - Redness or inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes
Fracture - Any break in the bone or tooth
Greenstick fracture - A fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone
is broken and the other only bent
Gait - A manner of walking or moving on foot
Gout - A form of arthritis, is a disorder of purine metabolism that results form an elevated serum uric
acid level
Mechanism of injury (MOI) - Method by which damage (trauma) to skin, muscles, organs and bones
happens. medical providers use moi to help determine how likely it is that a serious injury occurred
Orthopedic - Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention or correction of disorders of the
musculoskeletal system
Paralysis - Loss of muscle function through injury, disease, or damage to its nerve supply. most paralysis
is due to stroke or spinal cord injury
Periosteum - Tough connective sheath that covers the bone
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