- Arthroplasty describes
- visualization of the interior of a joint
- inflammation of a joint
- surgical reconstruction of a joint
- autoimmune degeneration of a joint
- abnormal development of a joint
- Tenorrhaphy is the term describing
- a torn tendon
- inflammation of a tendon
- surgical removal of a tendon
- surgically suturing a torn tendon
- measuring the length of a tendon
- If your arthritis has noticeably worsened and pain and swelling no longer is controlled with high dose aspirin, your family physician would most likely refer you to a
- pathologist
- neurologist
- orthopaedic surgeon
- rheumatologist
- physical therapist
- Soft, rubbery bones due to inadequate calcium deposition related to vitamin D deficiency would be termed
- osteoporosis
- osteitis
- osteomyelitis
- osteomalacia
- myeloma
- The term for painful, aching muscles is
- neuralgia
- myalgia
- analgesia
- arthralgia
- cephalgia
- Myasthenia gravis involves
- inflammation of muscles
- degeneration of muscles
- severe muscular weakness
- inflammation of joints
- paralysis of muscles
- When weight-lifters exercise regularly their muscles become stronger and the increase in muscular size is due to
- atrophy
- dystrophy
- myasthenia
- myositis
- hypertrophy
- Chondrocytes are cells found in
- tendons
- bones
- bone marrow
- cartilage
- blood
- A bone marrow tumor is termed
- osteitis
- osteoma
- myoma
- myeloma
- lymphoma
- A form of dwarfism results from achondroplasia, a term meaning
- a cartilage tumor
- inflammation of cartilage
- lack of normal cartilage development
- cartilage transforming into bone
- degeneration of cartilage
- A procedure to evaluate concentration of an injected radioactive element in bone to localize a possible tumor is termed
- electromyography
- pyeloscopy
- bone scan
- bone biopsy
- osteopathy
- Inflammation of the shock absorber-like structure protecting a tendon sliding over a bone is termed
- arthritis
- tendonitis
- bursitis
- osteitis
- osteomyelitis
