Unit 3: Fill in the blank

condition of an inward curve (swayback) of the lumbar spine _?

lordosis

surgical repair of a joint ___?

arthroplasty

condition of blood in the joint cavity ___?

hemarthrosis

pertaining to a type of drug used to decrease (without) pain is an ___?

analgesic

device used to to measure angles, or the range of motion of a joint

goniometer

a graft where bone is taken from an other person where the donor is of the same species repair a fracture is called an ___?

allograft

a tumor of bone ___?

osteoma

a local or generalized infection of the bone and bone marrow ___?

osteomyelitis

a condition in which bones become abnormally soft ___?

osteomalacia

procedure to fuse the bones in a degenerated, unstable joint ___?

arthrodesis

inflammation of a muscle with localized swelling and tenderness

myositis

The result of muscles being permanently flexed or contracted.

contracture

muscle pain due to injury or muscle disease

myalgia

condition of abnormal movement that occurs because of difficulty controlling the voluntary muscles

dyskinesia

condition of abnormally slow muscle movement

bradykinesia

muscle pain that affects several (many) muscle groups

polymyalgia

to partially remove the fascia by surgical excision

fasciectomy

procedure to suture together a torn muscle after an injury

myorrhaphy

the process of recording the electrical activity as the muscle contracts and relaxes

electromyography

condition of bodywide pain in the fibrous tissues of the muscle.

fibromyalgia

a mass of blood that can form in the in the brain because of the rupture of an artery or a vein. ___?

hematoma

a sleep disorder (literally sleep seizure) characterized by a repeated, uncontrollable desire to sleep, often several times a day

narcolepsy

inflammation of the three-layered protective membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord This condition is a medical emergency.

meningitis

the process of recording the electrical activity produced by the brain and recorded through electrodes placed on the scalp ___?

electroencephalography

paralysis of half or one side (left or right) of the body

hemiplegia

condition of paralysis of all four extremities of the body

quadriplegia

condition of pain in the head; headache

cephalagia

nerve pain

neuralgia

condition of difficult speech ___?

dysphasia

an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid (water) in the head that causes the ventricles of the brain to dilate, resulting in an increased head circumference in the infant with open fontanel

hydrocephalus