Musculoskeletal System - Subjective Terms

ostalgia, ostealgia, osteodynia

pain in the bone

arthralgia, arthrodynia

pain in a joint

tenalgia

pain in the tendon

myalgia, myodynia

pain in the muscle

atrophy

the process of muscle wasting away

hypertrophy

over development of muscle

ankylosis

stiff or bent joint

crepitus

crackling sound when the joint is bent

hypotonia

decrease in normal muscle tone or tension

hypertonia

increase in muscle tone and cases movements to be stiff or overly forceful

dystaxia, ataxia

poor coordination

bradykinesia

slow movement

genu valgum

knock-kneed, the condition when the knees are too close together under the hips

genu varum

bow-legged, the condition when the knees are aligned too far apart under the hips

myasthenia

muscle weakness

graphospasm

writer's cramp

myasthenia gravis

muscle weakness particularly in the muscles of the eyes and speech