Muscular System Conditions

What is the medical terminology word for a bruised muscle?

Which condition might occur from overexertion, low electrolyte levels, or poor circulation?

• contusion

• spasm

• strain

• sprain

Muscle spasms are commonly called:

An overstretching to a muscle or tendon:

• sprain

• strain

• contusion

• spasm

Match the following

• bruise

• contusion

• overstretching of a ligament

• sprain

• a severe tightening of a flexor muscle

• spasm

• uncontrolled muscular activity often caused by dehydration

• contracture

• overstretching of a muscle or tendon

• strain

How do you treat a strain or sprain? Put these treatments in order to show the easy way to remember the treatment anacronym.

• Elevation

• Ice

• Compression

• Rest

Which of these is a common type of contracture?

• ankle drop

• knee drop

• jaw drop

• foot drop

When muscles lack stimulation for a long period of time, a patient could experience this condition.

This body builder is showing what type of muscular development?

An inflamed tendon is called ​ (a)   , while degeneration of a tendon is called ​ (b)  

• tendinitis
• tendinosis