A decrease in the size of a muscle from disuse is called _________.

The term that means 'protrusion of a muscle through its sheath' is _________

A diagnostic procedure to determine the amount of movement in a joint is _________

Surgical puncture of a joint is termed _________.

Vertebrae in the neck are _________.

The action that turns the sole of the foot inward at the ankle is _________

A term that means 'pertaining to a rib and its associated cartilage' is _________

Drugs used to reduce inflammation are _______.

The process of direct visualization of a joint is _______.

Surgical repair of cartilage is _______.

A chondrosarcoma is a primary malignant tumor of _______.

A spinal tap, also called a lumbar puncture, is performed for various diagnostic procedures. The procedure is called _______.

The reflex hammer is a mallet with a rubber head used to tap tendons or muscles to test reflex reactions. It is also called a _______.

The term meaning 'pain of the heel bone' is _______.

Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a positive test for rheumatoid _______.

Medications that fight osteoporosis are _______.

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a measure of inflammation called _______.

When other measures are inadequate to provide pain control for degenerative joint disease, surgery may be indicated, often total joint replacement _______.

Another term for pain in a bone, in addition to ostealgia, is _______.

A musculoskeletal disease that is not autoimmune in origin is _______.

Various forms of therapy that relieve symptoms of arthritis are _______.

The adjective meaning 'pertaining to the wrist and fingers' is _______.

Surgical repair of a tendon and a muscle is _______.

A CPM machine provides continuous motion without effort by the patient _______.

Spinal fusion is _______.

Suture of a muscle is _______.

A term that means the same as spina bifida is _______.

Pain in the larger bone of the lower leg is _______.

Inhibition of bone marrow is _______.

A term that means inflammation of the bone marrow or spinal cord is _______.

The three types of muscle are skeletal, smooth, and _______.

An infection of a bone and its marrow is called _______.

An action that turns the palm down is called _______.

Artificial breaking of an ankylosed joint is called _______.

A malignant tumor of the bone is called _______.

The term myasthenia is defined as _______.

The medical term for the collarbone is _______.

The wrist bones are called _______.

Drawing away from the middle is a movement called _______.

The soft, fatty material found in the medullary cavity of the long bones is called _______.

A bacterial infection carried by a deer tick is _______.

A surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid may be used to assist in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. The term for this procedure is _________.

The type of muscle tissue that is striated and voluntary is called _________.

The term that means abnormal curve of the spine is _________.

The upper arm bone is called the _________.

An abnormal condition involving the death of bone tissue is called _________

The surgical repair of cartilage is called _________.

The term that means pertaining to the vertebrae and the ribs is _________.

The branch of medicine dealing with diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system is called _________.

The diaphysis of a long bone is the _______.

An abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe is called _______.

The term that means upper leg bone is _______.

The term for a common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist is _______.

Dense, hard layers of bone tissue found beneath the periosteum are _______.

A suffix -clasis is defined as _______.

A physician who studies and treats musculoskeletal diseases and abnormalities is _______.

The term that means abnormal condition of the vertebra is _______.

The term that means pertaining to below the ribs is _______.

The structure excised in a phalangectomy is the _______.

A specialist who treats and diagnoses foot diseases and disorders is a _______.

The outermost layer of the bone is called _______.

Muscular dystrophy is defined as _______.

The term vertebroplasty is defined as _______.

The set of vertebrae that forms the inward curve of the spine is called _______.

The term that means a developing bone cell is _______.

The term that means pertaining to the wrist is _______.

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The term that means inflammation of a tendon is _______.

The structure that attaches muscle to bone is called _______.

The upper jawbone is called the _______.

Because of the patient’s open fracture, she had contracted inflammation of the bone and bone marrow known as _______.

A vitamin D deficiency in adults may cause the softening of bones known as _______.

The term that means a system of therapy that consists of manipulation of the vertebral column is _______.

The term osteoclasis is defined as the surgical breaking of a bone _______.

A disease in which excessive uric acid in the blood causes crystals to be deposited in joints is _______.

Scolio is defined as _______.

The visual examination of a joint is an _______.

The term ankylosis is defined as _______.

Movement that turns the palms up is called _______.

The term that means shoulder blade is _______.

The first set of seven bones forming the neck is called the _______.

The foot bones are called the _______.

The term that means inflammation of the bone is _______.

The term that means abnormal loss of bone density is _______.

The term that means pain in the fibrous tissue and muscle is _________.