Medical Terminology
Across
- 4. describes injuries caused by a traumatic event - just happened
- 7. inflammation of bursa at sites of bony prominences
- 8. inflammation of a tendon
- 9. interruption in conduction of an impulse down a nerve fiber
- 11. a bone is forced out of alignment and stays out until reduced
- 13. point hypersensitive module within a taut band of muscle
- 14. connects bone to bone
- 15. wasting away of muscle tissue
- 18. chronic inflammation of joint capsule
- 19. injury to ligament
- 20. muscle contraction in response to pain
- 21. muscle soreness that peaks 24-48 hours after exercise
- 22. bruise
- 23. describes overuse injuries
Down
- 1. break in a bone
- 2. wearing down of hyaline cartilage
- 3. partial or incomplete dislocation where bone is forced out but the reduces
- 5. growth plate injury
- 6. stretch or tear in muscle or tendon
- 10. degeneration of a tendon
- 12. inflammation at the site of tendinous attachments (tuberosity)
- 13. inflammation of the synovial sheath
- 16. connects muscle to bone
- 17. involuntary muscle contractions