Across
- 7. swelling
- 8. a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone
- 11. inflammation of the fascia of a muscle or organ.
- 13. relating to or denoting an appendage or appendages.
- 15. a malignant tumor of bone in which there is a proliferation of osteoblasts.
- 16. painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints
- 17. relating to or denoting the musculature and skeleton together.
- 19. a record or display produced by electromyography.
- 21. inflammation of a tendon
- 23. any of the five bones of the hand.
- 24. excessive inward curvature of the spine.
- 25. excessive inward curvature of the spine.
Down
- 1. a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D.
- 2. a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
- 3. a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints.
- 4. the action of surgically cutting off a limb.
- 5. the study of the mechanics of body movements.
- 6. firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue
- 9. a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.
- 10. the shaft or central part of a long bone
- 12. invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope
- 14. the inner and typically larger of the two bones between the knee and the ankle (or the equivalent joints in other terrestrial vertebrates), parallel with the fibula.
- 18. stiffness and pain in the lower back that is usually caused by a muscle strain or sprain.
- 20. a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid causes arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet, deposition of chalkstones, and episodes of acute pain
- 22. situated between the ribs.