Across
- 2. muscular dystrophy signs and ___ usually start at age 3-5 years old
- 4. this is a deformity of the big toe joint
- 6. the abbreviation for a disease caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist area
- 8. as of now, there is no ___ for muscular dystrophy (Duchenne's) or any related type
- 9. the word for swayback (curvature of the lower back)
- 11. the medical meaning of malacia
- 12. ortho is the medical word for this
- 13. this medical word means debility
- 14. by this age, young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are unable to walk and must use a WC
Down
- 1. the medical word meaning to surgically break a bone
- 3. the medical word for binding/fixing a bone
- 5. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an ___ disease seen primary in boys
- 6. the medical word cyte means ___
- 7. a frozen joint caused by the fibrosis of connective tissue
- 10. this is a build-up of uric acid in the joint causing red, painful big toe joints
