Musculoskeletal Brunner and Suddarths textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing Questions And Answers

plint ~ device designed specifically to support and immobilize a body part in a desired position traction ~ application of a pulling force to a part of the body trapeze ~ overhead assistive device to promote patient mobility in bed bursitis ~ inflammation of a fluid-filled sac in a joint contracture ~ abnormal shortening of muscle or fibrosis of joint structures involucrum ~ new bone growth around a sequestrum osteopenia ~ low bone mineral density osteoporosis ~ degenerative disease of the bone characterized by reduced mass, deterioration of matrix, and diminished architectural strength radiculopathy ~ disease of a spinal nerve root, often resulting in pain and extreme sensitivity to touch sciatica ~ inflammation of the sciatic nerve, resulting in pain and tenderness along the nerve through the thigh and leg sequestrum ~ dead bone in abscess cavity tendonitis: ~ inflammation of muscle tendons