HCB 102.8.1-1 Musculoskeletal System Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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HCB 102.8.1-1 Musculoskeletal System
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded

Abduction

Ans: Movement of the limbs towards the LATERAL plane or
away from the axial line of a limb.


Adduction

Ans: Movement of the limbs toward the MEDIAL plane of the
body or the axial line of a limb.


Angulated Fracture

Ans: FRACTURE in which the broken bone segments are at an
ANGLE to each other.


Articulation

Ans: Where two bones meet


Atrophy


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Ans: Wasting or decreases in size or physiological activity of a
part of the body because of disease or other influences.


Bursa

Ans: Fibrous sac between certain tendons and bones beneath
them.


Bursitis

Ans: Inflammation of the connective tissue structure
surrounding a joint.


Cartilage

Ans: Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps
form certain body parts, such as the ear.


Closed Extremity Injury

Ans: An injury to an extremity with no associated
opening in the skin.


Comminuted Fracture

Ans: A fracture in which the bone is broken in several
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places.


Compartment Syndrome

Ans: Injury caused when tissues such as blood
vessels and nerves are constricted within a space as from
swelling or from a tight dressing or cast.


Crepitus

Ans: Felt when two irregular bony surfaces rub together as a
joint moves, when two rough edges of a broken bone rub
together.


Dislocation

Ans: The disrupting or "coming apart" of a body part (joint)
from its normal position.


Edema

Ans: The abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces
of tissue.


Effusion

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