The Musculoskeletal System
Lesson 1: Disease and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System
Exercises: Lesson 1
EXERCISE, LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS. Complete the following exercises by writing the word or term that properly completes the incomplete statement or by writing the answer in the space provided at the end of the exercise.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to the "Solution to Exercise" at the end of the lesson and check your answers.
1. List the five parts of the musculoskeletal system.
a. ________________________________________________.
b. ________________________________________________.
c. ________________________________________________.
d. ________________________________________________.
e. ________________________________________________.
2. List three major causes of musculoskeletal system malfunction.
a. ________________________________________________.
b. ________________________________________________.
c. ________________________________________________.
3. Monarticular pain is pain that occurs in _______________________________.
4. Polyarticular pain is pain that occurs in _______________________________.
5. Pain with a pyogenic cause is pain resulting from _________________________.
6. Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous. and ankylosing spondylitis are
all examples of _____________________________________ pain.
7. List three signs/symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
a. ____________________________________________.
b. ____________________________________________.
c. ____________________________________________.
8. Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder in which the rate of bone resorption
accelerates at the same time that the __________________________________.
9. A high protein diet, ______________________ fluid intake, sleeping on a firm
surface, and __________________________ are treatments for osteoporosis.
10. Bacteria invading a joint and causing the synovial lining of the joint to become
inflamed is a description of the disease _______________________________.
11. Gout is characterized by _____________________________________________
________________________________________________________.
12. Needle aspiration of a bursitis sufferer's joint may be necessary for the following
three reasons:
a. ______________________________________________________.
b. ______________________________________________________.
c. ______________________________________________________.
13. The goal in the treatment of tennis elbow (tenosynovitis) is __________________.
14. In the condition _______________________________, superficial and deep neck
muscles contract spasmodically causing the head to bend to one side and the chin
to rotate to the opposite side.
15. Ruptured discs in the spinal column; fractures. infections, and tumors of the back,
pelvis, or retroperitoneum; and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral area
can all cause _____________________________________.
16. The individual has a benign ganglion. What is the treatment?
_____________________________________________
17. If the median nerve of the wrist is compressed within the carpal tunnel, an
individual may suffer from _________________________________________.
18. Rapid erosion and fragmentation of cartilage around the knee are characteristic of
______________________________________________________.
19. Osteomyelitis, condition caused by a pus-producing infection, is best treated by
______________________________________________________________
and bed rest.
20. List the three regions of the back in which low back pain occurs.
a. ____________________________________________.
b. ____________________________________________.
c. ____________________________________________.
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