Mystery Breakout

Medical Terminology: Muscular System

Mystery Breakout

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Intro

All you remember was being in MedTerm class and listening to Mrs.Maner's lecture about the pathologies of the muscular system before you dozed off. You suddenly woke up, alone, to a dark and unknown world from which you have to get out before it's too late and you will be locked in forever.

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Mission 1

Locked

Locked

Locked

Somehow you hear faint voices but you don't know where they are coming from. Your gut is telling you to answer the questions running in your head to get out of this wasteland of a dream.

What does "cleid/o" mean?

to turn

to bring

clavicle

Mrs/Maner's voice seems to sound less distant. You keep going.

What does "habilitat/o" mean?

to bring

movement

activity

Your heart starts to race. How do I remember this? You ask yourself.

What does "vers/o" mean?

to bring

to revolve

to turn

Your heart starts to race. How do I remember this? You ask yourself.

What does "duct/o" mean?

to revolve

to bring

to turn

You keep going.

What does "kinesi/o" mean?

movement

activity

to stretch out

You keep going. With every correct answer, you muster enough courage to carry on.

What does "necr/o" mean?

death

body

sound

Mission 2

Locked

Completed

Locked

Drag and discover

This means "around."

rotat/o

ultra-

circum-

This means "beyond."

ab-

ultra-

ad-

This means "toward."

ab-

ad-

re-

This means "outward."

re-

epi-

e-

This means "weakness."

-dynia

-asthenia

-rrhaphy

What does "-phoresis" mean?

to fuse

action

carrying

What does "-ion" mean?

action

pain

record

What does "-desis" mean?

to fuse

suture

rupture

Mission 3

Completed

Completed

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This is the ability to move the thumb toward or away from the other fingers or your palm.

circumduction

rotation

opposition

To turn downward or backward as with the hand or foot

supination

dorsiflexion

pronation

Movement that brings limb into or toward a straight condition

eversion

extension

flexion

Movement in a circular direction from a central point as if drawing a large imaginary circle in the air

rotation

circumduction

abduction

A downward movement, as in dropping the shoulders

depression

opposition

inversion

This is the movement towards the midline of the body.

adduction

eversion

abduction

Act of bending or being bent

inversion

flexion

eversion

Turning outward

eversion

flexion

inversion

Remember the code

216

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Completed

Completed

Completed

Mission 4

Increase in muscle bulk as a result of use, as with lifting weights

Hyperkinesia

Hypertonia

Hypertrophy

Attacks of severe pain and lameness caused by ischemia of the muscles, typically calf muscles, brought on by walking even very short distances

Intermittent claudication

Dystonia

Fibromyalgia

Severe neck spasms pulling head to one side

Strain

Torticollis

Tendinitis

This is a type of inherited muscular dystrophy in which muscle tissue is gradually replaced by fatty tissue, giving the appearance of a healthy and strong muscle.

Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy

Lateral epicondylitis

Contracture

Tearing a muscle

Myorrhexis

Contracture

Myasthenia

Scar tissue forming in fascia surrounding muscle, making it difficult to stretch the muscle

Myasthenia

Adhesion

Hypotonia

Abnormal shortening of muscle fibers, tendons or fascia, making it difficult to stretch muscle

Adhesion

Contracture

Atonia

Surgical procedure to stabilize a joint by anchoring down tendons of muscles that move joint

Tenotomy

Tenorrhaphy

Tenodesis

Use of ultrasound waves to introduce medication across skin and into subcutaneous tissue

Fasciotomy

Ultrasound

Phonophoresis

Specialty that assists patients to regain, develop and improve skills important for independent functioning

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Kinesiology

Process of treatment and exercise that can help a person with disability attain maximum function and well-being

Mobilization

Rehabilitation

Massage

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You did it, you made it out! You woke up to your classmates hovering over you asking, "Are you okay? We could not wake you up."

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