Your first patient has a musculoskeletal complaint. Using the chart of musculoskeletal medical word elements from your textbook,
construct 10 medical terms that would reasonably be involved in a complaint dealing with the muscles and/or bones. Each term should include its meaning in parentheses. Then list 3 tests or procedures that would reasonably be involved in evaluating a patient like this.
Ten/o, tendin/o Tendon (binds muscle to bone) Tendonitis, tenorrhaphy)
Ligament/o Ligament (binds bone to bone) Ligamentous injury)
Burs/o Bursa, “bag”, (shock absorber between tendons and bones) Bursitis
My/o, myos/o Muscle (Myoma, myositis)
malacia Softening (Osteomalacia, chondromalacia)
porosis, Porous (Osteoporosis)
<h3> What are 3 important processes when coming to a diagnosis?</h3>
Physical examination
generating a provisional and differential diagnosis
testing (ordering, reviewing, and acting on test results) reaching a final diagnosis.
With this information, we can conclude that Musculoskeletal Disorders or MSDs are injuries and disorders that affect the human body's movement or musculoskeletal system
Explanation: The brain is basically the main nervous system, it travels down the spinal cord, and the sensory neurons are part of this system as well because nervous system in your limbs help you feel.
