Bone, Joint and Muscle Terms

A drug that is used to treat hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bones.

A condition in which the muscles of the intestines do not allow food to pass through, resulting in a blocked intestine.

One of many small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose.

The parasympathetic nervous system slows the heart and promotes digestion, largely opposing the body's fight or flight response.

A progressive disorder of the nervous system marked by muscle tremors, muscle rigidity, decreased mobility, stooped posture, slow voluntary movements, and a mask-like facial expression.

The removal of cancer as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining over the chest muscles below the tumor.

A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.

Having to do with the pelvis (the lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones).

The muscles and ligaments that line the part of the body between the hips.

The pelvis is the bony basin at the base of the trunk that connects the spine to the legs and shelters the bladder, rectum, and reproductive organs.

A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle weakness in different parts of the body.

A type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue.

The gut runs a nervous system of its own, so the waves carry on even when signals from the brain are absent.

Phosphorus is an essential mineral present in bones, teeth, and cell energy molecules, with blood levels regulated closely alongside calcium.

A health professional who teaches exercises and physical activities that help condition muscles and restore strength and movement.

Most of the work is the exercise done between appointments, with the session spent assessing progress and adjusting the program.

Count and function are separate questions, so a bleeding problem can exist in someone whose platelet number looks entirely normal.

Named for the shape of a cell rather than its lineage, so the abbreviation has always covered two separate diseases at once.

The word vera, Latin for true, separates it from a rise in red cells that is merely a reaction to something else.

An inflammatory disease of the muscles closest to the center of the body.