Deck 3: Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

What is the correct spelling of a term for surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint?

A) arthrocentesis
B) arthocentesis
C) arthocentises
D) arthrocentosis

Answer 1

arthrocentesis

Question 2

What is the correct spelling of the term for the bone of the upper arm?

A) humorus
B) humerous
C) humerus
D) heumorus

Answer 2

humerus

Question 3

What is the correct spelling of the term for inflammation of the cartilage of the ribs?

A) costcondritis
B) osteochondritis
C) costochondritis
D) costchondritis

Answer 3

costochondritis

Question 4

What is the correct spelling of the term that means the formation of blood?

A) hematopoiesis
B) hemotapoiesis
C) hematapoiesis
D) hematopoeisis

Question 5

What is the correct spelling of the term for no formation of cartilage?

A) achondroplasia
B) acondroplasia
C) acondraplasia
D) achondraplasia

Question 6

What is the correct spelling of the term that refers to the shaft of a long bone?

A) diaphysis
B) diapysis
C) diaphyis
D) diaphyses

Question 7

What is the correct spelling of a term for suturing a muscle?

A) myorhaphy
B) myorraphy
C) myorrhapy
D) myorrhaphy

Question 8

What is the term for a lateral S curve of the spine?

A) scoliosis
B) scoleois
C) scoloisis
D) scoleosis

Question 9

What is the correct spelling of a term for a deformity due to abnormal twisting of the foot?

A) talipies
B) talipes
C) talepis
D) tallipies

Question 10

What is the correct spelling of the term for inflammation of the bone and bone marrow?

A) osteomylitis
B) osteomyelitis
C) ostomyolitis
D) ostomyelitis

Question 11

What is the correct spelling of the term for wryneck?

A) tortocollis
B) torticollos
C) torticollus
D) torticollis

Question 12

What is the correct spelling of the term that means a slipping of the vertebrae?

A) spondylolisthesis
B) spondilolisthesis
C) spondlyolithesis
D) spondylolsthesis

Question 13

What is the correct spelling of the term for the end of a long bone?

A) Epephysis
B) Epyphisis
C) epiphysis
D) Epipysis

Question 14

What is the correct spelling of the term for removal of debris from a wound?

A) debreedement
B) debredement
C) debreedment
D) débridement

Question 15

What is the correct spelling of the term for inflammation of the spine?

A) spondylitis
B) spondlytis
C) spondilytis
D) spondyltis

Question 16

What is the correct spelling of the term for the tailbone?

A) coccix
B) coccyx
C) coxic
D) cocyix

Question 17

What is the correct spelling of the term for webbed fingers or toes?

A) syndactily
B) syndactyly
C) sindactily
D) syndacytly

Question 18

What is the correct spelling of the term that means "pertaining to the thigh bone"?

A) femural
B) femoral
C) femoural
D) femaural

Question 19

What is the correct spelling for the type of arthritis believed to be an autoimmune disorder?

A) ruematoid
B) reumatoid
C) rheumatoid
D) rhuematoid

Question 20

What is the correct spelling of the term that means "pertaining to the fibula"?

A) perineal
B) peritoneal
C) peroneal
D) peraneal

Question 21

A combining form for cartilage is chondr/o.

Question 22

What is the correct spelling of the term for extra fingers or toes?

A) polydactly
B) pollydactilly
C) polydactily
D) polydactyly

Question 23

The epiphysis and epiphyseal plate make up the metaphysis.

Question 24

An opening or hole in bone is called a fissure.

Question 25

The raised or projected areas of bones are called depressions.

Question 26

The outer covering of bone is the periosteum.

Question 27

The tough, fibrous covering of the muscles is called tendon.

Question 28

What is the correct spelling of the term for a piece of dead bone?

A) sequestrum
B) sequestrium
C) sequestium
D) sequestum

Question 29

An example of a bone process is an epicondyle.

Question 30

What is the correct spelling of the term for intentional surgical fracture of a bone?

A) ostoclasis
B) osteclasis
C) osteoclysis
D) osteoclasis

Question 31

What is the correct spelling of a term for removal of an enlargement of the metatarsophalangeal joint?

A) bunionectomy
B) bonionectomy
C) bunonectomy
D) buonionectomy

Question 32

Bones are attached to one another by fibrous bands of tissue called ligaments.

Question 33

The abbreviation for rheumatoid factor is RHF.

Question 34

The clavicles are part of the appendicular skeleton.

Question 35

The shaft of a long bone is termed the epiphysis.

Question 36

The skull is part of the appendicular skeleton.

Question 37

My/o is a combining form for muscle.

Question 38

The formation of blood is termed hematopoiesis.

Question 39

Syndesm/o is a combining form for tendon.

Question 40

The outer aspect of bone is termed the endosteum.

Question 41

The medical term for chronic flexion of a joint due to muscle atrophy is ____________________.

Question 42

The medical term for degenerative joint disease is ____________________.

Question 43

The medical term for bone pain is ____________________.

Question 44

The metacarpal bones are in the ankle.

Question 45

The ischium is a bone in the skull.

Question 46

The medical term for compression of the median nerve of the wrist, leading to dysfunction, is ____________________.

Question 47

The neck bones are the sacral vertebrae.

Question 48

The medical term for stiffening of the vertebral joints is ____________________.

Question 49

The medical term for softening of the bone is ____________________.

Question 50

The medical term for enlargement at the base of the great toe is ____________________.

Question 51

The shoulder blades are the scapulae.

Question 52

The medical term for the usually severe disease characterized by muscular weakness is ____________________.

Question 53

The medical term for crackling in a degenerative joint is ____________________.

Question 54

The temporal bones are in the skull.

Question 55

The medical term for the muscle disorder characterized by musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and sleep disorders is ____________________.

Question 56

The term for the kneecap is malleolus.

Question 57

The medical term for narrowing of the spinal canal is ____________________.

Question 58

The fibula is the lower lateral leg bone.

Question 59

The combining form for the ribs is cost/o.

Question 60

The combining form perone/o means fibula.

Question 61

What is the plural of fossa? ____________________

Question 62

What is the plural of pelvis? ____________________

Question 63

The medical term for an autoimmune type of arthritis is ____________________ arthritis.

Question 64

The medical term for wryneck is ____________________.

Question 65

The medical term for dwarfism due to lack of cartilage development is ____________________.

Question 66

What is the plural of vertebra? ____________________

Question 67

The medical term for clubfoot is ____________________.

Question 68

The medical term for inherited progressive muscle weakening without involvement of nerves is ____________________.

Question 69

The medical term for lateral S curve of the spine is ____________________.

Question 70

The medical term for infection of bone and bone marrow is ____________________.

Question 71

The medical term for loss of bone mass is ____________________.

Question 72

The medical term for lower back pain is ____________________.

Question 73

What is the plural of fascia? ____________________

Question 74

The medical term for roundback is ____________________.

Question 75

The medical term for webbed fingers or toes is ____________________.

Question 76

The medical term for extra fingers or toes is ____________________.

Question 77

The medical term for swayback is ____________________.

Question 78

Congenital malformation of the bony spinal canal without involvement of the spinal cord is called ____________________.

Question 79

The medical term for partial forward dislocation of an adjacent vertebra is ____________________.

Question 80

What is the plural of diaphysis? ____________________