Deck 9: Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Which term means between the shoulder blades?

A) Interclavicular
B) Interscapular
C) Intraclavicular
D) Intrascapular

Answer 1

Interscapular

Question 2

What does iliac pertain to?

A) The ileum
B) The ilium
C) A type of vertebra
D) A bone of the forearm

Answer 2

The ilium

Question 3

Which term means the movement of the sole of the foot outward?

A) Adduction
B) Circumduction
C) Eversion
D) Inversion

Answer 3

Eversion

Question 4

What is repaired in tenomyoplasty?

A) Bones and associated joints
B) Ligaments and tendons
C) Muscles and tendons
D) Joints and tendons

Question 5

Which term means pertaining to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone?

A) Humeroscapular
B) Scapulothoracic
C) Humeroulnar
D) Clavicoscapular

Question 6

What does lumbar mean?

A) Pertaining to the vertebrae
B) Pertaining to the lower back
C) Referring to the side
D) Referring to the sacrum

Question 7

What is not typically assessed in initial testing for musculoskeletal problems?

A) Range of motion
B) Muscle strength
C) Reflexes
D) Bone density

Question 8

What is flexion?

A) Movement that brings a limb into a straight position
B) Bending of a limb at a joint
C) A specific type of muscle
D) An internal organ enclosed within a cavity

Question 9

Which is not a common musculoskeletal injury?

A) Strain
B) Dislocation
C) Rickets
D) Fracture

Question 10

What does ischiopubic mean?

A) Pertaining to the ischium and the pubis
B) Pertaining to two bones of the skull
C) Situated beneath the pubes
D) Situated between the pubis and the ischium

Question 11

What is sternoschisis?

A) Congenital fissure of the breastbone
B) Sternal puncture for obtaining bone marrow samples
C) Excision of a rib from where it is attached to the breastbone
D) Any morbid softening of the sternum

Question 12

Which of the following is excision of the tailbone?

A) Coccygectomy
B) Sacrectomy
C) Vertebrectomy
D) Phalangectomy

Question 13

Which of the following procedures is used to record the response of a muscle to electrical stimulation?

A) Electromyography
B) Myelography
C) Tomography
D) Sonography

Question 14

Ulnoradial pertains to which two bones?

A) Upper arm
B) Forearm
C) Wrist
D) Spine

Question 15

What does suprasternal mean?

A) Above the breastbone
B) Above the collarbone
C) Behind the breastbone
D) Behind the collarbone

Question 16

Which term means any disease of the joints?

A) Osteopathy
B) Arthropathy
C) Chondropathy
D) Bursopathy

Question 17

What is the common name for tarsoptosis?

A) Flatfoot
B) Hammertoe
C) Corns
D) Dowager's hump

Question 18

Dystrophy means any disorder arising from which of the following?

A) Difficult movement
B) Painful movement
C) Poor nutrition
D) Poor muscular coordination

Question 19

Which term means the circular movement of a limb at the far end?

A) Circumduction
B) Extension
C) Pronation
D) Supination

Question 20

Which is true of orthopedics?

A) It is a branch medicine that specializes in the prevention and correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
B) It is a school founded on the theory that the body is capable of healing itself when it is in a normal structural relationship and has a favorable environment and adequate nutrition.
C) It is a branch of medicine that is especially concerned with the preservation and -restoration of the growing or mature dentofacial structures.
D) It is a branch of medicine that is especially concerned with the preservation and health of the foot.

Question 21

What of the following is the meaning of osteotome?

A) Incision of a bone
B) Inflammation of a bone
C) An instrument used to cut bone
D) Resembling bone

Question 22

Which of the following does not mean the same as the other three?

A) Spina bifida
B) Craniocele
C) Congenital fissure of the spinal column
D) Rachischisis

Question 23

Which term means excision of a segment of the skull?

A) Cranioplasty
B) Costectomy
C) Craniectomy
D) Costoplasty

Question 24

What does patellofemoral pertain to?

A) Bones of the wrist and fingers
B) Bones of the ankle and lower leg
C) The lower leg bone and kneecap
D) The thigh bone and kneecap

Question 25

What does subscostal mean?

A) Below the ribs
B) Below the shoulder blade
C) Above the spine
D) Above the shoulder blade

Question 26

What does the term myoblast mean?

A) Systemic muscular weakness
B) A striated muscle fiber
C) A cell that will become muscle fiber
D) Increase in the size of muscle without an increase in the number of muscle fibers

Question 27

Where are intercostal muscles located?

A) Between the ribs
B) Over the ribs
C) Between the vertebrae
D) Over the vertebrae

Question 28

What is ankylosing spondylitis?

A) A joint disease characterized by osteosclerosis
B) Inflammation and stiffening that affects the spine
C) Deviation in the curvature of the spine
D) Stiffening of the joints of the fingers or toes

Question 29

Which term means a malignant primary neoplasm of bone?

A) Osteitis deformans
B) Osteosarcoma
C) Osteotomy
D) Osteosclerosis

Question 30

Which type of vertebrae supports the lower back?

A) Coccygeal vertebrae
B) Sacral vertebrae
C) Lumbar vertebrae
D) Cervical vertebrae

Question 31

Which of the following is displacement of a bone from its joint?

A) A dislocation
B) An open fracture
C) A closed fracture
D) A closed reduction

Question 32

What is myorrhaphy?

A) Abnormal softening of muscle
B) Pain of a muscle
C) Suture of a muscle
D) Softening of the spinal cord

Question 33

Which of the following means loss of calcium from bone?

A) Calcification
B) Calciuria
C) Decalcification
D) Osteogenesis

Question 34

Which of the following is a break involving a fragmented bone that protrudes through the skin?

A) Compound comminuted fracture
B) Simple comminuted fracture
C) Greenstick fracture
D) Impacted fracture

Question 35

Which of the following is one meaning of the term antiarthritic?

A) An agent that alleviates pain of the joints
B) A type of joint disease in which many joints are inflamed
C) Inflammation of articular cartilage
D) Pertaining to articulation

Question 36

Which term means a decrease in size of an organ or tissue?

A) Atrophy
B) Hypertrophy
C) Myasthenia
D) Trophopathy

Question 37

Which of the following would be expected if cartilage becomes damaged?

A) Osteitis
B) Arthritis
C) Chondrodynia
D) Scoliosis

Question 38

What are metacarpals?

A) Bones of the wrist
B) Bones of the ankle
C) Bones that connect the wrist bones to the phalanges
D) Bones that connect the ankle bones to the phalanges

Question 39

Which term means pertaining to the thigh bone and ilium?

A) Ischioilial
B) Iliopubic
C) Iliotibial
D) Iliofemoral

Question 40

Which term means the formation of bone substance?

A) Calciuria
B) Ossification
C) Ostalgia
D) Osteolysis

Question 41

Which of the following is a word that means situated behind the breastbone?

A) Substernal
B) Infrasternal
C) Suprasternal
D) Retrosternal

Question 42

Osteomyelitis means inflammation of which of the following?

A) Bone, including the bone marrow
B) Bone and spinal cord
C) Brain and spinal cord
D) Bone marrow and spinal cord

Question 43

Osteoarthropathy means any disease of what structures?

A) Bones and cartilage
B) Bones and joints
C) Joints and cartilage
D) Bones and associated cartilage and joints

Question 44

Which of the following means pain of a specific bone in the lower leg?

A) Femorodynia
B) Tibialgia
C) Fibular
D) Metacarpitis

Question 45

What does tarsoptosis mean?

A) Prolapse of the ankle
B) Fracture of the ankle
C) Prolapse of the wrist
D) Fracture of the wrist

Question 46

What does vertebrochondral pertain to?

A) Vertebrae and adjacent ribs
B) Vertebrae and adjacent cartilage
C) Hardening of the bones of the spine
D) Rachioscoliosis

Question 47

Which term means abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side?

A) Scoliosis
B) Kyphosis
C) Rachitis
D) Rheumatoid spondylitis

Question 48

Which term means a marked deviation from the normal standard, especially as a result of congenital defects?

A) Abduction
B) Anomaly
C) Inversion
D) Adduction

Question 49

What does infraclavicular mean?

A) Below the kneecap
B) Below the collarbone
C) Between the ribs
D) Between the vertebrae

Question 50

Which term means pertaining to a specific bone of the lower leg?

A) Fibular
B) Femoral
C) Metatarsal
D) Tarsal

Question 51

What are metatarsals?

A) Joints in the hand
B) Joints in the foot
C) Bones between the wrist and the fingers
D) Bones between the ankle and the toes

Question 52

What does the term abductor mean?

A) Movement away from the midline of the body
B) A muscle that makes possible movement away from the midline of the body
C) Movement toward the midline of the body
D) A muscle that makes possible movement toward the midline of the body

Question 53

What is ankylosis?

A) A form of osteosclerosis
B) A form of rheumatoid arthritis
C) A condition in which the joint is stiff
D) Breaking down a stiff joint to provide movement

Question 54

What is the presence of extra toes or fingers called?

A) Carpopedal disease
B) Phalangitis
C) Polydactylism
D) Paget disease

Question 55

What is spondylosyndesis?

A) Spongy appearance of the spine
B) Joining of fingers or toes
C) Fusion of a joint
D) Surgical immobilization of the spine

Question 56

What does myasthenia mean?

A) Muscle pain
B) Muscle weakness
C) Muscle nutrition
D) Visceral muscle

Question 57

What does calcaneodynia mean?

A) Pain caused by calcium deposits
B) Pain in the heel
C) Pain in the wrist
D) Pain of a rib

Question 58

What is the term for a painful tendon?

A) Tendonitis
B) Tenotomy
C) Tenodynia
D) Tendoplasty

Question 59

What is tendoplasty?

A) Surgical repair of a tendon
B) Incision of a tendon
C) Incision of a muscle
D) Surgical repair of a muscle

Question 60

Which term means inhibition of bone marrow activity?

A) Myelosuppression
B) Myeloencephalitis
C) Osteopenia
D) Osteopathy

Question 61

Insufficient calcium for bone mineralization during the growing years may cause which of the following?

A) Ossification
B) Osteotrophy
C) Rickets
D) Rachischisis

Question 62

What is the location of the cervical vertebrae?

A) Posterior chest wall
B) Near the neck
C) Lower back
D) Tailbone

Question 63

What is sternalgia?

A) Headache
B) Pain accompanied by heat
C) Oversensitivity to pain
D) Pain of the breastbone

Question 64

What is the name of the condition in which the median nerve in the wrist becomes compressed, causing pain and discomfort?

A) Hallux valgus
B) Dupuytren contracture
C) Tarsoptosis
D) Carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 65

Which of the following is a hereditary, metabolic disease resulting from hyperuricemia and is also a form of acute arthritis?

A) Polymyalgia rheumatica
B) Gout
C) Psori
D) Polymyositis

Question 66

What does hypotonicity mean?

A) Below normal response to myelosuppression
B) Decreased calcium in the bone
C) Diminished tone or tension in a body structure
D) Less than normal passive range of motion

Question 67

Which of the following is a skeletal disorder characterized by a disturbance in bone metabolism?

A) Osteodynia
B) Osteomalacia
C) Osteoplasty
D) Osteoblast

Question 68

What is meant by a herniated disk?

A) Morbid softening of the skull
B) Protrusion of the spinal cord through a defect in the spinal column
C) Rupture of cartilage between adjoining vertebrae
D) A ballooning out of the wall of a vessel

Question 69

Which of the following means a partial fracture in which only one side of the bone is broken?

A) Comminuted fracture
B) Compound fracture
C) Greenstick fracture
D) Simple fracture

Question 70

What is arthroclasia?

A) An abnormal condition in which the joint is immobile
B) A joint disease in which overgrowth of bone reduces the space in the joint cavity
C) Extraction of fluid from a joint, using a needle
D) Artificial breaking of a stiff joint to provide movement

Question 71

What is characteristic of a compound fracture?

A) The broken bone protrudes through the skin.
B) One fragment of bone is firmly driven into the other.
C) The fracture is not complete.
D) The fracture occurs at right angles to the axis of the bone.

Question 72

Which term means hernial protrusion of the brain through a defect in the skull?

A) Encephalomalacia
B) Calcaneodynia
C) Craniocele
D) Greenstick fracture

Question 73

Why are some ribs called floating ribs?

A) Because they are independent of other bones
B) Because they attach only with the sternum
C) Because they are attached only on the posterior side
D) Because they lie above the other ribs

Question 74

Which of the following is not a pelvic bone?

A) Patella
B) Ilium
C) Pubis
D) Ischium

Question 75

What does calciuria mean?

A) A condition of the heel
B) A condition of the wrist
C) A cancerous condition
D) Calcium in the urine

Question 76

Calcium is normally deposited in what type of tissue?

A) Bone only
B) Teeth only
C) Soft tissue only
D) Bone and teeth but not soft tissue

Question 77

Which of these conditions follows bone decalcification?

A) Osteotrophy
B) Osteomalacia
C) Osteoplasty
D) Osteitis

Question 78

Which description is most suitable for the term tendons?

A) Calcified tissue that protects delicate structures
B) Sacs of fluid located in areas of friction
C) Fibrous tissue that attaches the muscles to the bones
D) Strong elastic bands that connect bones or cartilage

Question 79

What is the name of the process whereby cartilage is used as a model to form bone in an embryo?

A) Chondrolysis
B) Chondrogenesis
C) Osteolysis
D) Osteogenesis

Question 80

What is scoliosis?

A) Lateral curvature of the spine
B) Appreciable deviation in the anteroposterior curvature of the spine
C) A pathologic condition of the shoulder blade
D) A split spine