Exam 4: Musculoskeletal System

A medical term that means cutting into a bone is ________.

In chondromalacia,the bone has become softened.

Muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease.

Which of the following conditions is commonly called a ruptured disk?

Which of the following is a voluntary muscle?

Which of the following is NOT a reason to perform an amputation?

Yellow bone marrow manufactures most of the blood cells.

Myelography is the process of recording the bone marrow.

Which of the following is a sudden,involuntary,strong muscle contraction?

Braces or splints used to prevent or correct deformities are called:

Which of the following terms means that the fracture is protruding through an open skin wound?

A prefix that means toward is ________.

Systemic lupus erythematosus causes joint pain and arthritis.

The combining form that means straight is ________.

A suffix that means movement is ________.

The ilium is part of the:

The bone from which a skeletal muscle begins is called its origin.

When a skeletal muscle is attached to two bones,the more movable of the bones is located where the muscle ends and is called the:

A medical term that means cutting into a joint is ________.

A medical term that means inflammation of bone and bone marrow is ________.