Exam 3: Musculoskeletal System

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

What is the plural of diaphysis? ____________________

The shaft of a long bone is termed the epiphysis.

The combining form for the ribs is cost/o.

Fixation of an unstable segment of the spine by skeletal traction, immobilization of the patient in a body cast, or stabilization with a bone graft or synthetic device, is:

An inflammation of a number of voluntary muscles is called:

What is the removal of a meniscus called? ____________________

The temporal bones are in the skull.

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

Cells that build bone are:

The bus driver and the administrative assistant were both diagnosed with a compression injury that manifests itself as fluctuating pain, numbness, and paresthesia of the hand caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist. They both have:

Inflammation of a tendon is called:

A patient who has an exaggerated anterior curvature of the lumbar vertebrae has:

Upper back pain is called:

A condition of the joining of the fingers or toes is:

The epiphysis and epiphyseal plate make up the metaphysis.

Bones are the site of a continual process of blood formation called:

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

A freely moveable articulation is called a synovial joint or a(n):

Chronic flexion and fixation of a joint caused by atrophy and shortening of muscle fibers after a long period of disuse is: