Exam 3: Musculoskeletal System

Visual examination of a joint is:

Binding or stabilization of a joint by operative means is:

A condition resulting from the partial forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it is:

The baby was born with six fingers on her right hand. She has:

The medical term for softening of the bone is ____________________.

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

Syndesm/o is a combining form for tendon.

The combining form perone/o means fibula.

The outer aspect of bone is termed the endosteum.

The term for the kneecap is:

The plural of phalanx is:

Bone pain is called:

A congenital malformation of the bony spinal canal without involvement of the spinal cord is:

The term for the lateral protrusion of the scapula that forms the highest point of the shoulder is:

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

The medical term for roundback is ____________________.

The outer covering of bone is the:

What is a procedure used in the treatment of spinal fractures or after diskectomy or laminectomy for the correction of a herniated vertebral disk and is also used to describe the surgical fixation of a joint?

A benign tumor of cartilage is called:

A combining form for cartilage is chondr/o.