Exam 3: Musculoskeletal System

A patient who has a broken bone might have which of the following abbreviations in his chart?

The skull is part of the appendicular skeleton.

A group of disorders characterized as an inherited progressive atrophy of skeletal muscle without neural involvement is:

My/o is a combining form for muscle.

The plural of foramen is:

Processes on the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are:

The process of recording of a joint is:

What is the plural of vertebra? ____________________

A fracture in which the supporting structure of the bone tissue collapses is called a(n) ____ fracture.

A fracture of the distal end of the radius at the epiphysis is:

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

Turning the palm upward is termed:

The upper arm bone is the:

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

The medical term for lower back pain is ____________________.

A stiffening of the vertebral joints is:

The stenosis in spinal stenosis refers to an abnormal condition of:

The shaft of a long bone is the:

The procedure that records the electrical activity of muscles is:

A usually severe condition characterized by fatigue and progressive muscle weakness, especially of the face and throat, is: