Exam 4: Musculoskeletal System

Skeletal muscles may be named for all of the following except:

Bending a joint is flexion.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -The combining form that means child or foot is ________.

Movement away from the midline of the body is called:

Synovial joints are enclosed by an elastic:

Carpus means ankle bone.

Intermittent claudication is:

The small bone at the end of the vertebral column is the os coxae.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -A combining form that means synovial membrane is ________.

Which of the following is a reason for performing an amputation?

Applying a pulling force on a fracture in order to restore normal alignment is called:

Chiropractors diagnose and treat malalignment conditions, especially of the spine.

Which of the following bones is part of the axial skeleton?

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -A medical term that means muscle weakness is ________.

Muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease.

The ilium is part of the:

Which surgical procedure relieves pressure on a compressed spinal nerve?

Skeletal muscles are attached to bones by:

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

A Colles' fracture is a fracture of the ankle.