Exam 8: Orthopedics-Skeletal System

The combining form xiph/o- means "________."

The mature human skeletal system contains 206 ________.

The physician dictated,"The patient had a displaced fracture of the fibula that required a closed reduction and casting." Rewrite this sentence using nonmedical words.

Which of the following bones is NOT in the thorax?

________ are cells that deposit new bone tissue in the areas of old or damaged bone.

Which of the following is NOT part of the cranium?

The nucleus pulposus is located ________.

The socket in the hip bone where the femur forms a joint is known as the ________.

Gold compound drugs inhibit the immune system.They are used to treat ________.

When a fetus is in the uterus,the bones of the cranium have a large space between them called a ________,or soft spot.

A nonsurgical procedure in which manual manipulation of a displaced fracture moves bone ends into normal alignment is called a closed ________.

The ________ bones are small,flat bones within the eye sockets near the tear ducts.

The results of the bone densitometry test show that Alaina Smith has abnormal thinning of bone due to postmenopausal ________.

The combining form rheumat/o- means ________.

The breast bone is also known as the ________.

Crepitus is ________.

In hemarthrosis,the combining form hem/o- means ________.

The suffix -ectomy means "surgical ________."

Which drugs inhibit the breakdown of bone?

A patient complaining of arthralgia symptoms has a "condition (of)joint ________."