Exam 8: Orthopedics-Skeletal System

If the physician writes or types the abbreviation Fx in the medical record,the patient has suffered a/an ________.

Which cranial bone contains a bony cup that holds the pituitary gland?

Which is a degenerative condition of the spine in which one vertebra moves anteriorly and slips out of proper alignment?

Which is a benign tumor of the cartilage?

The deep bony socket in the hip joint is called the glenoid fossa.

DJD is also known as ________.

Resulting from blunt trauma,hemarthrosis is a condition in which there is ________ in the joint.

The ________ is the long bone in the upper arm.

Displacement of the end of a bone from its normal position within a joint is called a/an ________.

Which of the following is a nuclear medicine procedure to detect hot spots that indicate cancerous tumors in the bone?

Osteotome and rongeur are ________.

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

The combining form perone/o- means "________;lower leg bone."

The eight small bones of the wrist joint are known as the ________.

Prednisone is a corticosteroid drug used to treat minor musculoskeletal injuries.

The combining form depress/o- means "press ________."

The surface of a bone is covered with ________,a thick,fibrous membrane.

The combining form articul/o- means ________.

The combining form tars/o- means ________.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammation with fusing together of the ________.