Exam 8: Orthopedics-Skeletal System

The anatomical name for the shin bone is the ________.

Pain in the joint from injury,inflammation,or infection is called ________.

Each hand contains five individual ________ bones,one for each finger.

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

Each finger or digit contains three individual bones (except for the thumb,which contains two),each of which is known as a ________.

Name and describe the five regions of the vertebral column.

The two combining forms meaning "joint" are arthr/o- and ________.

Hallux valgus is a disease of the bones of the hand.

The combining form tars/o- means ________.

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

What is bone densitometry and how is it performed?

A ________ fracture occurs in children because part of the bone is still flexible cartilage.

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

School children routinely have a screening test done to detect ________.

If a patient had a fracture of the zygomatic arch,it would involve ________.

Which fracture would be found in children,because a child's bones are still flexible?

The shaft of a long bone is called the ________.

All of these are anatomical structures of a vertebra EXCEPT ________.

The combining form crani/o- means "cranium;________."

All of the following are types of fractures EXCEPT ________.