Exam 8: Orthopedics-Skeletal System

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

An important element for the skeletal system,the abbreviation Ca stands for ________.

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

The combining form fract/o- means "________;break up."

Infection in the bone and bone marrow is known as ________.

AKA and BKA are abbreviations for which type of surgery?

Patients who have OA are suffering from ________.

The medical definition of the word intra-articular is "pertaining to ________."

The ________ is a group of five fused vertebrae that are NOT individually numbered,EXCEPT for the first.

Ribs 8-10 are referred to as ________.

The suffix -ics in the word orthopedics means ________.

The ________ is the most inferior of the hip bones and one part of it juts out as the "seat bone" that you sit on.

Which of these bones is NOT part of the ossicular chain?

The combining form congenit/o- means "present at ________."

The olecranon is the heel bone.

Which of the following is NOT one of the meanings of the combining form myel/o-?

The abbreviation BMD means ________.

The combining form malac/o- means ________.

The ulna is the ________.

The combining form glen/o- means "________ of a joint."