Exam 14: Musculoskeletal System

The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is

The term rhabdomyolysis is defined as _____ of striated muscle.

A prefix for together, joined is

Moving away from the midline is a movement called

The medical term for the collarbone is

A type of bone cell that works in balance with osteoblasts to maintain healthy bone tissue is

An abnormal condition of stiffness, causing the footplate of the stapes to become fixed resulting in conductive hearing loss is called stapedial

The surgical repair of a tendon and a muscle is called

To assist in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, the doctor may use a procedure involving a surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from a joint called an

The combining form that means rib is

The physician, after hearing the patient's complaints of widespread pain and stiffness, fatigue, and inability to get a good night's sleep, suspected that the pain involved the fibrous tissues and muscles and that the patient had

The term symphysis is defined as

The combining form that means bone is

A physician who specializes in the study and treatment of diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system is a(n)

An abnormal prominence of the joint at the base of the great toe is called

A term that references two lower arm bones is

The flexible, tough band of fibrous connective tissue that attaches one bone to another at a joint is the

A bacterial infection carried by a deer tick is

The combining form spondyl/o is defined as