Question 1

Match between columns
                        Premises: increased convexity of the spine
above
rib
movement, motion
weakness
ischium
ulna
joint
split, fissure
break
between
loin, lumbar region of the spine

Accepted Answer

The Answer of inter- and -schisis and supra- and arthr/o is...

Question 2

The combining form spondyl/o is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  scapula 
B)  vertebra 
C)  cranium 
D)  symphysis pubis

Question 3

The combining form stern/o is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  collarbone 
B)  shoulder blade 
C)  xiphoid process 
D)  breast bone

Question 4

The term that means inflammation of the bone is

Accepted Answer

A)  osteitis 
B)  arthritis 
C)  osteonecrosis 
D)  osteopathy

Question 5

Movement that turns the palms up is called

Accepted Answer

A)  supination 
B)  extension 
C)  inversion 
D)  pronation

Question 6

The suffix -asthenia is defined as a

Accepted Answer

A)  break 
B)  split, fissure 
C)  weakness 
D)  growth

Question 7

A physician who studies and treats diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system is

Accepted Answer

A)  a chiropractor 
B)  an osteopath 
C)  an orthopedist 
D)  a chiropodist

Question 8

Muscular dystrophy is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  a defect in the transmission of nerve impulses to muscle cells 
B)  muscle weakness 
C)  chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue 
D)  a group of hereditary diseases characterized by muscle degeneration and weakness

Question 9

An abnormal condition involving the death of bone (tissue) is

Accepted Answer

A)  osteofibroma 
B)  osteonecrosis 
C)  atrophy 
D)  osteocyte

Question 10

The structure that attaches muscle to bone is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  ligament 
B)  bursa 
C)  tendon 
D)  aponeurosis

Question 11

The diaphysis of a long bone is the

Accepted Answer

A)  shaft 
B)  end 
C)  diameter 
D)  covering

Question 12

The term that means abnormal condition of a (lateral) curved (spine)

Accepted Answer

A)  scoliosis 
B)  kyphosis 
C)  ankylosis 
D)  lordosis

Question 13

The term that means shoulder blade is

Accepted Answer

A)  sternum 
B)  clavicle 
C)  scapula 
D)  humerus

Question 14

In the medical term ankyl/osis, the word root means

Accepted Answer

A)  bent forward 
B)  crooked, stiff, bent 
C)  crooked, curved 
D)  hump

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  fibromyalgia 
B)  osteomalacia 
C)  cranioschisis 
D)  tenosynovitis

Question 16

Match between columns
                        Premises: surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid
muscle weakness
abnormal loss of bone density
the crackling sound heard when two bones rub against each other
record of the electrical activity in a muscle
pain in the joint
developing bone cell
pertaining to the clavicle
fissure of the vertebral column
abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone
suture of a muscle
an artificial substitute for a missing body part

Accepted Answer

The Answer of exostosis and myasthenia and myorrhaphy and crepitus is...

Question 17

The term vertebroplasty is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  an incision into the vertebral column 
B)  the fusing together of the vertebrae 
C)  an excision of an intervertebral disk 
D)  the surgical repair of the vertebra

Question 18

The term that means pertaining to the wrist is

Accepted Answer

A)  radial 
B)  carpal 
C)  ulnar 
D)  humeral

Question 19

The term that means pain in the fibrous tissue and muscles is

Accepted Answer

A)  spondylarthritis 
B)  myasthenia 
C)  fibromyalgia 
D)  polymyositis

Question 20

The outermost layer of the bone is the

Accepted Answer

A)  endosteum 
B)  periosteum 
C)  bone marrow 
D)  diaphysis

Exam 14: Musculoskeletal System

MATCHING