Musculoskeletal System Exam With
100% C0rrect Answers (Medical
Terminology) Volume 15
what is the suffix for the meaning "embryonic; immature cell"?
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blast
What is the suffix for the meaning "to break"? - CORRECT ANSWER--clast
What is the suffix for the meaning "condition of stones"? - CORRECT ANSWER--
listhesis
What is the suffix for the word "softening"? - CORRECT ANSWER--malacia
What is the suffix for the meaning "to grow"? - CORRECT ANSWER--physis
What is the suffix for the meaning "condition of pores (spaces)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER--porosis
What is the suffix for the meaning "instrument to cut"? - CORRECT ANSWER--tome
What is the process of carrying away (muscle is pulled away from the midline of the
body) or movement away from the midline of the body? - CORRECT ANSWERab*duct*ion
What is the combining form for the word "acetabulum (hip socket)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-acetabul/o
What is the term for "pertaining to the acetabulum (hip socket)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-ace*tab*ular
What is the term for hip socket, or a rounded depression or socket in the pelvis, which
also forms the hip joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-ace*tab*ulum
What is the improper cartilage formation in development of bones (leads to a type of
dwarfism) or in which bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size (defect in
cartilage formation); it is also an inherited condition in which bones of the arms and legs
fail to grow normally because of a defect in cartilage and bone formation? - CORRECT
ANSWER-achondro*pla*sia
What are connective tissue joining bones in the anterior portion of the knee? -
CORRECT ANSWER-ACL
What is the outward extension of the shoulder bone? - CORRECT ANSWERa*cro*mion
What is the process of carrying toward (muscle is pulled toward the midline of the body)
or movement toward the midline of the body? - CORRECT ANSWER-a*dduc*tion
What is the term for "pertaining to loss of muscle development (in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis muscles can't move because of degeneration of nerve cells in the brain and
spinal cord)"? - CORRECT ANSWER-amyo*tro*phic
What is chronic, progressive arthritis with stiffening of joints (primarily the spine)? -
CORRECT ANSWER-anky*lo*sing spondyl*it*is
What is the abnormal stiffening and immobility of a joint? - CORRECT ANSWERanky*lo*sis
What is the binding together (surgical fusion) of a joint/ Bones are fused across the joint
space? - CORRECT ANSWER-arthrod*e*sis
What is the surgical repair of a joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-*art*hroplasty
What is the incision of a joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-arthrotomy
What are the ends of long bones and the surface of any bone that meets another bone
to form a joint are covered with? - CORRECT ANSWER-ar*tic*ular *car*tilage
What is the smooth, glistening white tissue that covers the surface of a joint? -
CORRECT ANSWER-ar*tic*ular *car*tilage
What is any type of joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-articu*la*tion
What is the wasting away (no development) of muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*a*trophy
What provides the framework on which the body is constructed and protects and
supports internal organs? - CORRECT ANSWER-bone
Which openings or hollow regions serving as connections between bones, or
passageways for blood vessels and nerves? - CORRECT ANSWER-bone de*press*ion
What are enlarged areas that extend out from bones to serve as attachments for
muscles, tendons, and ligaments? - CORRECT ANSWER-bone *proc*ess
What is abnormal swelling of the metatarsophalangeal joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*bun*ion
What is a sac of fluid near a joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-*bur*sa
What is term for "inflammation of a bursa"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bur*si*tis
What is the combining form for the word "calcium"? - CORRECT ANSWER-calc/o,
calci/o
What is the combining form for the word "calcaneus (heel bone)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-calcane/o
What is "pertaining to the calcaneus (heel bone)"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cal*ca*neal
What is the term for heel bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-cal*ca*neus
What is the mineral constituent of bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cal*cium
What is the spongy, porous bone tissue in the inner part of bone? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*can*cellous bone
What is the combining form for the word "wrist bones (carpals)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-carp/o
What is the term for "pertaining to the wrist bones"? - CORRECT ANSWER-*car*pal
What is the compression of the median nerve in the wrist? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*car*pal *tunn*el *syn*drome
What is the flexible connective tissue at joints found in the immature skeleton,
epiphyseal plate, and on joint surfaces? - CORRECT ANSWER-*car*tilage
What is the term for "pertaining to the cartilage attached to the ribs"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*chon*dro*cos*tal
What is a tumor (benign) of cartilage? - CORRECT ANSWER-chon*dro*ma
What is the abnormal softening of cartilage? - CORRECT ANSWER-chondroma*la*cia
What is another term for collarbone? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Clav*icle
What is the combining form for the word "clavicle (collar bone)"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-clavicul/o
What is the dense, connective tissue protein strands found in bone? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*coll*agen
What is the term for when a bone break at the wrist? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Col*les
*frac*ture
What is a splintered or crushed bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-Comminuted fracture
What is a hard, dense bone tissue usually found around the outer portion of a bone? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*Com*pact bone
What is the knuckle-like process at the end of a bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*Con*dyle
What is the combining form for the word "rib"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cost/o
What is the combining form for the word "skull"? - CORRECT ANSWER-crani/o
What are the skull bones - ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal -
called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cra*nial bones
What is the instrument to cut the skull? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cran*iotome
What is an incision of the skull? - CORRECT ANSWER-crani*ot*omy
What does the occipital, sphenoid, frontal, temporal, and ethmoid bone form? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*Cra*nium
What is the condition affecting the wrist and caused by pressure on a nerve? -
CORRECT ANSWER-CTS
What is the removal of calcium from bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-decalcifi*ca*tion
What is the bone density test? - CORRECT ANSWER-DEXA
What is the shaft, or mid-portion, of a long bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-di*ap*hysis
What is the flat, round plate-like structure between two vertebrae? - CORRECT
ANSWER-disk (disc)
What is the displacement of a bone from its joint? - CORRECT ANSWER-dislo*ca*tion
What is the bending of the foot backward and upward? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*dor*siflexion
What is the process of recording the electricity in muscle? - CORRECT ANSWERelectromy*og*raphy
What is the process of recording muscle contractions? - CORRECT ANSWER-EMG
What is the cartilaginous area at the ends of long bones? - CORRECT ANSWERepi*phy*seal plate
What is the term for end of a long bone? - CORRECT ANSWER-e*piph*ysis
What is the thin, delicate cranial bone that also supports the nasal cavity? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*eth*moid bone
What is the rare malignant tumor arising in bone, which most often occurs in children? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*Ew*ing sar*co*ma
What is the benign tumors arising from the bone surface? - CORRECT ANSWERexo*sto*ses
What is the straightening of a flexed limb? - CORRECT ANSWER-ex*ten*sion
What do the mandible, vomer, maxilla, and zygomatic bones make up? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Face
What is the term to describe the bones of the face: lacrimal, mandibular, maxillary,
nasal, vomer, and zygomatic bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-*fa*cial bones
What is the fibrous membrane separating and enveloping muscles? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*fas*cia
What is the incision of fascia? - CORRECT ANSWER-Fasci*ot*omy
What is the combining form for the word "femur (thigh bone)"? - CORRECT ANSWERfemor/o
What is the term for "Pertaining to the thigh bone (femur)"? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*fem*oral
What is pain of fibrous connective tissue and muscle? - CORRECT ANSWERfibromy*al*gia
What is the combining form for the word "fibula"? - CORRECT ANSWER-fibul/o
What is the smaller of the two lower leg bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Fib*ula
What is the term for "Pertaining to the smaller of the two lower leg bones (fibula)"? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*fib*ular
What is the narrow, slit-like opening in or between bones? - CORRECT ANSWER-
*fiss*ure [Show Less]