Ch21: Hips and legs

Question 1

ILI-

Answer 1

upper hip bone, ilium

Question 2

ISCHI-

Answer 2

lower hip bone, ischium

Question 3

PUB-

Answer 3

pubic bone, pubis, pubic hair

Question 4

COX-

Answer 4

hip bone, hip joint, coxa

Question 5

ACETABUL-

Answer 5

hip bone socket, acetabulum (hollow, cuplike cavity in pelvis where head of thigh bone fits)

Question 6

INGUIN-

Answer 6

groin

Question 7

GLUTE-

Answer 7

buttocks

Question 8

PYG-

Answer 8

buttocks

Question 9

FEMOR-

Answer 9

thigh, femur

Question 10

TROCHANTER-

Answer 10

trochanter (2 bony projections where muscles attach just below head of femur)

Question 11

CRUR-

Answer 11

thigh, leg, crus (leg, part of leg, or structure that’s leglike or crest/ridge)

Question 12

SCEL-/SKEL-

Answer 12

leg

Question 13

GON-/GEN-

Answer 13

knee (gen always followed by u = knee)

Question 14

GENICUL-

Answer 14

geniculum (small genu or small kneelike structure)

Question 15

POPLIT-

Answer 15

back of knee

Question 16

PATELL-

Answer 16

kneecap, patella (triangular bone that covers surface of knee joint)

Question 17

MENISC-

Answer 17

crescent-shaped, meniscus (crescent shaped pieces of cartilage that disperse friction in knee joint, also in jaw, wrist, collarbone)

Question 18

TIBI-

Answer 18

shin bone, tibia (larger bone in lower leg, weight-bearing)

Question 19

FIBUL-

Answer 19

fibula (slimmer bone in lower leg, doesn’t bare weight)

Question 20

CNEM-/KNEM-

Answer 20

leg, lower leg

Question 21

HYPN-

Answer 21

sleep

Question 22

HYPN-/HYPNOT-

Answer 22

hypnosis

Question 23

SOMN-

Answer 23

sleep

Question 24

NARC-

Answer 24

numbness, stupor

Question 25

ONEIR-

Answer 25

dream

Question 26

NYCT-

Answer 26

night