Chapter 10: Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

human skeleton consists of

Answer 1

206 individual bones

Question 2

axial skeleton divided into three regions

Answer 2

skull, rib cage, vertebral column

Question 3

four type of bones

Answer 3

short, irregular, flat, long

Question 4

long bone

Answer 4

diaphysis is shaft, distal and proximal epiphysis

Question 5

muscul/o, my/o

Answer 5

muscle

Question 6

leiomy/o

Answer 6

smooth muscle (visceral)

Question 7

rhabd/o

Answer 7

rod-shaped (striated)

Question 8

rhabomy/o

Answer 8

rod-shaped (striated) muscle

Question 9

chondr/o

Answer 9

cartilage

Question 10

crani/o

Answer 10

cranium

Question 11

femor/o

Answer 11

femur

Question 12

patell/o

Answer 12

patella

Question 13

tibi/o

Answer 13

tibia

Question 14

pelv/o, pelv/i

Answer 14

pelvis

Question 15

scapul/o

Answer 15

scapula

Question 16

vertebr/o

Answer 16

vertebra

Question 17

stern/o

Answer 17

sternum

Question 18

chondr/o

Answer 18

cartilage

Question 19

cost/o

Answer 19

ribs

Question 20

arthr/o

Answer 20

joint

Question 21

orth/o

Answer 21

straight

Question 22

oste/o

Answer 22

bone

Question 23

thorac/o

Answer 23

chest

Question 24

spondyl/o, vertebr/o

Answer 24

vertebrae

Question 25

abnormal condition of being stiff, bent, or crooked

Answer 25

ankylosis

Question 26

closed fracture

Answer 26

break with no external skin wound

Question 27

open (compound) fracture

Answer 27

break with external wound

Question 28

complicated fracture

Answer 28

broken bone injures an internal organ

Question 29

comminuted fracture

Answer 29

bone proken or splintered into pieces

Question 30

impacted fracture

Answer 30

end of broken bone wedged into interior of another bone

Question 31

incomplete fracture

Answer 31

break does not cross whole bone

Question 32

greenstick fracture

Answer 32

break in which bone is partially bent and split, common in children with rickets

Question 33

colles fracture

Answer 33

break in lower end of radius

Question 34

herniated disk

Answer 34

herniation of nucleus pulposus between two vertebrae

Question 35

rehumatoid arthritis

Answer 35

autoimmune disease in which immune system attacks its own cartilage and connective tissue

Question 36

talipes equinovarus

Answer 36

clubfoot

Question 37

osteomyelitis

Answer 37

infection - inflammation swelling, localized heat, redness, pain, tenderness at end around a bone

Question 38

sequestrum

Answer 38

area of dead bone

Question 39

gout

Answer 39

metabolic disease, inflamed joints due to build up or uric acid crystals; characterized by hyperurecemia and renal calculi

Question 40

contracture

Answer 40

fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, joint that prevents normal mobility

Question 41

crepitation

Answer 41

grating sound made by movement of bone ends rubbing together

Question 42

dystrophy

Answer 42

progressice degeneration of body tissue such as muscle caused by inadequete nourishment of affected area

Question 43

kyphosis

Answer 43

incresae curvature of thoracic region - hunchback

Question 44

subluxation

Answer 44

partial or complete dislocation

Question 45

torticollis

Answer 45

spasmodic contraction of neck muscles causing stiffness and twisting of neck

Question 46

myelography

Answer 46

radiography of spinal cord fter injection of contrast medium to identify and study spinal distortions

Question 47

rehumatoid factor

Answer 47

blood test to detect presence of rheumatoid factor, a substance present in rehumatoid arthritis pts

Question 48

bone reabsorption inhibitors

Answer 48

to treat weak and fragile bones as seen in osteoporosis and Paget disease

Question 49

gold salts

Answer 49

inhibit activity within immune system by preventing further disease progression - rheumatoid arthritis

Question 50

NSAIDs

Answer 50

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs