Ch. 10

Question 1

Diaphysis

Answer 1

Thick long shaft of a long bone

Question 2

Epiphysis

Answer 2

Expanded portions of bone at the end of the diaphysis

Question 3

Myel(o)

Answer 3

Pertaining to bone marrow

Question 4

Rachi(o)

Answer 4

Pertaining to vertebral or spinal column

Question 5

Spondyl(o)

Answer 5

Pertaining to vertebrae

Question 6

Foramen magnum

Answer 6

Opening at the base of skull through which the spinal cord passes

Question 7

Cranial bones

Answer 7

Parietal
Temporal
Frontal
Occipital
Ethmoid
Sphenoid

Question 8

Facial bones

Answer 8

Maxilla
Zygomatic
Mandible
Nasal
Palatine
Inferior nasal concha
Lacrimal
Vomer

Question 9

Fontanels

Answer 9

Soft spaces covered by tough membranes between the soft bones of the skull in an infant

Question 10

Calcane(o)

Answer 10

Pertaining to the calcaneus

Question 11

Hypertonicity

Answer 11

Abnormally increased muscle tone or strength

Question 12

Extension

Answer 12

Movement that straightens a limb

Question 13

Flexion

Answer 13

Movement that bends a limb

Question 14

Abduction

Answer 14

Draw away from the midline of the body

Question 15

Adduction

Answer 15

Movement toward the midline of the body

Question 16

Rotation

Answer 16

Movement of a bone around its own axis

Question 17

Supination

Answer 17

Rotation palm upward

Question 18

Pronation

Answer 18

Rotation palm downward

Question 19

Eversion

Answer 19

Turning outward

Question 20

Inversion

Answer 20

Turning inward

Question 21

Circumduction

Answer 21

Circular movement of a limb

Question 22

Bone densitometry

Answer 22

Determines bone mass with a machine that measures how well rays penetrate bone

Question 23

Lumbar puncture

Answer 23

Therapeutic or diagnostic procedural spinal tap

Question 24

Arthrocentesis

Answer 24

Surgical puncture of a joint with a needle

Question 25

ANA test abbreviation and definition

Answer 25

Antinuclear antibody test, used to diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases

Question 26

Calciuria

Answer 26

Presence of calcium in urine

Question 27

RF test abbreviation and definiton

Answer 27

Rheumatoid factor, a test for rheumatoid arthritis

Question 28

Arthr(o)

Answer 28

Pertaining to joint

Question 29

Ankyl(o)

Answer 29

Pertaining to stiff

Question 30

Schler(o)

Answer 30

Pertaining to hardening

Question 31

Troph(o)

Answer 31

Pertaining to nutrition

Question 32

-asthenia

Answer 32

Pertaining to weakness

Question 33

-sarcoma

Answer 33

Malignant tissue derived from connective tissue

Question 34

Myalgia or Myodynia

Answer 34

Muscular pain

Question 35

Strain/sprain/dislocation/fracture

Answer 35

Muscular damage from excessive force, traumatic injury to tendons or muscles or ligaments around a joint, displacement of a bone from a joint, break in a bone

Question 36

Compression fracture

Answer 36

Bone break caused by excessive vertical force, leading to bone pieces to move out in horizontal directions and affected bone collapses

Question 37

Compound/open fracture

Answer 37

Broken bone causing an external wound through the skin

Question 38

Impacted fracture

Answer 38

Bone break where fragment is firmly driven into fractured end of another fragment

Question 39

Comminuted fracture

Answer 39

Bone break into many small fragments

Question 40

Spiral fracture

Answer 40

Bone break from twisted apart

Question 41

Transverse fracture

Answer 41

Bone break right angle to the axis of the bone

Question 42

CTS abbreviation

Answer 42

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 43

Hallux

Answer 43

Means big toe

Question 44

Joint crepitus

Answer 44

Cracking sound when bones rub against each other or roughened cartilge

Question 45

Osteopenia

Answer 45

Reduced bone mass

Question 46

Osteomyelitis

Answer 46

Infection of bone and bone marrow caused by organisms introduced by trauma or surgery, from another infection, or via bloodstream

Question 47

Spinal bifida

Answer 47

Congenital abnormality characterized by defective closure of the bones of the spine

Question 48

Syndactyly

Answer 48

Congenital anomaly marked by webbing between adjacent digits

Question 49

Gout

Answer 49

Systemic disease causing build up of urate crystals to deposit into joints, myocardium, kidney, ears, causing inflammation

Question 50

Fibromyalgia

Answer 50

Nonarticular pain of the torso, extremities, and face

Question 51

Myasthenia

Answer 51

muscle weakness

Question 52

Spondylosyndesis

Answer 52

Spinal fusion

Question 53

Arthroclasia

Answer 53

Artificial breaking of an ankylosed joint to provide movement

Question 54

DMARDs abbreviation and definition

Answer 54

Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, modify the course of inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, slowing progression of disease