Musculoskeletal System Vocab

Question 0

Chondro

Answer 0

Relating to cartilage

Question 1

Osteo

Answer 1

Relating to bones

Question 2

Arthro

Answer 2

Relating to joints

Question 3

Myelo-

Answer 3

Relating to bone marrow

Question 4

Teno- or Tendino

Answer 4

Relating to tendons (tendons bind muscle to bones)

Question 5

Ligamento

Answer 5

Relating to ligaments (ligaments bind bones to bones)

Question 6

Burso

Answer 6

Relating to bursa (bursa are shock absorbers between tendons and bones)

Question 7

Myo- or Myoso

Answer 7

Relating to muscle

Question 8

-malacia

Answer 8

Softening

Question 9

-porosis

Answer 9

The condition of being porous

Question 10

-asthenosphere

Answer 10

Weakness, loss of strength

Question 11

-trophy

Answer 11

Development, stimulation (uses the prefixes a- or an- negates the term. So atrophy means literally without development)

Question 12

-alga or -algesia

Answer 12

Pain

Question 13

-itis

Answer 13

Inflammation

Question 14

-oma

Answer 14

Swelling and tumor

Question 15

Axial skeleton

Answer 15

The trunk of the body (excluding arms and legs)

Question 16

Cervical

Answer 16

Uppermost area of spine (top seven vertebrae)

Question 17

Coccyx

Answer 17

Lower tip of the spine

Question 18

Diaphysis

Answer 18

The shaft part of the long bone

Question 19

Distal Skeleton

Answer 19

Bones farthest from the axial skeleton ( lower arms, lower legs, hands, feet)

Question 20

Epiphysis

Answer 20

The knob end of a long bone

Question 21

Intervertebral disc

Answer 21

A cartilage cushion between vertebrae in the spine

Question 22

Lumbar

Answer 22

Spine of the lower back (five vertebrae below thoracic)

Question 23

Metaphysis

Answer 23

Where the diaphysis joins the epiphysis.

Question 24

Proximal skeleton

Answer 24

Bones closest to the axial skeleton (upper arms and legs)

Question 25

Sacrum

Answer 25

Vertebrae within the pelvic girdle, which fuse in late teens

Question 26

Thoracic

Answer 26

Spine of the upper body (middle twelve vertebrae)

Question 27

Vertebra

Answer 27

A cylindrical bone of the spinal column, enclosing the spinal cord

Question 28

Flexors

Answer 28

Muscles that contract or bend at the joint

Question 29

Extensors

Answer 29

Muscles that extend at the joint (opposite of flexors)

Question 30

Abductors

Answer 30

Muscles that move the body parts away from the trunk.

Question 31

Adductors

Answer 31

Muscles that move body parts toward the trunk.

Question 32

Greenstick fracture

Answer 32

Incomplete fracture (think of breaking a tree branch that is still green)

Question 33

Closed fracture

Answer 33

Simple, complete

Question 34

Open fracture

Answer 34

Compound

Question 35

Impacted fracture

Answer 35

Telescoped

Question 36

Spiral fracture

Answer 36

The break encircles the bone in a spiral shape

Question 37

Comminuted fracture

Answer 37

The bone is broken, splintered or crushed in several pieces