Skeletal System Vocabulary Quiz
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Part of medicine that specializes in the making of artifical body parts.
A. dentistry
B. neurology
C. nephrology
D. prosthetics
Healthcare profession that treats malalignment of the spine
A. nurse
B. chiropractor
C. athletic trainer
D. EMT
Artificial device that is used as a substitute for a missing body part.
A. prosthesis
B. brace
C. orthotic
D. splint
Bone spur
A. kyphosis
B. lordosis
C. scoliosis
D. exostosis
Part of medicine that specializes in diagnosis and treatment of the foot and lower leg.
A. chiropractor
B. prosthetics
C. podiatry
D. dentistry
Part of medicine that specializes in the making of artifical body parts.
A. dentistry
B. neurology
C. nephrology
D. prosthetics
Abnormal increase in the outward curve of the thoracic spine
A. lordosis
B. kyphosis
C. exostosis
D. scoliosis
Abnormal increase in the forward curve of the lumbar spine.
A. kyphosis
B. lordosis
C. scoliosis
D. exostosis
Abnormal increase in the outward curve of the thoracic spine
A. lordosis
B. kyphosis
C. exostosis
D. scoliosis
Abnormal increase in the forward curve of the lumbar spine.
A. kyphosis
B. lordosis
C. scoliosis
D. exostosis
Noise made by bones or cartilage rubbing together
A. callus
B. cast
C. kyphosis
D. crepitation
Solid material used to immobilize an body structure to allow it to heal.
A. callus
B. cast
C. crepitation
D. wrap
Mass of bone tissue that forms at a fracture site during healing.
A. cast
B. callus
C. exostosis
D. kyphosis
Healthcare profession that treats malalignment of the spine
A. nurse
B. chiropractor
C. athletic trainer
D. EMT
Noise made by bones or cartilage rubbing together
A. callus
B. cast
C. kyphosis
D. crepitation
