Terms for The Skeletal System Quiz
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The suffix “-desis” means:
A. loosening, setting free
B. bind, tie together
C. crooked, bent
D. without, lack of
The outside of the bone is called the ________________________
A. periosteum
B. cancellous
C. endosteum
D. compact
The root word for curved, swayback or bent is:
A. synovi/o
B. lord/o
C. scoli/o
D. spondyl/o
The suffix “-algia” means:
A. pain
B. surgery
C. endoscopy
D. inflammation
“Crani/o” means:
A. rib
B. skull
C. pain
D. joint
A break in bone that does not penetrate the skin
A. stress fracture
B. closed fracture
C. compound fracture
D. open fracture
An injury to a ligament is called a _______.
A. sprain
B. strain
C. contusion
D. cramp
The root word for “rib” is:
A. chondr/o
B. cost/o
C. arthr/o
D. ankyl/o
Which of the following would be classified as in the axial skeleton?
A. Humerus
B. Femur
C. Sternum
D. Carpal bones
What is the name given to the end of a long bone?
A. Compact bone
B. Epiphysis
C. Diaphysis
D. Periosteum
The femur and humerus could be classified as
A. Short Bones
B. Long Bones
C. Irregular Bones
D. Flat Bones
Rickets is caused by a lack of which vitamin?
A. A
B. D
C. E
D. C
Chondr/o means
A. rib
B. cartilage
C. joint
D. ligament
ARTHRALGIA MEANS
A. THE CONDITION OF BEING SHORT
B. PERTAINING TO THE KNEE
C. JOINT PAIN
D. MUSCLE WEAKNESS
A Podiatrist would see you as a patient if you had an injured_______________.
A. hand
B. knee
C. foot
D. back
Bones of the wrist could be classified as
A. Short Bones
B. Long Bones
C. Irregular Bones
D. Flat Bones
Lumb/o means
A. lumbar
B. hump
C. normal
D. neck
Synovial membrane or fluid is the meaning for:
A. scoli/o
B. lord/o
C. synovi/o
D. spondyl/o
Spondyl/o means:
A. vertebrae
B. cranium
C. skull
D. costae
Anterior curve in lumbar spine
A. lordosis
B. kyphosis
C. scoliosis
Kyph/o means
A. hump
B. lumbar
C. swayback
D. neck
Arthr/o means
A. bone
B. joint
C. muscle
D. tendon
“-lysis” means:
A. toward, near
B. away from
C. curved, bent
D. loosening, setting free
The root word for bone is:
A. cost/o
B. lord/o
C. chondr/o
D. oste/o
To examine and surgically repair a joint with an arthroscope is called:
A. arthroscopy
B. arthrotomy
C. arthomy
D. arthritis
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