Deck 14: Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

The soft, fatty material found in the medullary cavity of the long bones is called

A) diaphysis
B) epiphysis
C) sacrum
D) yellow marrow

Answer 1

yellow marrow

Question 2

The structure that attaches muscle to bone is called the

A) ligament
B) bursa
C) tendon
D) aponeurosis

Answer 2

tendon

Question 3

The smooth layer of firm fibrous tissue covering the contacting surface of joints is called

A) meniscus
B) articular cartilage
C) symphysis pubis
D) intervertebral disk

Answer 3

articular cartilage

Question 4

The upper arm bone is called the

A) olecranon process
B) acromion process
C) fibula
D) humerus

Question 5

The term that means shoulder blade is

A) sternum
B) clavicle
C) scapula
D) humerus

Question 6

The set of vertebrae that forms the inward curve of the spine is called

A) thoracic
B) sacral
C) lumbar
D) lamina

Question 7

The outermost layer of the bone is the

A) endosteum
B) periosteum
C) bone marrow
D) diaphysis

Question 8

The small, fluid-filled sac that allows for easy movement of one part of a joint over another is called the

A) bursa
B) synovia
C) aponeurosis
D) meniscus

Question 9

The upper, wing-shaped portion of the pelvic bone is called the

A) ischium
B) ilium
C) pubis
D) acetabulum

Question 10

The foot bones are called the

A) phalanges
B) metacarpals
C) tarsals
D) metatarsals

Question 11

The upper jawbone is called the

A) maxilla
B) mandible
C) clavicle
D) ulna

Question 12

The wrist bones are called the

A) radius and ulna
B) phalanges
C) carpal bones
D) metacarpal bones

Question 13

The medical term for the collarbone is

A) scapula
B) clavicle
C) sternum
D) mandible

Question 14

The first set of seven bones forming the neck is called the

A) cervical vertebrae
B) thoracic vertebrae
C) lumbar vertebrae
D) sacral vertebrae

Question 15

The flexible, tough band of fibrous connective tissue that attaches one bone to another at a joint is the

A) synovia
B) ligament
C) tendon
D) aponeurosis

Question 16

Dense, hard layers of bone tissue that lie underneath the periosteum are

A) cancellous bone
B) compact bone
C) endosteum
D) epiphysis

Question 17

The diaphysis of a long bone is the

A) shaft
B) end
C) diameter
D) covering

Question 18

The type of muscle tissue that is striated and voluntary is

A) cardiac
B) smooth
C) skeletal
D) involuntary

Question 19

The term that means upper leg bone is

A) tibia
B) patella
C) fibula
D) femur

Question 20

The membranous lining of the hollow cavity of the bone is the

A) periosteum
B) yellow bone marrow
C) endosteum
D) red bone marrow

Question 21

The combining form that means rib is

A) chondr/o
B) clavic/o
C) clavicul/o
D) cost/o

Question 22

A prefix for together, joined is

A) syn-
B) intra-
C) -physis
D) supra-

Question 23

The prefix inter- means

A) holding
B) between
C) within
D) connecting

Question 24

The combining form stern/o is defined as

A) collarbone
B) shoulder blade
C) xiphoid process
D) breast bone

Question 25

The combining form that means bone is

A) my/o
B) arthr/o
C) synovi/o
D) oste/o

Question 26

The combining form that means movement, motion is

A) kyph/o
B) kinesi/o
C) ankyl/o
D) lord/o

Question 27

A combining form for tendon is

A) aponeur/o
B) disk/o
C) synovi/o
D) tend/o

Question 28

Moving away from the midline is a movement called

A) abduction
B) eversion
C) adduction
D) flexion

Question 29

Rotation is a movement described as

A) turning around its own axis
B) placing into a bent position
C) turning inward
D) placing into an outstretched position

Question 30

The combining form that means cartilage is

A) menisc/o
B) chondr/o
C) arthr/o
D) ten/o

Question 31

The combining form that means lower jawbone is

A) maxill/o
B) mandibul/o
C) radi/o
D) ischi/o

Question 32

The combining form that means joint is

A) aponeur/o
B) arthr/o
C) burs/o
D) tendin/o

Question 33

Scoli/o is defined as

A) crooked, curved
B) movement
C) stiff, bent
D) soft

Question 34

The combining form that means hump (increased convexity) of the spine is

A) kyph/o
B) ankyl/o
C) spondyl/o
D) lord/o

Question 35

The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is

A) eversion
B) inversion
C) flexion
D) extension

Question 36

Movement that turns the palms up is called

A) supination
B) extension
C) inversion
D) pronation

Question 37

The combining form for bone marrow is

A) myel/o
B) myc/o
C) myos/o
D) cost/o

Question 38

The combining form spondyl/o is defined as

A) scapula
B) vertebra
C) cranium
D) symphysis pubis

Question 39

In the medical term ankyl/osis, the word root means

A) bent forward
B) crooked, stiff, bent
C) crooked, curved
D) hump

Question 40

The combining form that means kneecap is

A) patell/o
B) phalang/o
C) rachi/o
D) orth/o

Question 41

The term myasthenia is defined as

A) slow movement
B) difficult movement
C) muscle degeneration
D) muscle weakness

Question 42

A form of arthritis that first affects the spine and adjacent structures and, as it progresses, causes a forward bend of the spine is

A) osteoporosis
B) myasthenia gravis
C) ankylosing spondylitis
D) rheumatoid arthritis

Question 43

The term that means abnormal condition of the vertebra is

A) rachischisis
B) scoliosis
C) spondylosis
D) fibromyalgia

Question 44

A disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals to be deposited in the joints is

A) gout
B) osteogenesis imperfecta
C) exostosis
D) bunion

Question 45

The term that means inflammation of a tendon is

A) tenosynovitis
B) polymyositis
C) tendinitis
D) tenorrhaphy

Question 46

The term that means pain in the fibrous tissue and muscles is

A) spondylarthritis
B) myasthenia
C) fibromyalgia
D) polymyositis

Question 47

The suffix -asthenia is defined as a

A) break
B) split, fissure
C) weakness
D) growth

Question 48

The term rhabdomyolysis is defined as

A) weakness of striated muscle
B) split of striated muscle
C) dissolution of striated muscle
D) surgical fixation of striated muscle

Question 49

Muscular dystrophy is defined as

A) a defect in the transmission of nerve impulses to muscle cells
B) muscle weakness
C) chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammatory changes in the connective tissue
D) a group of hereditary diseases characterized by muscle degeneration and weakness

Question 50

The term ankylosis is defined as

A) an abnormal condition of stonelike bones
B) muscle weakness
C) an abnormal condition of stiffness
D) an abnormal condition of a hump

Question 51

The term spondylarthritis is defined as inflammation of the

A) vertebral joints
B) lumbar vertebrae
C) sacroiliac joints
D) intervertebral disks

Question 52

The term that means inflammation of the bone is

A) osteitis
B) arthritis
C) osteonecrosis
D) osteopathy

Question 53

The term for a common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist is

A) Colles fracture
B) exostosis
C) carpal tunnel syndrome
D) repetitive motion syndrome

Question 54

The term that means (congenital) fissure of the skull is

A) rachischisis
B) spondylosis
C) cranioschisis
D) spina bifida

Question 55

The suffix -clasis is defined as a

A) break
B) surgical fusion
C) fissure
D) fracture

Question 56

An abnormal prominence of the joint at the base of the great toe is called

A) bunion
B) exostosis
C) bursolith
D) gout

Question 57

The suffix -physis is defined as a

A) growth
B) break
C) surgical fixation, fusion
D) split, fissure

Question 58

The term that means abnormal loss of bone density, which may lead to fractures from slight trauma, is

A) osteopetrosis
B) osteopenia
C) osteoporosis
D) osteoarthritis

Question 59

The term that means abnormal condition of a (lateral) curved (spine)

A) scoliosis
B) kyphosis
C) ankylosis
D) lordosis

Question 60

A malignant tumor of the bone is called

A) synoviosarcoma
B) osteofibroma
C) osteosarcoma
D) myeloma

Question 61

The term dyskinesia is defined as movement that is

A) slow
B) excessive
C) normal
D) difficult

Question 62

The term rachiotomy is defined as an incision

A) into the vertebral column
B) of a bone
C) of a bursa
D) of a joint

Question 63

The visual examination of a joint is an

A) electromyogram
B) arthroscopy
C) arthrography
D) arthrocentesis

Question 64

An abnormal condition involving the death of bone (tissue) is

A) osteofibroma
B) osteonecrosis
C) atrophy
D) osteocyte

Question 65

The term vertebroplasty is defined as

A) an incision into the vertebral column
B) the fusing together of the vertebrae
C) an excision of an intervertebral disk
D) the surgical repair of the vertebra

Question 66

The diagnostic term that means the radiographic imaging of a joint is

A) arthroplasty
B) arthrography
C) arthrodesis
D) arthrocentesis

Question 67

The term arthrodesis is defined as

A) the surgical breaking of a stiff joint
B) an incision of a bone
C) an excision of articular cartilage
D) the surgical fixation of a joint

Question 68

The term osteoclasis is defined as the

A) (surgical) breaking of a joint
B) (surgical) repair of a bone
C) (surgical) breaking of a bone
D) fusing together of bones

Question 69

Forward slipping of one vertebra over another is

A) spinal stenosis
B) a herniated disk
C) spondylolisthesis
D) spondylarthritis

Question 70

The term that means pertaining to the vertebrae and the ribs is

A) vertebrocostal
B) intervertebral
C) intercostal
D) sternoclavicular

Question 71

The term that means pertaining to below the ribs is

A) substernal
B) subcostal
C) subscapular
D) submaxillary

Question 72

The term that means pertaining to the wrist is

A) radial
B) carpal
C) ulnar
D) humeral

Question 73

The term that means suture of a muscle is

A) tenorrhaphy
B) myorrhaphy
C) aponeurorrhaphy
D) myoplasty

Question 74

The term that means a developing bone cell is

A) osteocyte
B) osteoblast
C) osteopath
D) osteofibroma

Question 75

The surgical repair of cartilage is called

A) chondroplasty
B) meniscectomy
C) prosthesis
D) arthroplasty

Question 76

The structure excised in a phalangectomy is the

A) patella
B) finger or toe bone
C) meniscus
D) calcaneus

Question 77

The fusing together of the vertebrae or spinal fusion is termed

A) laminectomy
B) rachiotomy
C) spondylosyndesis
D) diskectomy

Question 78

A bacterial infection carried by a deer tick is

A) myasthenia gravis
B) Lyme disease
C) rheumatoid arthritis
D) spinal stenosis

Question 79

The term that means an abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone is

A) bunion
B) osteoblast
C) exostosis
D) osteofibroma

Question 80

The surgical repair of a tendon and a muscle is called

A) myorrhaphy
B) tenotomy
C) tenorrhaphy
D) tenomyoplasty