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Movement that turns the palms up is called


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

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The diaphysis of a long bone is the


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

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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

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The term that means inflammation of the bone is


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

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MATCHING

Premises
increased convexity of the spine
above
rib
movement, motion
weakness
ischium
ulna
joint
split, fissure
break
between
loin, lumbar region of the spine
Responses
inter-
-schisis
supra-
arthr/o
uln/o
kyph/o
-clast
ishi/o
-asthenia
kinesi/o
lumb/o
cost/o

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increased convexity of the spine
above
rib
movement, motion
weakness
ischium
ulna
joint
split, fissure
break
between
loin, lumbar region of the spine

The term that means pertaining to the wrist is


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

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The physician, after hearing the patient's complaints of widespread pain and stiffness, fatigue, and inability to get a good night's sleep, suspected that the pain involved the fibrous tissues and muscles and that the patient had


A) fibromyalgia
B) osteomalacia
C) cranioschisis
D) tenosynovitis

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The outermost layer of the bone is the


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

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


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

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A physician who studies and treats diseases and abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system is


A) a chiropractor
B) an osteopath
C) an orthopedist
D) a chiropodist

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The structure that attaches muscle to bone is called the


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

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MATCHING

Premises
surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid
muscle weakness
abnormal loss of bone density
the crackling sound heard when two bones rub against each other
record of the electrical activity in a muscle
pain in the joint
developing bone cell
pertaining to the clavicle
fissure of the vertebral column
abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone
suture of a muscle
an artificial substitute for a missing body part
Responses
exostosis
myasthenia
myorrhaphy
crepitus
rachischisis
prosthesis
osteoblast
clavicular
osteoporosis
electromyogram
arthrocentesis
arthralgia

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surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate fluid
muscle weakness
abnormal loss of bone density
the crackling sound heard when two bones rub against each other
record of the electrical activity in a muscle
pain in the joint
developing bone cell
pertaining to the clavicle
fissure of the vertebral column
abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone
suture of a muscle
an artificial substitute for a missing body part

The combining form spondyl/o is defined as


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

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The suffix -asthenia is defined as a


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

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


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

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The term that means shoulder blade is


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

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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

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The combining form stern/o is defined as


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

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


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

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


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

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